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Nextlinux Task Extensions for Azure DevOps Pipelines

This is an Azure DevOps Pipeline task for scanning locally built images using Nextlinux Engine. It is used to scan container images and will return the vulnerabilities found, a software bill of materials, and the result of a policy evaluation. The task can be provided a custom policy which can be used to fail the pipeline if so desired.

No data is sent to a remote service to execute the scan, and no credentials are required

The vulnerability data comes from sources such as RedHat, Debian, Alpine, etc. All of this vulnerability data is packaged with the Nextlinux container that is used in the Nextlinux task. This means no external connections are required to sync vulnerability data when Nextlinux runs. The only external connection that is needed will be the connection to pull the Nextlinux image itself.

By default, the Nextlinux task will simply scan a local image using Nextlinux Engine and will provide files that contain a list of all the contents in the image as well as a list of all the vulnerabilities detected by Nextlinux. Both of these files will be output as pipeline variables along with the result of the policy evaluation. Under default behavior, the pipeline will not fail when the container does not pass the Nextlinux policy scan. The fail result will be published as a variable in the pipeline and can be used in subsequent tasks.

Note: While the dockerfile option is not required, it is recommended if the Dockerfile is available as it adds metadata for Nextlinux Engine.

Example yaml:

- task: Nextlinux@0
  inputs:
    image: 'localbuild/imagename:tag'
    dockerfile: 'Dockerfile'

By default, the Nextlinux task will not fail the pipeline if the policy scan returns a fail result. This is by design; however if you wish to stop the pipeline when Nextlinux detects severe vulnerabilities or the container does not pass policy then set the failBuild option to true.

Example yaml:

- task: Nextlinux@0
  inputs:
    image: 'localbuild/imagename:tag'
    dockerfile: 'Dockerfile'
    failBuild: true

If this option is set and the container does not pass policy, the build will fail and the following variables will be published:

• billOfMaterials - the path to the bill of materials json file
• vulnerabilities - the path to the vulnerabilities json file
• policyCheck - the result (pass/fail) of the Nextlinux policy scan

By default, the Nextlinux task uses an image which will only find vulnerabilities in OS packages (rpms, dpkg, apk, etc). This version of the Nextlinux image is much smaller and therefore results in a faster scan. If you wish to find vulnerabilities in application packages (npm, gems, pip, etc) then set the includeAppPackages input to true. The resulting scan will take longer, but it will produce a more thorough output of the vulnerabilities in the container.

Example yaml:

- task: Nextlinux@0
  inputs:
    image: 'localbuild/imagename:tag'
    dockerfile: 'Dockerfile'
    failBuild: true
    includeAppPackages: true

When the Nextlinux task runs, it will use a default policy that is bundled with the scanner. If you wish to use your own custom policy then simply use the customPolicyPath. Supply the customPolicyPath input with the path to your policy and Nextlinux will use it to scan your image.

Example yaml:

- task: Nextlinux@0
  inputs:
    image: 'localbuild/imagename:tag'
    dockerfile: 'Dockerfile'
    failBuild: true
    customPolicyPath: '.nextlinux/policy.json'

This example builds a local image and runs an Nextlinux scan on the image. It provides a custom Nextlinux policy which it assumes is contained in the root of the repository under the .nextlinux/ directory. It will also fail the build if the Nextlinux policy scan returns a fail result.

trigger:
- dev

stages:
- stage: Staging
  displayName: Build and push to staging registry
  jobs:
  - job: Staging
    displayName: Staging
    steps:
    - script: |
        docker build -t localbuild/testimage:ci -f Dockerfile .

    - task: Nextlinux@0
      inputs:
        image: 'localbuild/testimage:ci'
        customPolicyPath: '.nextlinux/policy.json'
        dockerfile: Dockerfile
        failBuild: true

    - script: |
        echo $(policyStatus)

        echo $(billOfMaterials)
        cat $(billOfMaterials)

        echo $(vulnerabilities)
        cat $(vulnerabilities)

We love contributions, feedback, and bug reports. For issues with the invocation of this action, file issues in this repository.

For contributing, see Contributing.

For documentation on Nextlinux itself, including policy language and capabilities see the Nextlinux Documentation

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