Container Scanning can be [configured](#customizing-the-container-scanning-settings)
using environment variables.
| Environment Variable | Description | Default |
| ------ | ------ | ------ |
| `SECURE_ANALYZERS_PREFIX` | Set the Docker registry base address from which to download the analyzer. | `"registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers"` |
| `KLAR_TRACE` | Set to true to enable more verbose output from klar. | `"false"` |
| `CLAIR_TRACE` | Set to true to enable more verbose output from the clair server process. | `"false"` |
| `DOCKER_USER` | Username for accessing a Docker registry requiring authentication. | `$CI_REGISTRY_USER` |
| `DOCKER_PASSWORD` | Password for accessing a Docker registry requiring authentication. | `$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD` |
| `CLAIR_OUTPUT` | Severity level threshold. Vulnerabilities with severity level higher than or equal to this threshold will be outputted. Supported levels are `Unknown`, `Negligible`, `Low`, `Medium`, `High`, `Critical` and `Defcon1`. | `Unknown` |
| `REGISTRY_INSECURE` | Allow [Klar](https://github.com/optiopay/klar) to access insecure registries (HTTP only). Should only be set to `true` when testing the image locally. | `"false"` |
| `DOCKER_INSECURE` | Allow [Klar](https://github.com/optiopay/klar) to access secure Docker registries using HTTPS with bad (or self-signed) SSL certificates. | `"false"` |
| `CLAIR_VULNERABILITIES_DB_URL` | (**DEPRECATED - use `CLAIR_DB_CONNECTION_STRING` instead**) This variable is explicitly set in the [services section](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/898c5da43504eba87b749625da50098d345b60d6/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/Container-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml#L23) of the `Container-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml` file and defaults to `clair-vulnerabilities-db`. This value represents the address that the [PostgreSQL server hosting the vulnerabilities definitions](https://hub.docker.com/r/arminc/clair-db) is running on and **shouldn't be changed** unless you're running the image locally as described in the [Running the standalone Container Scanning Tool](#running-the-standalone-container-scanning-tool) section. | `clair-vulnerabilities-db` |
| `CLAIR_DB_CONNECTION_STRING` | This variable represents the [connection string](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/libpq-connect.html#AEN39692) to the [PostgreSQL server hosting the vulnerabilities definitions](https://hub.docker.com/r/arminc/clair-db) database and **shouldn't be changed** unless you're running the image locally as described in the [Running the standalone Container Scanning Tool](#running-the-standalone-container-scanning-tool) section. The host value for the connection string must match the [alias](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/898c5da43504eba87b749625da50098d345b60d6/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/Container-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml#L23) value of the `Container-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml` template file, which defaults to `clair-vulnerabilities-db`. | `postgresql://postgres:password@clair-vulnerabilities-db:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable&statement_timeout=60000` |
| `CI_APPLICATION_REPOSITORY` | Docker repository URL for the image to be scanned. | `$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG` |
| `CI_APPLICATION_TAG` | Docker repository tag for the image to be scanned. | `$CI_COMMIT_SHA` |
| `CLAIR_DB_IMAGE` | The Docker image name and tag for the [PostgreSQL server hosting the vulnerabilities definitions](https://hub.docker.com/r/arminc/clair-db). It can be useful to override this value with a specific version, for example, to provide a consistent set of vulnerabilities for integration testing purposes, or to refer to a locally hosted vulnerabilities database for an on-premise offline installation. | `arminc/clair-db:latest` |
| `CLAIR_DB_IMAGE_TAG` | (**DEPRECATED - use `CLAIR_DB_IMAGE` instead**) The Docker image tag for the [PostgreSQL server hosting the vulnerabilities definitions](https://hub.docker.com/r/arminc/clair-db). It can be useful to override this value with a specific version, for example, to provide a consistent set of vulnerabilities for integration testing purposes. | `latest` |
| `DOCKERFILE_PATH` | The path to the `Dockerfile` to be used for generating remediations. By default, the scanner will look for a file named `Dockerfile` in the root directory of the project, so this variable should only be configured if your `Dockerfile` is in a non-standard location, such as a subdirectory. See [Solutions for vulnerabilities](#solutions-for-vulnerabilities-auto-remediation) for more details. | `Dockerfile` |
| `ADDITIONAL_CA_CERT_BUNDLE` | Bundle of CA certs that you want to trust. | "" |
| `SECURE_LOG_LEVEL` | Set the minimum logging level. Messages of this logging level or higher are output. From highest to lowest severity, the logging levels are: `fatal`, `error`, `warn`, `info`, `debug`. [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/10880) in GitLab 13.1. | `info` |
