This document describes the product scanning scenario and is intended for GEANT WhiteSource administrators. In the beginning, it is necessary to get acquainted with Unified Agent (UA).
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Unified Agent (UA)
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- Overview
The Unified Agent is a Java command-line tool that scans directories' open source components for vulnerable libraries and license complications and displays the results in the WhiteSource web application. The Unified Agent works the following way: Directories are scanned and identify the open-source components, whereupon the Unified Agent checks each new component against organizational policies (note that no source code is scanned - only descriptive information is sent to WhiteSource).
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