Nexus IQ for Azure DevOps

Evaluate open source policies at CI.

Overview

The Nexus IQ Extension for Azure DevOps enforces open source governance policies within the CI phase. As a new step within the build, the application is scanned by Nexus IQ to identify any open source security, license, or quality policy violations and can be configured to fail the build or generate a warning. Once the scan is complete, the results are displayed within Azure DevOps with a link to the Nexus Lifecycle policy report for violation details and expert remediation guidance.

Nexus Lifecycle

In a DevOps world, the only way to deliver secure applications at scale is to rely on precise intelligence about the quality of the open source components used within those applications. Nexus Lifecycle provides the most precise intelligence regarding security vulnerabilities, license risk, and architectural quality of open source components and delivers that information directly within Azure DevOps as well as other tools in the DevOps toolchain. Automate your open source policies with confidence and deliver applications at scale by eliminating manual approval processes and whitelists/blacklists.

Nexus IQ for Azure DevOps

The results of a Nexus Lifecycle scan appear directly within the Azure DevOps build pipeline so it is easy to understand what open source components are being used and if they violate any of your open source policies.

In this example, there are 11 critical, 2 medium, and zero low risk components identified within this application.

By clicking on the policy summary report, you can clearly identify which components violate which policy and select the best version / component to generate a clean build.

The IQ Policy Evaluation report can also be integrated into the Azure DevOps dashboard for a quick view into open source components that are being used within the application.

More information about the Nexus IQ Extension for Azure DevOps can be found in IQ for Azure DevOps Documentation.

Requirements

The Nexus IQ Extension requires Nexus Lifecycle.

Changes

Version 1.2.13

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.103.0-01.
• Send component paths to the IQ Server, so they can be shown on Occurrences tab of reports.
• Accommodate expanded output of IQ CLI and larger numbers of artifacts.

Version 1.2.12

• FIX: Revert 1.2.11 release to alleviate a regression while scanning larger numbers of artifacts.

Version 1.2.11

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.103.0-01.
• Send component paths to the IQ Server, so they can be shown on Occurrences tab of reports.

Version 1.2.10

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.100.0-01.
• Scan artifacts found in the Artifact Staging Directory in addition to the Default Working Directory.

Version 1.2.9

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.99.0-01.

Version 1.2.8

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.98.0-01.
• Provide reminder on a pipeline to enable Nexus IQ for each project when it's not already.

Version 1.2.7

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.97.0-01.

Version 1.2.6

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.96.0-01.

Version 1.2.5

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.95.0-01.

Version 1.2.4

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.94.0-01.

Version 1.2.3

• Provide latest features for Nexus Lifecycle 1.92.0-01.
• Security updates for dependencies.

Version 1.2.2

• Security updates for dependencies.