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Generic Scan-Agent Plugin

The generic scan-agent plugin is an example ready-to-use plugin that is available in the codeinsight-generic-version toolkit installed with the standard Code Insight plugins. It can run as a standalone scan-agent plugin (as described in this section), enabling you to scan any file system instead of being restricted to specific Engineering systems, as you are with the standard scan-agent plugins. The plugin can also easily integrate with certain Engineering systems to perform scans as part of a build process, such a TeamCity or GitLab build process, or serve as a basis for developing your own scan-agent plugin (see the Developing Custom Plugins chapter).

The following describe the basics of using the generic scan-agent plugin as a standalone scan-agent: