THE FIRST OPEN SOURCE ENGINE BUILT FOR DEVELOPERS
SCANOSS is an open, configurable OSS engine that was built specifically for developers, empowering them to confidently produce compliant code from the moment they begin writing, while delivering greater license and usage visibility for the broader DevOps team and supply chain partners.
With its open architecture that is easy to integrate into existing processes and toolchains, SCANOSS transforms software bill of materials (SBOM) creation from ‘write now, audit later’ to an always-on analysis of live code.
By freeing developers to focus on writing great, compliant code that they and their team can completely trust, applications are finished earlier, quality is consistently higher, and development costs are dramatically lower.
The Scanoss engine requires a Knowledge database installed for retrieving results. Scanoss use the SCANOSS LDB (Linked-list database) as a shared library. LDB Source code and installation guide can be found on https://github.com/scanoss/ldb The knowledge database is incrementally built using the SCANOSS mining tool (minr). It source code and installation guide can be found on https://github.com/scanoss/minr
- LDB shared library. Installation instructions: https://github.com/scanoss/ldb/README.md. Minimum version 4.1.0.
- libgcrypt-dev
The SCANOSS Engine is a command-line tool used for comparing a file or directory against the SCANOSS Knowledgebase. The source code can be downloaded and compiled as follows:
wget -O engine.zip https://github.com/scanoss/engine/archive/master.zip
unzip engine.zip
cd engine-master
make
sudo make install
cd ..
scanoss -v
If you want to try scanoss without install it, the execute this command in bash:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
The last command should show the installed version of the SCANOSS Engine.
This program performs an OSS inventory for the given TARGET comparing against the ScanOSS LDB Knowledgebase. Results are printed in STDOUT in JSON format. You can create your own knowledgebase with the minr command, available at https://github.com/scanoss/minr
Syntax: scanoss [parameters] [TARGET]
-w, --wfp- Process TARGET as a .wfp file, regardless of its actual extension-H, --hpsm- Enable High Precision Snippet Match mode (requires 'libhpsm.so' in the system)-M, --max-snippets NUM- Search for up to NUM different components in each file (maximum: 9)-N, --max-components NUM- Set maximum number of components (default: 5)-T, --tolerance NUM- Set snippet scanning tolerance percentage (default: 0.1)-r, --rank NUM- Set maximum component rank accepted (default: 11)--max-files NUM- Set maximum number of files to fetch during matching (default: 12000)--min-match-hits NUM- Set minimum snippet ID hits for a match (default: 3, disables auto-adjust)--min-match-lines NUM- Set minimum matched lines for a range (default: 10, disables auto-adjust)--range-tolerance NUM- Set max non-matched lines tolerated in a range (default: 5)--ignore-file-ext- Ignore file extension during snippet matching (default: honor extension)
-s, --sbom FILE- Include assets from a JSON SBOM file (CycloneDX/SPDX2.2 format) in identification-b, --blacklist FILE- Exclude matches from assets listed in JSON SBOM file (CycloneDX/SPDX2.2 format)--force-snippet- Same as "-b" but with forced snippet scanning-c, --component HINT- Add a component HINT to guide scan results
-a, --attribution FILE- Show attribution notices for the provided SBOM.json file-k, --key KEY- Show contents of the specified KEY file from MZ sources archive-l, --license LICENSE- Display OSADL metadata for the given SPDX license ID-L, --full-license- Enable full license report-F, --flags FLAGS- Set engine scanning flags (see Engine Flags section below)
-t, --test- Run engine performance tests-v, --version- Show version information and exit-n, --name NAME- Set database name (default: oss)-h, --help- Display help information and exit-d, --debug- Store debugging information to disk (/tmp)-q, --quiet- Suppress JSON output (show only debugging info via STDERR)
SCANOSS_MATCHMAP_MAX- Set the snippet scanning match map size (default: 10000)SCANOSS_FILE_CONTENTS_URL- Define the API URL endpoint for sources. Source URL won't be reported if not defined
Configure the scanning engine using flags with the -F/--flags parameter. These settings can also be specified in /etc/scanoss_flags.cfg
| Flag | Setting |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disable snippet matching (default: enabled) |
| 2 | Enable snippet_ids (default: disabled) |
| 4 | Disable dependencies (default: enabled) |
| 8 | Disable licenses (default: enabled) |
| 16 | Disable copyrights (default: enabled) |
| 32 | Disable vulnerabilities (default: enabled) |
| 64 | Disable quality (default: enabled) |
| 128 | Disable cryptography (default: enabled) |
| 256 | Disable best match only (default: enabled) |
| 512 | Hide identified files (default: disabled) |
| 1024 | Enable download_url (default: disabled) |
| 2048 | Enable "use path hint" logic (default: disabled) |
| 4096 | Disable extended server stats (default: enabled) |
| 8192 | Disable health layer (default: enabled) |
| 16384 | Enable high accuracy, slower scan (default: disabled) |
# Scan DIRECTORY without license and dependency data
scanoss -F 12 DIRECTORY
scanoss --flags 12 DIRECTORY
# Scan TARGET including SBOM assets
scanoss --sbom my_sbom.json TARGET
# Scan with custom snippet matching parameters
scanoss --min-match-hits 5 --min-match-lines 15 TARGET
# Scan with custom range tolerance
scanoss --range-tolerance 10 TARGET
# Ignore file extensions during matching
scanoss --ignore-file-ext TARGETThe scanning engine attempts to match files with the following criteria:
This produces an identifycation (id) of type "url"
This produces an identification (id) of type "file"
This produces an identification (id) of type "snippet"
This produces an identification (id) of type "none"
Often, the SCANOSS engine finds files that are present in different components and versions, which triggers a series of functions to determine the best match. These functions are detailed below:
The scanning client can optionally pass a a component hint (context). The context is the name of the last component detected. This context will influence results and the scanning engine will favour the files belonging to a component matching the provided context.
If no hint is provided, the SCANOSS engine will look for the oldest component in the KB which matches the scanned file. In case of a tie between two components with the same release date, other available information will be used to select the best match.
The user can use the "-s'' optional argument plus a sbom.json. The engine will prioritize the declared components during the analysis. If a file can not be matched against any declared component, then the logic previously explained will be applied.
The Scanoss Open Source Engine is released under the GPL 2.0 license. Please check the LICENSE file for more information.
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