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# Cloud Defense CLI

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### Installation&#x20;

Please follow instructions specific to your operating system.&#x20;

### How to update CLI?&#x20;

By just rerunning the command updates the client to latest version.&#x20;

#### Mac&#x20;

Run the following command which will install `cdefense` tool.

Prefix with `sudo` if you see any permission error when running this command&#x20;

`curl\https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CloudDefenseAI/cd/master/latest/cd-latest-mac-x64.tar.gz > /tmp/cd-latest-mac-x64.tar.gz && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzf /tmp/cd-latest-mac-x64.tar.gz && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cdefense`&#x20;

**Linux**&#x20;

Run the following command which will install `cdefense` tool.

`sudo curl\https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CloudDefenseAI/cd/master/latest/cd-latest-linux-x64.tar.gz > /tmp/cd-latest-linux-x64.tar.gz && tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzf /tmp/cd-latest-linux-x64.tar.gz && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cdefense`&#x20;

**Windows**&#x20;

Download the following tar file and unzip it​ `https://github.com/CloudDefenseAI/cd/raw/master/latest/cd-latest-windows.exe.tar.gz`&#x20;

### Usage&#x20;

Run the following command to get started.&#x20;

**cdefense help**&#x20;

NAME:&#x20;

Cloud Defense CLI Scanner - CLI for scanning and detecting vulnerabilities in any language&#x20;

USAGE:&#x20;

cdefense \[global options] command \[command options] \[arguments...]&#x20;

VERSION:&#x20;

1.0.1&#x20;

COMMANDS:&#x20;

scan, s SCA scan of a given project and post to Cloud Defense server sast, a SAST scan of a given project and post to Cloud Defense server help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command&#x20;

GLOBAL OPTIONS:&#x20;

\--help, -h show help (default: false) --version, -v print the version (default: false)&#x20;

### Examples&#x20;

#### SCA

#### Example of python SCA scan

`cdefense scan --lang=python --api-key=<YOUR_API_KEY> --path=/d/temp/vulpy/requirements.txt --project-name="my-python-project" ​`

#### Example of java SCA scan

`cdefense scan --lang=java --api-key=<YOUR_API_KEY> --path=/d/temp/java-goof --verbose --project-name="My Java Project" ​`

#### Example of php SCA scan

`cdefense scan --lang=php --api-key=<YOUR_API_KEY> --path=/d/temp/php-helloworld-app --project-name="my-php-project" ​`

#### Example of NodeJS SCA scan

`cdefense scan --lang=node --api-key=<YOUR_API_KEY> --path=/d/temp/nodejs-system --project-name="my-nodejs-project"`&#x20;

### SAST

#### Example of python SAST scan

`cdefense sast --lang=python --api-key=<YOUR_API_KEY> --path=/d/temp/vulpy/requirements.txt --project-name="my-python-project" ​`

#### Example of java SAST scan

`cdefense sast --lang=java --api-key=<YOUR_API_KEY> --path=/d/temp/java-goof --verbose --project-name="my-java-project" ​`

#### Example of php SAST scan

`cdefense sast --lang=php --api-key=<YOUR_API_KEY> --path=/d/temp/php-helloworld-app --project-name="my-php-project" ​`

#### Example of NodeJS SAST scan

`cdefense sast --lang=node --api-key=<YOUR_API_KEY> --path=/d/`

### FULL SCAN

#### Example of full scan

`cdefense online —api-key=<YOU_API_KEY> —repository-url=`