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---
stage: Secure
group: Static Analysis
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
---
# Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Scanning
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/6655) in GitLab 14.5.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Scanning scans your IaC configuration files for known vulnerabilities.
Currently, IaC scanning supports configuration files for Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, and Kubernetes.
## Requirements
IaC Scanning runs in the `test` stage, which is available by default. If you redefine the stages in the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file, the `test` stage is required.
To run IaC scanning jobs, by default, you need GitLab Runner with the
[`docker`](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/docker.html) or
[`kubernetes`](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/install/kubernetes.html) executor.
If you're using the shared runners on GitLab.com, this is enabled by default.
WARNING:
Our IaC scanning jobs require a Linux/amd64 container type. Windows containers are not yet supported.
WARNING:
If you use your own runners, make sure the Docker version installed
is **not** `19.03.0`. See [troubleshooting information](../sast/index.md#error-response-from-daemon-error-processing-tar-file-docker-tar-relocation-error) for details.
## Supported languages and frameworks
GitLab IaC scanning supports a variety of IaC configuration files. Our IaC security scanners also feature automatic language detection which works even for mixed-language projects. If any supported configuration files are detected in project source code we automatically run the appropriate IaC analyzers.
| Configuration File Type | Scan tool | Introduced in GitLab Version |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Ansible | [KICS](https://kics.io/) | 14.5 |
| AWS CloudFormation | [KICS](https://kics.io/) | 14.5 |
| Azure Resource Manager <sup>1</sup> | [KICS](https://kics.io/) | 14.5 |
| Dockerfile | [KICS](https://kics.io/) | 14.5 |
| Google Deployment Manager | [KICS](https://kics.io/) | 14.5 |
| Kubernetes | [KICS](https://kics.io/) | 14.5 |
| OpenAPI | [KICS](https://kics.io/) | 14.5 |
| Terraform <sup>2</sup> | [KICS](https://kics.io/) | 14.5 |
1. IaC scanning can analyze Azure Resource Manager templates in JSON format. If you write templates in the [Bicep](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/overview) language, you must use [the bicep CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/bicep-cli) to convert your Bicep files into JSON before GitLab IaC scanning can analyze them.
1. Terraform modules in a custom registry are not scanned for vulnerabilities. You can follow [this issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/357004) for the proposed feature.
### Supported distributions
GitLab scanners are provided with a base alpine image for size and maintainability.
#### FIPS-enabled images
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/6479) in GitLab 14.10.
GitLab also offers [FIPS-enabled Red Hat UBI](https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-red-hat-universal-base-image)
versions of the images. You can therefore replace standard images with FIPS-enabled
images. To configure the images, set the `SAST_IMAGE_SUFFIX` to `-fips` or modify the
standard tag plus the `-fips` extension.
```yaml
variables:
SAST_IMAGE_SUFFIX: '-fips'
include:
- template: Security/SAST-IaC.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
```
### Making IaC analyzers available to all GitLab tiers
All open source (OSS) analyzers are available with the GitLab Free tier. Future proprietary analyzers may be restricted to higher tiers.
#### Summary of features per tier
Different features are available in different [GitLab tiers](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/),
as shown in the following table:
| Capability | In Free & Premium | In Ultimate |
|:----------------------------------------------------------------|:--------------------|:-------------------|
| [Configure IaC scanner](#configuration) | **{check-circle}** | **{check-circle}** |
| Download [JSON Report](#reports-json-format) | **{check-circle}** | **{check-circle}** |
| See new findings in merge request widget | **{dotted-circle}** | **{check-circle}** |
| [Manage vulnerabilities](../vulnerabilities/index.md) | **{dotted-circle}** | **{check-circle}** |
| [Access the Security Dashboard](../security_dashboard/index.md) | **{dotted-circle}** | **{check-circle}** |
## Contribute your scanner
The [Security Scanner Integration](../../../development/integrations/secure.md) documentation explains how to integrate other security scanners into GitLab.
## Configuration
To configure IaC Scanning for a project you can:
- [Configure IaC Scanning manually](#configure-iac-scanning-manually)
- [Enable IaC Scanning via an automatic merge request](#enable-iac-scanning-via-an-automatic-merge-request)
### Configure IaC Scanning manually
To enable IaC Scanning you must [include](../../../ci/yaml/index.md#includetemplate) the
[`SAST-IaC.latest.gitlab-ci.yml template`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/SAST-IaC.latest.gitlab-ci.yml) provided as part of your GitLab installation. Here is an example of how to include it:
```yaml
include:
- template: Security/SAST-IaC.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
```
The included template creates IaC scanning jobs in your CI/CD pipeline and scans
your project's configuration files for possible vulnerabilities.
The results are saved as a
[SAST report artifact](../../../ci/yaml/artifacts_reports.md#artifactsreportssast)
that you can download and analyze.
### Enable IaC Scanning via an automatic merge request
To enable IaC Scanning in a project, you can create a merge request:
1. On the top bar, select **Menu > Projects** and find your project.
1. On the left sidebar, select **Security & Compliance > Configuration**.
1. In the **Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Scanning** row, select **Configure with a merge request**.
1. Review and merge the merge request to enable IaC Scanning.
Pipelines now include an IaC job.
## Reports JSON format
The IaC tool emits a JSON report file in the existing SAST report format. For more information, see the
[schema for this report](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/security-report-schemas/-/blob/master/dist/sast-report-format.json).
The JSON report file can be downloaded from the CI pipelines page, or the
pipelines tab on merge requests by [setting `artifacts: paths`](../../../ci/yaml/index.md#artifactspaths) to `gl-sast-report.json`. For more information see [Downloading artifacts](../../../ci/pipelines/job_artifacts.md).
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