Which Scanning Engine to Use

End of Life Notice: The Sysdig Legacy Scanning Engine will reach its End of Life (EOL) on December 31st, 2024. After this date, it will no longer be supported or maintained. Please upgrade to our New Scanning Engine before December 31st, 2024 to ensure continuous service and support. For assistance, contact our support team or your account representative.

As of April 20, 2022, Sysdig offers both a Legacy Scanner engine and the newer Vulnerability Management engine.

Which Engine is Enabled Now?

  • If you have a top level menu entry labeled Scanning, then you are using the [Legacy] Scanning engine, and the relevant documentation is located here.

  • Instead, if the top level menu entry is labeled Vulnerabilities, then you are using the New Vulnerability Management engine, and the relevant documentation is located here.

  • You can also enable both engines at the same time, if you need to take advantage of some legacy features (see below)

In general:

  • New Users who installed Sysdig Secure for the first time after April 19, 2022 will be using Vulnerability Management by default
  • Earlier Users who installed prior versions of Sysdig Secure will be using the Legacy Scanning engine and will need to enable the new Vulnerability Management to use it.

How to Enable/Disable the Two Engines (UI)

  1. Log in to Sysdig Secure as admin and choose Settings > User Profile.

  2. Scroll down to the Sysdig Labs section to toggle on/off the New Vulnerabilities engine and/or the Legacy Scanning engine (with or without the legacy Admission Controller and Scheduled Reports).

New Users (first install after April 19, 2022) must contact their Sysdig representative to have the legacy Labs toggles enabled in their Settings UI.

Safe and transparent:

  • The toggles only alter the user interface and in no way impact the function or running of the engine itself.
  • It is also safe to run the two engines side-by-side, (below)

How to Enable/Disable the Two Engines (Backend)

The engine backends are enabled via options in the Data Sources page, under Install the Agent and Scan an Image.