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# Components

<figure><img src="https://3117893838-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FepYt9QlYazTOKSlt9tWX%2Fuploads%2FdW7YKeWYsAQ7IGz8x0Az%2FScreenshot%202025-10-30%20at%2014.59.44.png?alt=media&amp;token=b1f53d78-0ba3-4f7a-9ec3-dd2ce144cc2c" alt=""><figcaption><p>High-Level view of the Application Components</p></figcaption></figure>

## Scanner

The scanner is an **on-demand executable binary** that is deployed into an end-client (host) and allows the following:

* Collecting host data like ip address, processor, memory, storage, network interfaces, etc.
* Collecting processes data, network connections and dependencies
* Collecting installed software (applications, packages, libraries)
* Extracting configuration data from running applications
* Extracting byte code from target running applications &#x20;

It is **deployed** and **sent execution commands** via an open connection to the endpoint, using one of the following protocols

* **SSH (Secure Shell)** - for connecting to Unix/Linux-based hosts&#x20;
* **WINRM (Windows Remote Management)** - for connecting to Windows-based hosts
* **AWS-SSM (Amazon Web Services System Manager)** - for connecting to AWS resources

More detailed information is available in [Scanner](/52eJroWboQfTwsFl14gL/quickstart-guide/overview/components/scanner.md)

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## Orchestrator

The **Orchestrator** component is a command-line tool (that can run as a service) that **coordinates** the behaviour of the scanner on-demand agents, defining scanning targets (IP range, systems) and containing credentials for those target systems and controlling how data is collected.

It's a native application that should be **installed in your local machine** and will connect and coordinate with the on-demand scanners being deployed into the endpoints for information gathering. &#x20;

More detailed information is available in [Orchestrator](/52eJroWboQfTwsFl14gL/quickstart-guide/overview/components/orchestrator.md)

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## Frontend UI

The Frontend is a web interface that runs in your browser allowing you to interface with the application and analyse all the data and KPIs collected by the solution.&#x20;

More detailed information is available in [Frontend UI](/52eJroWboQfTwsFl14gL/quickstart-guide/overview/components/frontend-ui.md)

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## Backend Services

Several components compose our backend services, deployed on your cloud environment.&#x20;

More detailed information is available in [Backend Services](/52eJroWboQfTwsFl14gL/quickstart-guide/overview/components/backend-services.md)

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## Target Cloud Service

Once an application has been refactored you can deploy it on a target cloud service. This could be the following:

* AWS Fargate
* Azure&#x20;
* GCP&#x20;
* Your private container solution

More detailed information is available in [Target Deployment Environment](/52eJroWboQfTwsFl14gL/quickstart-guide/overview/components/target-deployment-environment.md)


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