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Every server you want Luumen to monitor needs to be added as a host in the Luumen UI. Hosts live under the Hosts area in the sidebar. The agent reads the host list from the API on every scheduled run and connects to each one over SSH (Linux) or WinRM (Windows). You have two ways to add hosts. Most environments use both.

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Add a host one at a time

Use the Add host form when you have a small number of hosts to add, or when a specific host needs its own credentials or a non-standard port.
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Open the Hosts area

Go to Hosts in the Luumen UI and click Add host.
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Enter connection details

Fill in the form fields:
  • Name (optional) — a human-readable label that appears in the UI. Defaults to the hostname if left blank.
  • Hostname or IP
  • Connection type — SSH (Linux) or WinRM (Windows).
  • Port — defaults to 22 (SSH), 5985 (WinRM HTTP), or 5986 (WinRM HTTPS) based on the connection type. Override if needed.
3

Set credentials

Pick one of:
  • Use default credentials — inherits the workspace’s default credential set. See Credentials.
  • Use specific credentials for this host — enter a username and either an SSH key or password.
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Save

Click Add host. The host appears in the list immediately. Data starts flowing on the next agent run, or on a manual run if you trigger one from the Patch server.

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Bulk import

Use bulk import when you have dozens or hundreds of hosts to add at once. Import accepts a CSV file or pasted CSV-formatted text.
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Open the bulk import flow

From the Hosts area, click Bulk import.
2

Provide the host list

Upload a CSV file or paste rows directly. Each row represents one host. At minimum every row needs hostname/IP and connection type; other fields fall back to defaults.A typical CSV looks like:
name,host,connection_type,port,user
prod-app-01,10.0.1.42,ssh,22,ns2reporter
prod-app-02,10.0.1.43,ssh,22,ns2reporter
win-file-01,10.0.2.10,winrm,5985,.\windev
Hosts imported this way use default credentials unless you explicitly provide per-host credentials in the import.
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Review and confirm

Luumen shows a preview of the parsed rows with any validation errors highlighted (duplicate hostname, unparsable IP, missing required field). Fix issues in your source data and re-upload, or proceed with the valid rows.
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Import

Click Import. The hosts appear in the list immediately. As with one-by-one additions, data starts flowing on the next agent run.
Bulk import is the simplest way to seed Luumen from an existing source of truth — a CMDB export, an Ansible inventory, or a spreadsheet your team already maintains. After the first import, you can keep using bulk import for batch additions or switch to the one-by-one form for ad-hoc changes.

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Editing and removing hosts

Each host in the list has a row-level menu for editing or removing it. Editing the credentials, port, or connection type applies on the next agent run. Removing a host stops it from being queried on subsequent runs — historical data and check results are retained, but the host no longer appears in active groups.

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Excluded hosts

To stop monitoring a host without deleting its history, mark it as Excluded from the host’s detail view. Excluded hosts stay in the system (their past results are preserved and searchable) but are skipped by the agent. Useful during decommissioning windows or when a host is temporarily offline for maintenance.

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What happens after a change

When you add, edit, or remove hosts, the change is picked up on the next agent run. The agent fetches the current host list from the API, queries everything in scope, and reports back. New hosts appear on the Hosts page with full data after that run completes. If you don’t want to wait for the next scheduled cycle, trigger a manual run on the Patch server — see Install the agent. Verify new hosts captured data correctly by following Verifying capture.