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IaC Security Scanner Parameters

The parameters that will be defined for the IaC Security scanner will be applied to all the Projects running IaC Security scans.

The table below presents all the optional parameters and their optional values.

Parameter

Values

Notes

Folder/file filter

Allow users to select specific folders or files to include or exclude from the code-scanning process.

  • Including a file type - *.java; .tf

  • Excluding a file type - !*.java; !.yaml

  • Use “,” sign to chain file types, for example: .tf,.json

    for example: *.java,*.js

  • The parameter also supports including/excluding folders.

  • regex is not supported.

Platforms

  • Ansible 

  • Azure Blueprints

  • AzureResourceManager

  • Bicep

  • Buildah

  • CICD

  • CloudFormation

  • CDK

  • Crossplane 

  • Docker

  • Docker Compose

  • Dockerfile

  • Google Deployment Manager

  • gRPC

  • Helm

  • Knative

  • Kubernetes

  • OpenAPI

  • Pulumi

  • SAM

  • ServerlessFW

  • Terraform

Notice

Configure one or more platforms, separated by a comma.

The parameter means you only want to run scans (queries) for those platforms.

For example, Ansible, CloudFormation, Dockerfile

Warning

Any mistake in the platform characters will cause an error.

Preset ID

All the available IaC Security Presets that exist in the system

There are no Checkmarx Default Presets now. For more information on IaC presets, see here.

Warning

The preset ID for IaC Security must be a valid UUID. Once you create one, you can copy the PresetID from the IaC Presets page.

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