Assets are hosts (endpoints) that have been associated with the Stairwell platform. Most commonly, this means there is a forwarder installed on that host, but using our API an asset can still be created to then attribute objects to for record keeping.

About the asset identifier (ID)

The asset ID is a unique value that can be used to search for a specific asset. This identifier is not as friendly as a machine name but ensures that on the backend each object is correctly annotated. This identifier will be important, especially when using the Stairwell APIs for things like sightings.