Disclaimer: Compass's content is generated with AI and may contain inaccuracies—please verify independently.
Compass can conversationally answer your infrastructure-related questions. The table below outlines the types of data Compass can access:
Category | Details Provided by Compass |
Application Maps | Visual or structured mapping of application components and their interdependencies |
Clustered & Advanced Networking | Insights into clustered environments, including load balancers and multi-NIC servers |
Custom Tags | User-defined labels to help categorize and organize assets |
Data Inventory Sources | Details regarding the origin and variety of data sources Faddom collects from |
Direct Answers | Natural language responses to infrastructure-related questions |
External Communication | Insight into outbound or inbound connections with systems outside the organization |
IP Groups | Information about clustered environments and grouped services |
Network Connections | Information on how servers and devices communicate across the network |
Operating Systems | Details on OS types, versions, end of life, and support status |
Security Vulnerabilities | Identification of known vulnerabilities (e.g., CVEs) affecting your systems |
Server Details | Metadata and configuration information about servers |
Software | Inventory of installed software across the environment |
SSL Certificates | Highlights issues with SSL certificates, sessions, and client usage |
Subnets & Segmentation | Details on network segmentation, subnet configurations, and subnet policies |
Optimize | Insights into infrastructure optimization recommendations and resource usage |
Migration | Information about migration waves, members, dependencies, and cost assessments |
Lighthouse AI | Ability to answer questions and further investigate anomalies detected by Lighthouse AI |
User and Group Information | Visibility into user accounts, roles, and group memberships from Active Directory |
Pre-Requisites
You must have the Compass module enabled in your license. This is managed per seat and will also need to be enabled for your user. If this module is not available, please get in touch with us at support@faddom.com.
Compass is hosted in Faddom’s cloud environment for processing. However, query results remain within your environment.
If you are hosting the database on a separate server (split installation), connect to the web server (UI/Tomcat server) via SSH and run the following command:
sudo /etc/illuminit/configureRemoteCompass.sh <remote_ip> '<ssh_password>'
Note: Always enclose the SSH password in single quotes (
' ') if it contains special characters such as!,@, or$, to ensure the shell interprets the command correctly.
Ensure that your workstation or browser can access: https://compass.faddom.ai
How To Access Compass
Click Compass AI Chat from the sidebar menu; or
Click the Compass AI button at the top of any screen where it's available
Using the Chat
Type your question or query into the chat window.
Compass will respond in a conversational style. It may ask for additional clarification to help refine or expand the answer.
Responses by Compass AI may be limited to 20 responses in the UI. To see all results, you may export the answer.
Enhanced Mode
Enabling Enhanced Mode will allow Compass AI to read the context of the current screen to provide more relevant and detailed insights to the user. This is done by giving Compass AI a screenshot of the current view only, and does not involve further screen recording or monitoring. Once enabled, you can ask Compass AI questions about the current screen, or select one of the suggested prompts.
Getting support through Compass
When Compass detects a support-related query, it will automatically open the Faddom support chat with your question to start a conversation with our support assistant.