Scanning the system by submitting a request to an active instance

To automate scanning, use the command-line tools. If you have an active instance of Pega Platform, you can scan it by submitting a request to the active instance via a web service.

Configure the common properties of the prpcServiceUtils.properties file.

Property name	Value
`pega.rest.server.url`	The URL for the REST service, specified in the following format: `http://` `<hostname>` `:` `<port>` `/` `<context>` `/PRRestService/` For example: `http://myhost:8080/prweb/PRRestService`
`pega.rest.username`	The operator name on the target system with access to REST services.
`pega.rest.password`	The password of the specified operator.
`pega.rest.proxy.host`	Optional: The host name of the REST proxy server. Do not use localhost as the host name.
`pega.rest.proxy.port`	Optional: The port for the REST proxy server.
`pega.rest.proxy.username`	Optional: The operator name on the REST proxy server with import and export access.
`pega.rest.proxy.password`	Optional: The password of the REST proxy operator.
`pega.rest.proxy.domain`	Optional: The domain of the REST proxy server.
`pega.rest.proxy.workstation`	Optional: The workstation ID for the REST proxy server.
`pega.rest.response.type`	The REST response type, either `xml` or `json`. The default value is `json`. Rollback, restore point, and update access group operations support only `json`.
`user.temp.dir`	Optional: Enter the full path to the temporary directory. Leave this blank to use the default temporary directory. For more information about temporary directories, see Temporary files and temporary files directories .

Configure the scan properties of the prpcServiceUtils.properties file.

Property name	Value
`hotfix.operation`	`scan`
`hotfix.catalogPath`	The full path to the Catalog.zip file.
`hotfix.async`	`true` or `false`. The default value, `true`, executes the hotfix operation asynchronously. The system queues the job and returns a JobID to use to get the job status. A value of `false` executes the operation synchronously.

Save and close the prpcServiceUtils.properties file.

Run the prpcServiceUtils.bat or prpcServiceUtils.sh script with the hotfix option, for example:

prpcServiceUtils.bat hotfix

Optional: Pass one or more arguments:

prpcServiceUtils script argument	Value
`connPropFile`	The full path to the serviceConnection.properties file that includes information for multiple targets.
`poolSize`	The thread pool size. Default is 5.
`requestTimeOut`	How long the system waits for a response before failing with a time-out error. Default is 300 seconds.
`jobIdFile`	The path to the job IDs file that is generated by the asynchronous operation.
`propFile`	The full path to the properties file, to override the default prpcServiceUtils.properties.

The scan result is the file that you specified in the hotfix.scan.downloadPath property. Send this file to Global Client Support when you request a hotfix package. For more information, see Obtaining hotfix packages.