# DAST Scans {% embed url="" %} ### DAST Scan or Website Scan from CloudDefense UI In DAST scan we provide a website address for example and DAST scanner will check for vulnerabilities on the provided target.To Start a new DAST Scan from UI follow below steps: #### Step 1 : Login Cloud Defense console instance Please login to your Cloud Defense by clicking [**here**](https://console.clouddefenseai.com/) #### Step 2: Click on “Scan” on top and then select “Other”
#### Step 3: After clicking on “Other” select “DAST”
**Step 4: Now you can run a simple scan by just providing Resource URL**
If you want more control over your scanning configuration and features then you can use **“Advanced options”**
1. **Resource URL** - Provide target address, example: ; 2. **Login URL** - Page where we can submit login credentials for example ; 3. **Submit field** - Name of Submit field which needs to be clicked automatically 4. **Username** - This could be email, phone, username value which you use 5. **Username field** - This is input field username’s name 6. **Password** - This is part of your credential value 7. **Password field** - This is input field password’s name 8. **Proxy Host** - If your website is behind VPN and you have Proxy VPN Credentials for that, then provide Host from that credential 9. **Proxy Port** - Provide Port number from your VPN Credentials 10. **Scan Type** - a) **Website Scan** - This is the fastest scan and it scans websites without sending a lot of requests to perform tests, you can also call it light-weight scan. b) **Deep scan** - This scan takes more time and sends a lot of requests to perform different kinds of vulnerability checks. ### DAST Scan from CLI 1. Install cdefense CLI in your Device using these steps - ; 2. Now run below command to run DAST Scan from CLI `cdefense dast --api-key= --url=https://website.com --project-name=example-website-scan --scan-type="full" --verbose` \ \ \ \ \ \ \
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