About this task
AppScan®
Source for
Automation is
an optional component in the installation packages.
Important: To install AppScan
Source for
Automation,
you must have root/administrator privileges.
Procedure
- Start the installation
wizard.
- Select Server
Component Selection and then select AppScan Source for Automation as
the component to install.
Click Next advance
to the next installation panel.
- Specify the installation directory.
Click Next advance to the next installation
panel.
- In the HCL®
AppScan Source for Automation Configuration
panel, specify:
If your AppScan Enterprise
Server authentication method is user ID and password:
- AppScan Enterprise
Server Host Name: The host name or IP address of the AppScan Enterprise
Server to which the Automation Server will connect.
- User Name: Enter the AppScan
Source
user that the Automation Server uses to process requests.
- Password: Enter the AppScan
Source
user's password.
- Confirm Password: Confirm the password.
Click Next to advance to the next installation panel.
If your AppScan Enterprise
Server is enabled for Common Access Card (CAC) authentication, leave all fields in this page blank and
click Next to advance to the next installation panel.
Note: If you do not complete the HCL
AppScan Source for Automation Configuration panel during installation, or if your AppScan Enterprise
Server is enabled for Common Access Card (CAC) authentication, you must configure AppScan
Source for
Automation after installation to run as an AppScan
Source
user by specifying login credentials from the command line. See the HCL AppScan Source Utilities User Guide for more information.
- In the language pack selection panel,
choose the language packs to install. When you install a language
pack, the AppScan
Source user
interface will display in that language when it runs on an operating
system that is running that locale.
By default, English is
selected (and cannot be deselected). If the installation wizard is
displaying a national language other than English (in other words,
a language other than English was selected in the installation wizard
welcome panel), that language will also be selected in this panel
(however, it can be deselected).
After you have selected the
language packs that you want to install, click Next to
advance to the next installation panel.
Note: If you do not install
a specific language pack, you will not be able to add that language
post-installation.
- Review and accept the terms of the
license agreement and then click Next to continue.
- Review the summary of installation options before copying
files.
- The installation requests the following:
- AppScan Enterprise Server: The host name
or IP address of the AppScan Enterprise
Server to
which AppScan
Source for
Automation will
connect.
- User Name: The AppScan
Source user
that AppScan
Source for
Automation will
use to process requests.
- Password: The password for the user specified
in the User Name field.
- Confirm Password: Confirm the password.
- Click Next to install the files,
and then click Done to complete the installation.
-
Linux: Issue this command to change permissions of the AppScan
Source
data directory and its contents:
sudo chmod -R a+rwx /var/opt/ibm/appscansource
This allows the AppScan
Source for
Automation user to run scans.
Results
If the AppScan
Source user
account does not already exist, you will need to specify it in the AppScan
Source for
Automation Configuration
installation panel and then create it manually (post-installation)
with the AppScan Enterprise
Server, AppScan Source
for
Analysis,
or the AppScan Source
command line interface
(CLI).
For complete access to AppScan
Source for
Automation capabilities,
this user account requires these permissions:
- Application and Project Management
- Assessment Management
- Save Assessments
- Publish Assessments