This guide will walk you through setting up Hudu Radar as an admin, including enabling the application, downloading and deploying it, configuring device requirements, and mapping asset layouts. You can also view a video walkthrough in our Radar video series.
Requirements
- At least one valid license has been purchased for Hudu Radar.
- Please see our Hudu Radar Licensing article for more information.
- User is at least an admin in the Hudu instance.
Enabling Application
To enable the Hudu Radar application, Authentication is required. Please see our Hudu Radar Authentication article for more information,
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Navigate to Hudu Admin > Hudu Radar.
If you are not seeing Hudu Radar in Admin >> Hudu Radar, navigate to Admin >> License Key and click the refresh option for Hudu Radar Licenses. Please visit our guide for more information on Hudu Radar Licensing.
- To get started, you'll need to establish a connection between Hudu Radar and your Hudu HQ Account:
- Click Initiate Connection.
- Once the connection is initiated, complete the connection by logging in to Hudu HQ by clicking the Log In button.
- Your Hudu instance should now be connected to Hudu HQ. Click Enable Hudu Radar to continue setup.
Downloading Application
To download the Hudu Radar application:
- Enable Hudu Radar.
- Click Download Radar.
- Choose your preferred file type.
Note: See our GUI install or silent install guides.
Deployment
To run Hudu Radar completely as a silent service:
- Follow the silent install guide to deploy over RMM.
Device Requirements
Hudu Radar allows you to define your preferred default global device data point requirements:
- Choose required device data points. Devices missing required data will stay in Hudu Radar until completed manually.
Note: Hudu Radar will always scan for all data points and populate as many as possible, regardless of which data points are marked as required.
Asset Layout Setup
Let's explore how to assign a device type to an asset layout.
Asset Layout Mapping
- Hudu Radar will create assets for each device type based on the assigned asset layout selected.
- Leave blank to skip asset creation and only create an IP address entry in IPAM.
Note: A device must be mapped to an asset layout in order to use asset layout field mapping.
Asset Layout Field Mapping
- Navigate to Hudu Admin > Asset Layouts;
- Select the asset layout you would like to map Radar data points to for a given device type;
- Edit an existing field or create a new one;
- Hudu Radar supports Text and Rich Text asset layout fields;
- CPUs, Disks, and Interfaces data points should be Rich Text for correct formatting;
- Find Sources and select the preferred data point.
Warranty Expirations
Note: Date fields can be used to create a warranty expiration if vendor and serial numbers are found. Supported Vendors: Dell, HP, Lenovo, Toshiba, Microsoft.