Enabling sensor auto-start on Windows as a service

Make sure the OpenText ScanCentral SAST Controller is running before you perform the following procedure.

To enable sensor auto-start on Windows as a service:

  1. Log in to the sensor machine as a local user with administrator permissions.

    Sensors are dedicated machines intended only to run OpenText SAST on behalf of OpenText ScanCentral SAST. Do not share them with any other service. To avoid issues associated with insufficient permissions, use a fully privileged administrator account for the auto-start setup.

  2. Open a command prompt and go to the <sast_install_dir>\bin\scancentral-worker-service/ directory.
    The <sast_install_dir> is only valid if the user installs the OpenText ScanCentral SAST client in the same directory as the OpenText SAST. Otherwise, this worker.properties file is under the OpenText ScanCentral SAST client installation directory.

  3. Run setupworkerservice.bat with no options to display the usage help.

  4. Re-run the batch script with the required options included.

  5. Open Windows Services and check to make sure that the sensor service is present.

  6. Right-click the listed sensor service, and then select Start.

  7. OpenText recommends that you change the startup type setting to Manual until you verify that the sensor runs successfully. After verification, change the startup type setting to Automatic (Delayed Start) in Windows Services.
  8. Make sure that the sensor communicates with the Controller.

See also

Installing a Sensor as a Service

Troubleshooting Sensor Auto-Start as a Windows Service