Configuring advanced setup for code scanning

You can configure advanced setup for a repository to find security vulnerabilities in your code using a highly customizable code scanning configuration.

谁可以使用此功能？

具有管理员角色的存储库所有者、组织所有者、安全管理员和用户

Code scanning 可用于以下存储库类型：

  • GitHub.com 上的公共存储库
  • GitHub Team、GitHub Enterprise Cloud 或 GitHub Enterprise Server 上的组织拥有的存储库，已启用 GitHub Code Security。

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If you do not need a highly customizable code scanning configuration, consider using default setup for code scanning. For more information, see 关于代码扫描的设置类型.

Prerequisites

Your repository is eligible for advanced setup if it meets these requirements.

  • It uses CodeQL-supported languages or you plan to generate code scanning results with a third-party tool.
  • 已启用 GitHub Actions。
  • 它公开可见，或已启用 GitHub Code Security。

Configuring advanced setup for code scanning with CodeQL

You can customize your CodeQL analysis by creating and editing a workflow file. Selecting advanced setup generates a basic workflow file for you to customize using standard workflow syntax and specifying options for the CodeQL action. See 工作流 and 代码扫描的工作流配置选项.

使用操作运行 code scanning 将消耗分钟数。 有关详细信息，请参阅“GitHub Actions计费”。

  1. 在 GitHub 上，导航到存储库的主页面。

  2. 在仓库名称下，单击 “Settings”****。 如果看不到“设置”选项卡，请选择“”下拉菜单，然后单击“设置”。

    存储库标头的屏幕截图，其中显示了选项卡。 “设置”选项卡以深橙色边框突出显示。

  3. 在边栏的“Security”部分中，单击“ Advanced Security”****。

  4. Scroll down to "Code Security", in the "CodeQL analysis" row select Set up , then click Advanced.

    注意

    If you are switching from default setup to advanced setup, in the "CodeQL analysis" row, select , then click Switch to advanced. In the pop-up window that appears, click Disable CodeQL.

    Screenshot of the "Code Security" section of "Advanced Security" settings. The "Advanced setup" button is highlighted with an orange outline.

  5. To customize how code scanning scans your code, edit the workflow.

    Generally, you can commit the CodeQL 分析工作流程 without making any changes to it. However, many of the third-party workflows require additional configuration, so read the comments in the workflow before committing.

    For more information, see 代码扫描的工作流配置选项 and CodeQL code scanning for compiled languages.

  6. Click Commit changes... to display the commit changes form.

    Screenshot of the form to create a new file. To the right of the file name, a green button, labeled "Commit changes...", is outlined in dark orange.

  7. In the commit message field, type a commit message.

  8. Choose whether you'd like to commit directly to the default branch, or create a new branch and start a pull request.

  9. Click Commit new file to commit the workflow file to the default branch or click Propose new file to commit the file to a new branch.

  10. If you created a new branch, click Create pull request and open a pull request to merge your change into the default branch.

In the suggested CodeQL 分析工作流程, code scanning is configured to analyze your code each time you either push a change to the default branch or any protected branches, or raise a pull request against the default branch. As a result, code scanning will now commence.

The on:pull_request and on:push triggers for code scanning are each useful for different purposes. See 代码扫描的工作流配置选项 and 触发工作流程.

For information on bulk enablement, see 使用 CodeQL 大规模为代码扫描配置高级设置.

Configuring code scanning using third-party actions

GitHub includes workflow templates for third-party actions, as well as the CodeQL action. Using a workflow template is much easier than writing a workflow unaided.

使用操作运行 code scanning 将消耗分钟数。 有关详细信息，请参阅“GitHub Actions计费”。

  1. 在 GitHub 上，导航到存储库的主页面。

  2. 在仓库名称下，单击“ Actions”****。

    “github/docs”存储库的选项卡的屏幕截图。 “操作”选项卡以橙色边框突出显示。

  3. If the repository has already at least one workflow configured and running, click New workflow to display workflow templates. If there are currently no workflows configured for the repository, go to the next step.

    Screenshot of the Actions tab for a repository. The "New workflow" button is outlined in dark orange.

  4. In the "Choose a workflow" or "Get started with GitHub Actions" view, scroll down to the "Security" category and click Configure under the workflow you want to configure. You may need to click View all to find the security workflow you want to configure.

    Screenshot of the Security category of workflow templates. The Configure button and "View all" link are highlighted with an orange outline.

  5. Follow any instructions in the workflow to customize it to your needs. For more general assistance about workflows, click Documentation on the right pane of the workflow page.

    Screenshot showing a workflow template file open for editing. The "Documentation" button is highlighted with an orange outline.

  6. When you have finished defining your configuration, add the new workflow to your default branch.

    For more information, see 使用工作流模板 and 代码扫描的工作流配置选项.

Next steps

After your workflow runs successfully at least once, you are ready to start examining and resolving code scanning alerts. For more information on code scanning alerts, see 关于代码扫描警报 and 访问存储库的代码扫描警报.

Learn how code scanning runs behave as checks on pull requests, see 鉴定拉取请求中的代码扫描警报.

You can find detailed information about your code scanning configuration, including timestamps for each scan and the percentage of files scanned, on the tool status page. For more information, see Use the tool status page for code scanning.

Further reading