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Bridgecrew Github Action

v1.177.1

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/bridgecrew-action@v1.177.1
Learn more about this action in bridgecrewio/bridgecrew-action

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Bridgecrew GitHub Action

The Bridgecrew GitHub Action

Use the Bridgecrew GitHub action to scan for infrastrcture-as-code errors in your GitHub action pipeline. By utilizing this GitHub action in your project workflow, you can automatically start to find, fix and monitor your project for configuration errors in Terraform, CloudFormation and kubernetes. 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

In fact, it is very easy to start using the GitHub action. All you need to do is:

  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.API_KEY }}

GitHub action Parameters

Parameter Description Required Default Type
api-key Environment variable name of the Bridgecrew API key from Bridgecrew app No Secret parameter
directory IaC 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 No Input parameters
quiet display only failed checks No Input parameters
external-checks-dir Directory for custom checks to be loaded No Input parameters

Full reference docs here.

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