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Getting Started

Last updated 2026-07-14

Getting Started with uControl Insight

What is uControl Insight?

uControl Insight is a unified IT asset management platform that automatically discovers, classifies and monitors your infrastructure across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments. It brings together several integrated modules:

  • Discovery — agentless discovery of servers, VMs, hypervisors, network devices, printers, OT/IoT devices and cloud resources.

  • IT Asset Management (ITAM) — Hardware Asset Management (HAM) and Software Asset Management (SAM).

  • TekReady ITSM — integrated IT service management.

  • Endpoint agent — deep, always-on inventory collected directly from managed endpoints.

  • AI layer — natural-language chat, insights and narration woven across the platform.

The Discovery module provides:

  • Asset Discovery — servers, VMs, hypervisors, network devices, printers, IoT devices and cloud resources.

  • Network Topology — interactive map of asset relationships.

  • Flow Analytics — passive NetFlow / IPFIX monitoring.

  • Cloud Cost Analytics — AWS cost visibility. Cloud discovery also covers Azure and GCP.

  • Asset Aging & Lifecycle — automatic ACTIVE → STALE → INACTIVE transitions plus manual Reactivate / Decommission.

  • Lifecycle / EOL — track EOL/EOS dates for operating systems.

  • Aha Engine — pattern-detection insights.

  • AI assistant layer — natural-language chat, smart-search, per-asset Impact / Runbook narration, AI insights, scan-failure diagnoses, flow-anomaly detection. See AI Features.

  • Microsoft Teams integration — scan alerts and daily AI digest. See Microsoft Teams Integration.

  • In-product admin Settings UI — configure everything without SSHing. See Settings — Configuration UI.

Languages

The uControl Insight interface is available in five languages — English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Each user chooses their own language on their Profile page; until they do, the platform uses the global default set under Settings → General. Dates and numbers follow each user's locale — for example, English shows 31 Aug 2026 and German shows 31.08.2026.

Supported Discovery Methods

Platform

Protocol

Port

Data Collected

Linux / UNIX

SSH

22

System info, packages, services, processes, network, disks

macOS

SSH

22

System info, applications, services, processes, network, disks (uses the same SSH connector as Linux, auto-detected)

Windows

PowerShell Remoting (WinRM)

5985

System info, software, services, processes, network, hotfixes

VMware ESXi

SSH (esxcli)

22

Hardware, CPU/memory, VIBs, services, processes, datastores, disks, VMs

Network Devices

SNMP v2c / v3

161 (UDP)

sysName, sysDescr, interfaces, IPs, MACs

OT / IoT Devices

SNMP + passive flow

161 (UDP) / flow

Device identity, vendor, classification and network relationships for operational-technology and IoT endpoints

VMware vSphere

REST API

443

Hosts, VMs, datastores, vSwitches, port groups (vCenter 6.5+ / ESXi 7.0+)

Nutanix Prism

REST API (HTTPS)

9440

Clusters, hosts, VMs, storage containers (on-prem Prism Element/Central and NC2)

Proxmox VE

REST API

8006

Nodes, VMs, containers, storage pools

AWS

AWS SDK

443

EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, CloudFormation, Cost Explorer

Azure

Azure REST API

443

VMs, disks, networks, resource groups and subscriptions

GCP

GCP SDK

443

Compute instances, disks, networks and projects

TP-Link Omada

Open API

443

Controller, APs, switches, gateways, clients

First Login

  1. Navigate to your uControl Insight URL (e.g. https://your-server/uControlInsight/).

  2. Log in with the administrator credentials provided during installation.

  3. You will see the Home page with platform statistics and Aha Engine insights.

Initial Setup Checklist

Step

Where

What it does

1. Configure authentication

sidebar → Settings → Authentication tab

Pick auth mode. See Authentication.

2. Add credentials

sidebar → Credentials

Create SSH, WinRM, SNMP or API credentials.

3. Create discovery targets

sidebar → Discovery → Targets

Define what to scan — IP ranges, hosts, or cloud accounts.

4. Run a scan

sidebar → Discovery → Targets → Scan Now

Trigger your first discovery run.

5. Review assets

sidebar → Assets

View discovered assets.

6. Explore topology

sidebar → Topology

Visualise relationships.

7. (Optional) Enable AI

sidebar → Settings → AI tab

Plug in a provider key. See AI Features.

8. (Optional) Enable flow data

Point exporters at uControl

See Network Flow Monitoring.

9. (Optional) Set up Teams alerts

sidebar → Settings → Notifications tab

See Microsoft Teams Integration.

10. (Optional) Tune asset aging

sidebar → Settings → Asset Aging tab

See Asset Aging & Lifecycle.

11. (Optional) Set your language

sidebar → Profile

Choose your interface language and locale. See Languages above.

Architecture Overview

uControl Insight consists of:

  • Control Plane — central web application (Java 21, Spring Boot, MariaDB).

  • Worker Agents (optional) — on-premises agents at remote sites, outbound HTTPS only.

  • Flow Collectors (optional) — NetFlow / IPFIX UDP receivers, embedded or on a worker.

For deployment topology choices see Architecture & Deployment Models.