Automatic Configuration
You need to provide FTP details for your site to enable automatic configuration. cWatch will use the details to upload the scanner agent.
- Open the cWatch dashboard
- Select the target website from the menu at top-left
- Click the 'Scan' tab then 'Server Side Scan' > 'Overview'
- Click 'Enable Scanner'
- Select ‘Automatic’ in the server side scanner box:
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FTP / s/FTP Settings - Table of Parameters |
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Parameter |
Description |
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Connection Type |
Select FTP or sFTP as required. |
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FTP Username / FTP Password |
Enter the username and password of your FTP server. |
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Hostname |
IP or hostname of your web-server. |
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Port |
By default, FTP / sFTP connections use ports 21 and 22 respectively. Change this if your web-server uses different ports for FTP connections. |
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FTP Directory |
The path of your web root folder. For example '/public_html/. |
- Test Connection - Click this after completing all fields. cWatch will check your settings and, if successful, show a confirmation message as follows:
- Click 'Save'
cWatch will upload the agent to your site. You will see 'Server side scanner is enabled' if everything is successful.
Add exceptions
You can exclude files from the server-side scan as follows:
- Scroll down to the exclude file types section
- Type the extension of the file that you want to exclude. You must prefix the extension with *. For example, *.txt.
- Click '+'.
- Repeat the procedure to add more file extensions.
- Click 'Save'.
