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Builds a SBOM (Software Build Of Materials) from your repository

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Configuration in MegaLinter

Variable Description Default value
REPOSITORY_SYFT_ARGUMENTS User custom arguments to add in linter CLI call
Ex: -s --foo "bar"
REPOSITORY_SYFT_COMMAND_REMOVE_ARGUMENTS User custom arguments to remove from command line before calling the linter
Ex: -s --foo "bar"
REPOSITORY_SYFT_CLI_LINT_MODE Override default CLI lint mode
⚠️ As default value is project, overriding might not work
- file: Calls the linter for each file
- list_of_files: Call the linter with the list of files as argument
- project: Call the linter from the root of the project		 project
REPOSITORY_SYFT_PRE_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run before the linter None
REPOSITORY_SYFT_POST_COMMANDS List of bash commands to run after the linter None
REPOSITORY_SYFT_UNSECURED_ENV_VARIABLES List of env variables explicitly not filtered before calling REPOSITORY_SYFT and its pre/post commands None
REPOSITORY_SYFT_CONFIG_FILE syft configuration file nameUse LINTER_DEFAULT to let the linter find it .syft.yaml
REPOSITORY_SYFT_RULES_PATH Path where to find linter configuration file Workspace folder, then MegaLinter default rules
REPOSITORY_SYFT_DISABLE_ERRORS Run linter but consider errors as warnings false
REPOSITORY_SYFT_DISABLE_ERRORS_IF_LESS_THAN Maximum number of errors allowed 0
REPOSITORY_SYFT_CLI_EXECUTABLE Override CLI executable ['syft']

MegaLinter Flavors

This linter is available in the following flavors

Flavor Description Embedded linters Info
all Default MegaLinter Flavor 124 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls
security Optimized for security 24 Docker Image Size (tag) Docker Pulls

Behind the scenes

How are identified applicable files

  • If this linter is active, all files will always be linted

How the linting is performed

syft is called once on the whole project directory (project CLI lint mode)

  • filtering can not be done using MegaLinter configuration variables,it must be done using syft configuration or ignore file (if existing)
  • VALIDATE_ALL_CODEBASE: false doesn't make syft analyze only updated files

Example calls

syft /tmp/lint

Help content

Generate a packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) from container images and filesystems

Usage:
  syft [SOURCE] [flags]
  syft [command]

Examples:
  syft scan alpine:latest                                a summary of discovered packages
  syft scan alpine:latest -o json                        show all possible cataloging details
  syft scan alpine:latest -o cyclonedx                   show a CycloneDX formatted SBOM
  syft scan alpine:latest -o cyclonedx-json              show a CycloneDX JSON formatted SBOM
  syft scan alpine:latest -o spdx                        show a SPDX 2.3 Tag-Value formatted SBOM
  syft scan alpine:latest -o spdx@2.2                    show a SPDX 2.2 Tag-Value formatted SBOM
  syft scan alpine:latest -o spdx-json                   show a SPDX 2.3 JSON formatted SBOM
  syft scan alpine:latest -o spdx-json@2.2               show a SPDX 2.2 JSON formatted SBOM
  syft scan alpine:latest -vv                            show verbose debug information
  syft scan alpine:latest -o template -t my_format.tmpl  show a SBOM formatted according to given template file

  Supports the following image sources:
    syft scan yourrepo/yourimage:tag     defaults to using images from a Docker daemon. If Docker is not present, the image is pulled directly from the registry.
    syft scan path/to/a/file/or/dir      a Docker tar, OCI tar, OCI directory, SIF container, or generic filesystem directory

  You can also explicitly specify the scheme to use:
    syft scan docker:yourrepo/yourimage:tag            explicitly use the Docker daemon
    syft scan podman:yourrepo/yourimage:tag            explicitly use the Podman daemon
    syft scan registry:yourrepo/yourimage:tag          pull image directly from a registry (no container runtime required)
    syft scan docker-archive:path/to/yourimage.tar     use a tarball from disk for archives created from "docker save"
    syft scan oci-archive:path/to/yourimage.tar        use a tarball from disk for OCI archives (from Skopeo or otherwise)
    syft scan oci-dir:path/to/yourimage                read directly from a path on disk for OCI layout directories (from Skopeo or otherwise)
    syft scan singularity:path/to/yourimage.sif        read directly from a Singularity Image Format (SIF) container on disk
    syft scan dir:path/to/yourproject                  read directly from a path on disk (any directory)
    syft scan file:path/to/yourproject/file            read directly from a path on disk (any single file)


Available Commands:
  attest      Generate an SBOM as an attestation for the given [SOURCE] container image
  cataloger   Show available catalogers and configuration
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  config      show the syft configuration
  convert     Convert between SBOM formats
  help        Help about any command
  login       Log in to a registry
  scan        Generate an SBOM
  version     show version information

Flags:
      --base-path string                          base directory for scanning, no links will be followed above this directory, and all paths will be reported relative to this directory
  -c, --config stringArray                        syft configuration file(s) to use
      --enrich stringArray                        enable package data enrichment from local and online sources (options: all, golang, java, javascript)
      --exclude stringArray                       exclude paths from being scanned using a glob expression
      --file string                               file to write the default report output to (default is STDOUT) (DEPRECATED: use: --output FORMAT=PATH)
      --from stringArray                          specify the source behavior to use (e.g. docker, registry, oci-dir, ...)
  -h, --help                                      help for syft
  -o, --output stringArray                        report output format (<format>=<file> to output to a file), formats=[cyclonedx-json cyclonedx-xml github-json spdx-json spdx-tag-value syft-json syft-table syft-text template] (default [syft-table])
      --override-default-catalogers stringArray   set the base set of catalogers to use (defaults to 'image' or 'directory' depending on the scan source)
      --platform string                           an optional platform specifier for container image sources (e.g. 'linux/arm64', 'linux/arm64/v8', 'arm64', 'linux')
      --profile stringArray                       configuration profiles to use
  -q, --quiet                                     suppress all logging output
  -s, --scope string                              selection of layers to catalog, options=[squashed all-layers] (default "squashed")
      --select-catalogers stringArray             add, remove, and filter the catalogers to be used
      --source-name string                        set the name of the target being analyzed
      --source-version string                     set the version of the target being analyzed
  -t, --template string                           specify the path to a Go template file
  -v, --verbose count                             increase verbosity (-v = info, -vv = debug)
      --version                                   version for syft

Use "syft [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Installation on mega-linter Docker image

  • Dockerfile commands :
RUN curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/install.sh | sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin