Getting started with HCL AppScan 360°
Welcome to the documentation for HCL AppScan 360°, where you can find information about how to install, maintain, and use this service.
Installation
Learn about AppScan 360° architecture and how to install the product.
- Installation file locations
- Prerequisites setup
- AppScan 360° Setup Assistant
- Single VM installation of AppScan 360°
  Single virtual machine installation provides a self-contained deployment of AppScan 360° for smaller environments where high concurrency is not required. It is also a practical starting point for teams that want to evaluate the platform before planning a distributed deployment. This installation path is designed to get an AppScan 360° environment running quickly while still supporting production-oriented configuration when needed.
- Distributed installation of AppScan 360°
  - Preparing the configuration file
  - Installing AppScan 360°
  - Installing AppScan 360° with Helm
  - Cloud infrastructure guides
    - GCP-GKE deployment
      - Installation on standard cluster
    - Azure deployment
      This document describes a recommended step-by-step guidance for deploying the AppScan 360° application to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). It covers infrastructure components, storage for persistent volumes, database options, container registry, certificate management, ingress/gateway patterns.
- Configuring user authentication
  Authenticate users for AppScan 360° using either single sign-on (SSO) or LDAP authentication.
- Updating the Software Composition Analysis (SCA) vulnerability database
  The Software Composition Analysis (SCA) vulnerability database includes the most popular security vulnerability databases (NVD, Github advisory, Microsoft MSRC), and a wide range of lesser-known security advisories and open source project issue trackers. AppScan 360° users can enable automatic updating of the SCA vulnerability database at installation or configure manual updating.
- Managing AppScan 360° deployments in My HCLSoftware
  AppScan 360° licenses are managed through the My HCL Software (MHS) portal. Create a license deployment in MHS, specify license entitlements, and download a license file from MHS, then upload that file to AppScan 360°.
- Opening AppScan 360° for the first time
- Upgrade Guide for AppScan 360°
- Uninstalling AppScan 360°
- Troubleshooting Guide
Navigation
This section describes navigating AppScan 360°, including items on the side main menu and top navigation bars, with links to more detailed information.
Management
Define users, roles, groups, applications, policies, and configure DevOps integrations.
Dynamic analysis
HCL AppScan 360° performs security scans for web-applications for production, staging and development environments.
Interactive monitoring
Using an agent installed on your application, AppScan 360° identifies security vulnerabilities in your application during runtime by monitoring all interactions, both legitimate and malicious. The process is "passive," in the sense that IAST does not send its own tests, and can therefore run indefinitely.
Software Composition Analysis
Use Software Composition Analysis (SCA) to scan for security vulnerabilities in open source and third-party packages used by your code.
Static analysis
Use static analysis (SAST) to scan for security vulnerabilities in web and desktop applications. Static analysis includes Intelligent Finding Analytics (IFA) and Intelligent Code Analytics (ICA).
Results
The Scans and Sessions page lists the scans under the categories DAST, SAST, SCA, and IAST, where you can view your scan results, including scan statistics. To view, rescan, or download reports, select a scan.The Scans and Sessions page lists scans under the categories where you can view your scan results, including scan statistics. To view, rescan, or download reports, select a scan.
AppScan Model Context Protocol (MCP) server
The AppScan MCP server integrates HCL AppScan 360° directly with AI-powered development environments and agents. By implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP), this server allows LLMs (such as Claude or models running in VS Code) to securely access your security data—including SAST, DAST, SCA, and IAST results—to help you triage issues, analyze findings, and automate workflows using natural language.
Reference
Some frequently asked questions, and information about integrating AppScan 360° into the product lifecycle (SDLC).

Installation on standard cluster

A GKE Standard cluster provides full control over node configuration, including ephemeral storage limits for pods. Nodes are distributed across zones for high availability.

Cluster configuration


Recommended configuration	Value
Mode	Standard (user-managed nodes)
Region	<User-defined>
Machine type	Tested/validated reference: `n2-standard-16` (16 vCPU / 64 GB memory). Adjust based on your organization's concurrent scan volume — see Environment setup resources for platform and per-scan-type resource requirements.
Boot disk	Tested/validated reference: 250 GB SSD persistent disk (`pd-ssd`). Increase if you select a larger machine type or expect higher concurrent scan volume.
Kubernetes version	Current GKE default version (Regular release channel). AppScan 360° does not require a specific minimum version.
Node autoscaling	0–3 nodes — Increase based on your expected concurrent scan volume.
NAP (Node Auto Provisioning)	Disabled
VPC network	<your-vpc-network>
Subnet	<your-app-subnet>
Network mode	VPC-native
Workload Identity	Enabled
Vertical Pod Autoscaling	Enabled
Shielded nodes	Enabled
Logging / Monitoring	Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring + Managed Prometheus

Enabled add-ons

Enable the following add-ons while setting up cluster:

Filestore CSI Driver
GCE Persistent Disk CSI Driver
GCS Fuse CSI Driver
NodeLocal DNS Cache
HTTP Load Balancing
Gateway API (CHANNEL_STANDARD)

Installing AppScan 360°

Before creating the cluster:

Confirm node egress is configured. See Network egress requirements.
Ensure that all prerequisites are satisfied.

Once the cluster setup is complete, use the GKE Cloud Shell or a local deployer machine to install AppScan 360° following the standard Helm installation instructions.