Safely shutting down sensors

This topic describes how to safely shutdown Fortify ScanCentral SAST sensors from Fortify Software Security Center.

To shut down active sensors:

1. Sign in to Fortify Software Security Center as an Administrator and select the ScanCentral view.

2. On the navigation pane of the SAST page, select Sensors.

3. In the sensors table, do one of the following:

   • Expand the row for a sensor you want to shut down, and then click SHUT DOWN.

   • Select the check boxes for one or more sensors you want to shut down, and then click SHUT DOWN.

   If the SHUT DOWN button is not enabled, it can mean that:

   • The Controller is in maintenance mode.

   • The sensor is already shut down.

   • The sensor is inactive or disabled.

If a sensor you shut down is running a scan, the State value for the sensor changes from Active to Shutdown scheduled. After the scan is complete, the state then changes to Inactive.