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Bridgecrew Github Action

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Bridgecrew Github Action

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Bridgecrew Github Action

Find and fix security and compliance issues in infrastructure code using Bridgecrew Action

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Bridgecrew Github Action

uses: bridgecrewio/[email protected]

Learn more about this action in bridgecrewio/bridgecrew-action

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DEPRECATED: This project is no longer supported and will be archived end of 2023. Please use checkov-action instead.

Bridgecrew GitHub Action

The Bridgecrew GitHub Action

Use the Bridgecrew GitHub Action to scan for infrastructure-as-code misconfigurations, vulnerabilities and license issues in open source packages and images, and CI/CD misconfigurations. By signing up for a free Bridgecrew Community plan you can also view dashboards and reports. The community plan does not limit the number of scans or users you can invite to view the results.

How to use the Bridgecrew GitHub Action

  1. Follow the instructions at GitHub configuration a workflow to enable Github Action in your repository.
  2. Set up an environment variable with your Bridgecrew API key, which you can get from your Bridgecrew account.
  3. In the app build job, uses the bridgecrewio/bridgecrew-action@master
  4. Optionally, supply parameters to customize GitHub action behaviour

Usage Examples

Scan IaC in your repository

      - name: Run Bridgecrew
        id: Bridgecrew
        uses: bridgecrewio/bridgecrew-action@master
        with:
         api-key: ${{ secrets.BRIDGECREW_API_KEY }}
         directory: "example/examplea"
         check: CKV_AWS_1 # optional: run only a specific check_id. can be comma separated list
         skip_check: CKV_AWS_1 # optional: skip a specific check_id. can be comma separated list
         soft_fail: false
         framework: terraform # optional: run only on a specific infrastructure {cloudformation,terraform,kubernetes,all}
         output_format: cli
         quiet: false
         external_checks_dirs: ./checkov
         download_external_modules: true # optional: download external terraform modules from public git repositories and terraform registry
         log_level: DEBUG # optional: set log level. Default WARNING
         use_enforcement_rules: true # optional - use enforcement rule configs from the platform

Github code scanning

Bridgecrew supports github code scanning. An example workflow configuration can be found here.

GitHub action Parameters

Parameter Description Required Default Type
api-key Environment variable name of the Bridgecrew API key from Bridgecrew app No Secret parameter
file File to scan No Input parameter
directory Root directory to scan No "." Input parameter
soft_fail Runs checks without failing build No Input parameters
check filter scan to run only on a specific check identifier, You can specify multiple checks separated by comma delimiter No Input parameters
skip_check filter scan to run on all check but a specific check identifier(blacklist), You can specify multiple checks separated by comma delimiter, clashes with check No Input parameters
quiet display only failed checks No Input parameters
external_checks_dirs Directory for custom checks to be loaded No Input parameters
output_format The format of the output - json - cli - sarif No Input parameters
output_file_path The path for the file output No Input parameters
framework run on a specific infrastructure No cloudformation,terraform,kubernetes,all
download_external_modules download external terraform modules from public git repositories and terraform registry No Input parameters
repo_root_for_plan_enrichment root directory containing the hcl templates used to generate the given terraform plan file. Use together with file No Input parameters
log_level set log level No WARNING Input parameters

Full reference docs here.

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