Installation

Farsight DNSDB Scout is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the Farsight DNSDB API that runs in a web browser. Farsight DNSDB Scout implements all of the features exposed by the Farsight DNSDB API and provides a dashboard-like experience that will be recognizable to most users. Farsight DNSDB Scout Export is a version of Scout intended for installation and use locally by Farsight DNSDB Export customers.

This installation guide is a supplement to the README file provided with a Farsight DNSDB Scout Export tarball (“package”). It will help you configure a Farsight DNSDB Scout deployment for use with an existing Farsight DNSDB Export instance; it will help you make requests to your private Farsight DNSDB API. Farsight DNSDB Scout Export is implemented as a self-hosted website served by an NGINX webserver. The package contains the necessary HTML, minified Javascript and CSS files, and a shell script that can customize Export-specific variables in the Javascript. A deployed Farsight DNSDB Scout will issue Farsight DNSDB API queries to the Farsight DNSDB API server you will configure in the “Customizations” section.

Choose your platform

Select your operating system for platform-specific installation instructions:

What you’ll need

You will need to acquire the Farsight DNSDB Scout Export package provided directly by DomainTools. Farsight DNSDB Scout Export is not publicly published, and is proprietary software. Use of Farsight DNSDB Scout is governed by the License Agreement between you, your organization, and DomainTools.

Overview of installation process

Install and configure NGINX web server
Extract and deploy Farsight DNSDB Scout files
Customize deployment settings (optional)
Test the installation

All guides follow this same process with platform-specific commands and paths.