# Hosts (Pulsar Agent)

## What is a host at Enginsight?

A host in the Enginsight platform is a server or client on which the Pulsar agent has been installed to monitor it from the inside. The Pulsar agent runs platform independent on Windows as well as Linux (see: [Supported Operating Systems](/docs/manual/english/technical-details/system-requirements/supported-operating-systems.md)).

## Table of contents

* [**Pulsar Agent**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/pulsar-agent.md)\
  [Install](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/pulsar-agent.md#installation-creating-a-new-host) Pulsar Agent (including via [Windows Group Policy](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/pulsar-agent.md#roll-out-pulsar-agent-via-windows-group-policy) and in [VDI Environments](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/pulsar-agent.md#install-pulsar-agent-in-vdi-environments)), configure and [uninstall](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/pulsar-agent.md#uninstallation).
* [**Host details**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/host-details.md)\
  Information and configurations of individual hosts: including [Metrics](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/host-details.md#metrics), [Services](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/host-details.md#services), [Autostarts](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/host-details.md#autostarts), [Vulnabilities](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/host-details.md#vulnabilities), [Configurations](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/host-details.md#configuration), [Settings](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/host-details.md#settings).
* [**Policy Manager**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/policy-manager.md)\
  Manage Enginsight settings via tags on multiple hosts together.
* [**Software Inventory**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/software-inventory.md)\
  Inventory of installed software on all hosts.
* [**Intrusion Detection System**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/intrusion-detection-system.md)\
  Analysis of network traffic for cyberattacks: [Configure IDS](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/intrusion-detection-system.md#configure-ids), explore [Network Anomalies](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/intrusion-detection-system.md#network-anomalies), manage [Whitelists](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/intrusion-detection-system.md#whitelist).
* [**File Integrity Monitoring**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/file-integrity-monitoring.md)\
  Monitoring the integrity of your data and systems with the [FIM-Cockpit](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/file-integrity-monitoring.md#fim-cockpit), creation of [rules ](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/file-integrity-monitoring.md#rules)and overview of relevant [logs](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/file-integrity-monitoring.md#logs).
* [**System events**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/system-events.md)\
  Recording and analysis of system logs for security-related events.
* [**Update Manager**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/update-manager.md)\
  List pending updates on all hosts and apply updates together on multiple hosts.
* [**Plugins**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/plugins.md)\
  Run scripts automatically: Create Plugins and run scripts [shedulded](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/plugins.md#shedulded-execution-using-cronjob) or in [reaction to system event](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/plugins.md#autonomous-reaction-to-system-event-via-alerting).
* [**Machine Learning**](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/machine-learning.md)\
  Analyze [metrics](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/machine-learning.md#metrics) for anomalies and set [alert](/docs/manual/english/operation/platform/legacy/hosts-agent-pulsar/machine-learning.md#switch-alert-to-anomalies) without fixed limit.


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