Anchore CLI

The command line interface for Anchore.

Object Representation (YAML)

id: String
name: String
type: String
depends: [String]
tags: [String]
condition: Boolean
each: Array
while: String
until: String
verbosity: String
ignore_errors: Boolean
tool_version: String
tool_options: Object
properties:
  credential: String
  api_url: String
  script_content: String
  script_path: String
  args: String
  cwd: String
  skip_ssl_verify: Boolean
  env:
    - name: String
      value: String

Fields

Property Details
id *

String

A unique identifier for the step.

Can contain hyphens and underscores, but not spaces.
name *

String

A friendly name for the step. This name will appear in the pipeline designer and run output.
type *

String

The type of the step. Can be pipeline or a step module type.
depends[]

[String]

A list of dependencies of this step.

This step will not be executed until all steps with ids in this list are finished executing.
tags[]

[String]

Tags are used to group related steps. Steps with the same tag can be retrieved using the findStepsByTag() helper function.

Can contain hyphens and underscores, but not spaces.
condition

Boolean

An expression which is evaluated before the step executes. If it evaluates to false, the step will be skipped. The step.result.status field will be "Skipped".
each

Array

An expression which evaluates to an array. It is evaluated once before the first iteration. There will be one iteration for each element of the array. An empty array ([]) will results in no iterations being executed.
while

String

A boolean expression evaluated before each iteration. When the expression evaluates to false, iteration stops. If false before the first iteration, no iterations will be executed.
until

String

A boolean expression evaluated after each iteration. When the expression evaluates to true, iteration stops. The first iteration will always be excuted with no regard for the value of the expression.
verbosity

String

Step event verbosity. Determines how much information about step execution is sent back to the application.
ignore_errors

Boolean

If true, errors in the step module will not halt pipeline execution, and subsequent steps will still be executed. The step.result.status field will be "Failed" if the step encounters an error.
tool_version

String

The version to use for tool installation.
tool_options

Object

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properties.credential

String

A Username/Password credential to use for authentication with the API server.
properties.api_url

String

URL of the API server.
properties.script_content

String

Path to an existing script.
properties.script_path

String

Inline script content.
properties.args

String

Additional command line arguments.
properties.cwd

String

Working directory to use for script execution.
properties.skip_ssl_verify

Boolean

Skip SSL certificate validation when communicating with the API server.
properties.env[]

[Object]

A list of environment variables that will be set for script execution.
properties.env[].name *

String

Environment variable name.
properties.env[].value *

String

Environment variable value.

Result Fields

The following are the step execution result fields available at steps.<step id>.result after a step executes.

Key Details
result.status

String

A string indicating the step execution status. Can be Succeeded, Failed, or Skipped.
result.exit_code

Number

Exit code of the anchore-cli process.
result.stdout

String

Stdout of the anchore-cli process.
result.stderr

String

Stderr of the anchore-cli process.