Update a Scanner

These steps describe how to update a Container Security scanner. When you update a scanner, a new scanner binary downloads. To start using the new scanner, move the scanner binary to the location you want to use the scanner.

To update a scanner:

  1. In the left navigation, click Scanners.

    The Scanners page appears, which displays a list of your scanners.

  2. In the table, right-click the row for the scanner you want to update, and click Update.

    The Update Scanner window appears.

  3. Select Refresh Scanner Key to refresh the scanner key.

    Note: Selecting this option will invalidate the existing scanner key.

  4. Select Update to Latest Version to update the scanner to the latest version of Container Security.

  5. Click Download.

    The updated scanner downloads to your local machine.

  6. Move the scanner to your desired location using the following command:

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    mv ./consec.tar.gz
  7. Activate the scanner using the following commands:

    1. Untar the Container Security CLI using the following command:

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      tar xvpf ./consec.tar.gz
    2. Allow executable permissions to the Container Security CLI binary file:

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      chmod +x consec
    3. Start the scanner:

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      ./consec run