Run a Datadog Software Composition Analysis job in your GitHub Action workflows.

SBOM Generation

The GitHub Action generates a SBOM report automatically based on dependencies declared in your repository.

The GitHub Action works for the following languages and following files:

• JavaScript/TypeScript: package-lock.json and yarn.lock
• Python: requirements.txt (with version defined) and poetry.lock
• Java: pom.xml
• C#
• Ruby
• … and more languages (listed in the documentation)

Setup

Set up keys

Add DD_APP_KEY and DD_API_KEY as secrets in your GitHub Actions Settings.

Workflow

Add the following code snippet in .github/workflows/datadog-sca.yml.

on: [push]

name: Datadog Software Composition Analysis

jobs:
  software-composition-analysis:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Datadog SBOM Generation and Upload
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - name: Check imported libraries are secure and compliant
      id: datadog-software-composition-analysis
      uses: DataDog/datadog-sca-github-action@main
      with:
        dd_api_key: ${{ secrets.DD_API_KEY }}
        dd_app_key: ${{ secrets.DD_APP_KEY }}
        dd_service: my-app
        dd_env: ci
        dd_site: 

Further Reading

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

• Learn about Software Composition Analysis