Periodically, during the development cycle, run a pipeline on Jenkins that includes a Fortify on Demand Upload step. After this step uploads the application's code to Fortify on Demand, a security assessment of your code begins.

If the pipeline run is successful, ALM Octane polls the Fortify on Demand server. When the assessment is complete, ALM Octane retrieves the newly found vulnerabilities and displays them in the pipeline run.

To begin, you need to create a script that scans your code for security issues, and generates an .fpr file. Fortify SSC analyzes the .fpr file and generates data on vulnerabilities in your code. After you configure the integration as described below, this data is sent to ALM Octane via Jenkins.

The integration requires two plugins: one to integrate between Jenkins and Fortify SSC, and one to integrate between ALM Octane and Jenkins. After you set up the plugins, run a pipeline in Jenkins that includes a Security Fortify Assessment step, which uploads an .fpr file to SSC for assessment. When the assessment is complete, Jenkins pushes the newly found vulnerabilities to ALM Octane, and they are displayed in the pipeline run.

Start by setting up Jenkins to integrate with Fortify on Demand and setting up ALM Octane to integrate with Jenkins:

1. Set up your Fortify on Demand account, and make sure you have a valid Fortify Entitlement. For details, see https://software.microfocus.com/en-us/software/fortify-on-demand.

   Define an application whose code you want Fortify on Demand to assess.

   We recommend that you run the first security assessment on your code manually and audit it with security experts, before integrating with ALM Octane.

   Obtain the URL and API keys required to access the Fortify on Demand server using API. The keys must permit reading vulnerabilities.

2. On your Jenkins server, install and configure the Fortify on Demand uploader plugin.

   1. In Manage Jenkins > System, in the Fortify on Demand section, enter the FoD URL and API URL as described in the Fortify on Demand Jenkins Plugin documentation.

   2. Enter the API Key and secret, and click Test Connection to verify that there is a connection between Jenkins and Fortify on Demand.

3. Create a Fortify on Demand Upload step on Jenkins to upload your application's code to Fortify on demand for assessment.

   1. In the Source Code Management fields, enter the URL of the Git repository you want to scan, as defined in Fortify on Demand. If your primary branch in Git is main and not master, enter */main in the Branch specifier field.

   2. Add a post-build action: Fortify on Demand Static Assessment. In Post-build actions > Applications and release, choose Applications and release options. Select the application and release that you used to define your application in your Fortify on Demand account.

   3. In the Entitlement field, select a valid license. Save changes, then open the configuration again.

   4. In Post-build actions > Applications and release, choose Release ID, and copy the release ID.

   5. Add another post-build action: Poll Fortify on Demand for Results. Enter the release ID, and define the polling interval. Save changes.

4. Set up ALM Octane integration with your Jenkins server. For details, see Set up CI/CD integration.

Before you begin, set up the Fortify Jenkins Plugin (On-Premise). You also need to set up the Fortify Assessment plugin to work with SSC.

After both plugins are configured, perform the following:

1. Set up the ALM Octane integration with your Jenkins server. For details, see Set up CI/CD integration.

   When configuring the Jenkins plugin, in the Parameters section add a parameter called FORTIFY_SSC_TOKEN.

   1. To create this token, convert the following string to Base64 encoding:

      <SSC server login user>:<password>

   2. Add a parameter in the following format:

      FORTIFY_SSC_TOKEN:Basic <Base64 encoding of SSC user:password>

   Note that Test Connection does not verify the accuracy of this token, but only of the connection to ALM Octane.

2. To enable communication between Jenkins and SSC, obtain an authentication token from SSC as described in the Fortify Software Security Center documentation. This is used by the ALM Octane Jenkins plugin to authenticate to SSC.

   1. Create a CI token in SSC. This generates two keys: one that includes hyphens (-), and one that does not.

      Copy the key with the hyphens.

   2. In Jenkins management, access the Fortify Assessment > Authentication token field.

      Add a Jenkins credentials provider whose type is Fortify Connection Token. Enter the above key (with hyphens) in the Token field.

   3. Click Test SSC Connection to verify the credentials are working properly.

3. For each of the projects you want to scan, create a job in Jenkins that includes a Security Fortify Assessment step to upload the .fpr file to SSC for assessment.

   1. Enter the application name and version information as defined for your project in SSC.

   2. The path to the Results file must be a path that can be accessed by the Jenkins server

By default, ALM Octane checks Fortify on Demand every 2 minutes for 48 hours to see if the scan is finished. If there are more than 100 vulnerabilities, ALM Octane retrieves none.

All these limits can be configured using the following configuration parameters:

• FORTIFY_POLLING_TIMEOUT_HOURS
• FORTIFY_POLLING_DELAY_MINUTES
• FORTIFY_UPPER_LIMIT_OF_ISSUES

By default, the maximum number of vulnerability issues that can be injected for each individual pipeline run is 100. This can be modified using the VULNERABILITIES_PER_PIPELINE_RUN_LIMIT parameter.