| Environment Variable | Default | Description |
| -------------------- | ----------- | ------- |
| `SECURE_ANALYZERS_PREFIX`| `"registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security-products/analyzers"` | Set the Docker registry base address from which to download the analyzer. |
| `KLAR_TRACE`| `"false"` | Set to true to enable more verbose output from klar. |
| `CLAIR_TRACE`| `"false"` | Set to true to enable more verbose output from the clair server process. |
| `DOCKER_USER`| `$CI_REGISTRY_USER` | Username for accessing a Docker registry requiring authentication. |
| `DOCKER_PASSWORD`| `$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD` | Password for accessing a Docker registry requiring authentication. |
| `CLAIR_OUTPUT`| `Unknown` | Severity level threshold. Vulnerabilities with severity level higher than or equal to this threshold will be outputted. Supported levels are `Unknown`, `Negligible`, `Low`, `Medium`, `High`, `Critical` and `Defcon1`. |
| `REGISTRY_INSECURE`| `"false"` | Allow [Klar](https://github.com/optiopay/klar) to access insecure registries (HTTP only). Should only be set to `true` when testing the image locally. |
| `DOCKER_INSECURE`| `"false"` | Allow [Klar](https://github.com/optiopay/klar) to access secure Docker registries using HTTPS with bad (or self-signed) SSL certificates. |
| `CLAIR_VULNERABILITIES_DB_URL` | `clair-vulnerabilities-db` | (**DEPRECATED - use `CLAIR_DB_CONNECTION_STRING` instead**) This variable is explicitly set in the [services section](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/898c5da43504eba87b749625da50098d345b60d6/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/Container-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml#L23) of the `Container-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml` file and defaults to `clair-vulnerabilities-db`. This value represents the address that the [PostgreSQL server hosting the vulnerabilities definitions](https://hub.docker.com/r/arminc/clair-db) is running on and **shouldn't be changed** unless you're running the image locally as described in the [Running the standalone Container Scanning Tool](#running-the-standalone-container-scanning-tool) section. |
| `CLAIR_DB_CONNECTION_STRING`| `postgresql://postgres:password@clair-vulnerabilities-db:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable&statement_timeout=60000` | This variable represents the [connection string](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/libpq-connect.html#AEN39692) to the [PostgreSQL server hosting the vulnerabilities definitions](https://hub.docker.com/r/arminc/clair-db) database and **shouldn't be changed** unless you're running the image locally as described in the [Running the standalone Container Scanning Tool](#running-the-standalone-container-scanning-tool) section. The host value for the connection string must match the [alias](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/898c5da43504eba87b749625da50098d345b60d6/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Security/Container-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml#L23) value of the `Container-Scanning.gitlab-ci.yml` template file, which defaults to `clair-vulnerabilities-db`. |
| `CI_APPLICATION_REPOSITORY`| `$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG` | Docker repository URL for the image to be scanned. |
| `CI_APPLICATION_TAG`| `$CI_COMMIT_SHA` | Docker repository tag for the image to be scanned. |
| `CLAIR_DB_IMAGE`| `arminc/clair-db:latest` | The Docker image name and tag for the [PostgreSQL server hosting the vulnerabilities definitions](https://hub.docker.com/r/arminc/clair-db). It can be useful to override this value with a specific version, for example, to provide a consistent set of vulnerabilities for integration testing purposes, or to refer to a locally hosted vulnerabilities database for an on-premise offline installation. |
| `CLAIR_DB_IMAGE_TAG`| `latest` | (**DEPRECATED - use `CLAIR_DB_IMAGE` instead**) The Docker image tag for the [PostgreSQL server hosting the vulnerabilities definitions](https://hub.docker.com/r/arminc/clair-db). It can be useful to override this value with a specific version, for example, to provide a consistent set of vulnerabilities for integration testing purposes. |
| `DOCKERFILE_PATH`| `Dockerfile` | The path to the `Dockerfile` to be used for generating remediations. By default, the scanner will look for a file named `Dockerfile` in the root directory of the project, so this variable should only be configured if your `Dockerfile` is in a non-standard location, such as a subdirectory. See [Solutions for vulnerabilities](#solutions-for-vulnerabilities-auto-remediation) for more details. |
| `ADDITIONAL_CA_CERT_BUNDLE`| `""` | Bundle of CA certs that you want to trust. |
| `SECURE_LOG_LEVEL`| `info` | Set the minimum logging level. Messages of this logging level or higher are output. From highest to lowest severity, the logging levels are: `fatal`, `error`, `warn`, `info`, `debug`. [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/10880) in GitLab 13.1. |
