Starting the ScanCentral SAST Sensors

To start the sensors:

Start the Controller if it is not already running.
On each sensor, navigate to one of the following:
- On a Windows system, cd <sca_install_dir>\bin
- On a Linux system, cd <sca_install_dir>/bin
Run one of the following commands:

On a Windows system:

scancentral.bat –url <controller_url> worker

On a Linux system:

./scancentral –url <controller_url> worker

If the sensor starts successfully, it prints messages that signal its waiting status to the console. After you verify that the sensor is working, you can create a Startup Task in Windows Task Scheduler or add it to your startup scripts. For more information, see Configuring Sensor Auto-Start.

Note: Make sure that you run a given sensor consistently from the same directory. Otherwise, its UUID changes and, if ScanCentral SAST is connected to Fortify Software Security Center, Fortify Software Security Center identifies it as different sensor.