> For AI agents: the complete documentation index is available at https://www.jumpserver.com/docs/v4/llms.txt, the full documentation bundle is available at https://www.jumpserver.com/docs/v4/llms-full.txt.

# Create account discovery task

**Account Discovery** refers to the automatic identification of accounts on servers. The system supports syncing discovered accounts to JumpServer and associating accounts with corresponding assets.

Before starting account discovery, you need to create a **high-privilege** account for the asset, because JumpServer will use this account to retrieve other accounts during task execution.


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At the top-left of the page, select , then click  **PAM**.

![image](/docs/images/docs/navs/nav-pam.png)

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In the left menu, click **<Icon name="Discovery" /> Discover accounts**.

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On the right page, click **Account discovery tasks** tab.

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Click **+ Create**.

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In the **Name** field, type the task name.

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Optionally. In the **Nodes** field, select one or more nodes. The task will execute account discovery on all assets under the selected nodes and their subnodes.

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Optionally. In the **Assets** field, select one or more assets.

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Check **Sync to Assets** to synchronize the discovered accounts to the asset accounts.

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Check **Check risk** to scan discovered accounts for risks.

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Optionally. In the **Recipient** field, select one or more recipients. Upon completion of each execution, the task result will be delivered via email.

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Check **Periodic** to enable scheduled execution.

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Choose either **Crontab** or type **Interval** (in hours) to set the task execution schedule. Crontab has higher priority than Interval, so only one needs to be configured.

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In the **Active** field, check to enable the task.

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In the **Description** field, type the task description.

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Click **Submit**.