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The storage directory is where the gateway provides the scan scripts of its scan modules—for systems the gateway cannot reach directly and that scan themselves by script. You set the directory on the machine the gateway runs on, in the gateway’s window in the Settings tab, in the field Storage Directory. The field may stay empty; the gateway then places no scan scripts.

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Directory contents

Whenever the scan modules are updated, the gateway updates the scan scripts in the storage directory automatically. It places the files directly in the directory, without subfolders. The gateway deletes only files it placed itself, and only when no scan module provides them any longer. Result files and your own subfolders in the same directory stay untouched.

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Existence check

If the field is filled, the directory must exist—otherwise “The directory does not exist.” appears directly below it. The check runs when you save. If you then change the path, the message disappears; only the next save checks again. The gateway installer does not create the directory; create it beforehand.
The check covers only existence, not access. A directory the service account has no rights on is saved without objection—the scan scripts can then not be updated, and the gateway gives no indication of it.The service account needs full access to this directory. Which account that is is shown under Log On As in the General tab, see Installing and Registering the Gateway.

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Saving

Save takes the same route as in the Registration tab: the gateway sends the configuration, waits until the service has applied it, and restarts the service.
The IP ranges from the Registration tab are checked as well. If one of them is invalid, saving fails here too—the message “Error while saving, incorrect IP addresses exist.” then appears as a notification in the top right corner, although you are editing a directory.
How to distribute and run the scan scripts and read in their results is described in Scanning by Script. Once the directory is set, you continue working with the gateway in the browser, see Managing Gateways. For a fault you want to hand to support, see Reviewing and Exporting Logs.