Getting started

Steps

1. Sign up and use a paid version of Jira
2. Install the SamAuditor Jira addon from the Jira marketplace
3. Follow instructions from the downloads
4. Run the agent on a PC
5. Return to the SamAuditor addon to view information on your PCs

Step 1 - Sign up and use a paid version of Jira

• If you are a new user to Jira, visit https://www.atlassian.com/ and sign up for a new account. otherwise login to your instance

Step 2 - Install SamAuditor Addon from the Jira marketplace

• You can try out the product on the Jira marketplace

Step 3 - Follow instructions from the downloads

• a) Download the agent from here (in the Downloads folder) and copy to a folder on your PC
  
  

Step 4 - Run the agent on a PC

• a) Open a command prompt and cd to that directory with SamAuditor.exe
  
  
• b) Run once
  Type the following:

  SamAuditorAgent.exe -token your-upload-key-here

  
  
• c) Store your upload token (for next time)
  So that you can run it without the key (e.g. daily), save the key to either a local file or to the registry:

  SamAuditorAgent.exe -token your-upload-key-here -savefile
  or
  SamAuditorAgent.exe -token your-upload-key-here -saveregistry

  
  
• d) Make this permanent and run daily
  

  SamAuditorAgent.exe -schedule

Step 5 - Return to the SamAuditor addon to view information on your PC

Return to your SAMAuditor addon for Jira and:

• Look in Nodes and you should now have PCs you can look through.

• Look in Software and you should now have PCs you can look through.

• Look in Licenses and create and assign licenses.

• Look in Rules to detect unknown software or software unique to your company.

Please note that SamAuditor are constantly adding new software identification rules, but you can also add custom rules for your own software.

Use this website for further information, HowTos and guidance

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