Manage Groups

Groups let you organize assets within an environment so you can apply policies and manage forwarders at scale. Key facts about groups:

• Groups are scoped to a single environment and cannot span multiple environments.
• Once you choose a group type, it cannot be changed.
• Assets can belong to more than one group. Policies applied to groups are stackable -- they combine rather than override each other.
• Assets are associated with the group after the group is created.

Tip: If you plan to assign a custom policy to the group, create the policy first so you can select it during group creation.

Create a Group

1. Log in to app.stairwell.com.
2. Click the Settings icon in the left menu.
3. Select the Asset groups tab under the Environments section.
4. Select the environment where the group should be created.
5. Click Create group.
6. Enter a name for the new group.
7. Select the policy configuration to associate with this group.
8. Select a group type.
9. Click Save.

Add Forwarders to a Group

Add individual assets

After creating a group, you can add assets from the group's edit view. Select the assets you want to include and save.

Add multiple assets with regex

When assets lack easily filterable details such as OS, version, or hostname prefix, you can use the asset name filter with regex syntax to match a list of names in bulk.

Use a pipe-delimited pattern in the asset name filter:

assetname1|servername2|workstationname3|...|etc

This matches any asset whose name appears in the list, letting you add many assets to the group in a single operation.

Update Group Membership

1. Log in to app.stairwell.com.
2. Click the Settings icon in the left menu.
3. Select the Asset groups tab under the Environments section.
4. Select the environment containing the group you want to modify.
5. Click the ... icon next to the group under Actions and select Edit.
6. Make the desired changes to the group membership, policy, or name.
7. Click Save.