VM
trivy vm
[EXPERIMENTAL] Scan a virtual machine image
trivy vm [flags] VM_IMAGE
Examples
# Scan your AWS AMI
$ trivy vm --scanners vuln ami:${your_ami_id}
# Scan your AWS EBS snapshot
$ trivy vm ebs:${your_ebs_snapshot_id}
Options
--aws-region string AWS region to scan
--cache-backend string cache backend (e.g. redis://localhost:6379) (default "fs")
--cache-ttl duration cache TTL when using redis as cache backend
--clear-cache clear image caches without scanning
--compliance string compliance report to generate
--custom-headers strings custom headers in client mode
--db-repository string OCI repository to retrieve trivy-db from (default "ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy-db")
--dependency-tree [EXPERIMENTAL] show dependency origin tree of vulnerable packages
--download-db-only download/update vulnerability database but don't run a scan
--download-java-db-only download/update Java index database but don't run a scan
--enable-modules strings [EXPERIMENTAL] module names to enable
--exit-code int specify exit code when any security issues are found
--exit-on-eol int exit with the specified code when the OS reaches end of service/life
--file-patterns strings specify config file patterns
-f, --format string format (table, json, template, sarif, cyclonedx, spdx, spdx-json, github, cosign-vuln) (default "table")
--helm-set strings specify Helm values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
--helm-set-file strings specify Helm values from respective files specified via the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=path1,key2=path2)
--helm-set-string strings specify Helm string values on the command line (can specify multiple or separate values with commas: key1=val1,key2=val2)
--helm-values strings specify paths to override the Helm values.yaml files
-h, --help help for vm
--ignore-policy string specify the Rego file path to evaluate each vulnerability
--ignore-unfixed display only fixed vulnerabilities
--ignorefile string specify .trivyignore file (default ".trivyignore")
--include-non-failures include successes and exceptions, available with '--scanners config'
--java-db-repository string OCI repository to retrieve trivy-java-db from (default "ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy-java-db")
--list-all-pkgs enabling the option will output all packages regardless of vulnerability
--module-dir string specify directory to the wasm modules that will be loaded (default "$HOME/.trivy/modules")
--no-progress suppress progress bar
--offline-scan do not issue API requests to identify dependencies
-o, --output string output file name
--redis-ca string redis ca file location, if using redis as cache backend
--redis-cert string redis certificate file location, if using redis as cache backend
--redis-key string redis key file location, if using redis as cache backend
--redis-tls enable redis TLS with public certificates, if using redis as cache backend
--rekor-url string [EXPERIMENTAL] address of rekor STL server (default "https://rekor.sigstore.dev")
--reset remove all caches and database
--reset-policy-bundle remove policy bundle
--sbom-sources strings [EXPERIMENTAL] try to retrieve SBOM from the specified sources (oci,rekor)
--scanners strings comma-separated list of what security issues to detect (vuln,config,secret,license) (default [vuln,secret])
--secret-config string specify a path to config file for secret scanning (default "trivy-secret.yaml")
--server string server address in client mode
-s, --severity string severities of security issues to be displayed (comma separated) (default "UNKNOWN,LOW,MEDIUM,HIGH,CRITICAL")
--skip-db-update skip updating vulnerability database
--skip-dirs strings specify the directories where the traversal is skipped
--skip-files strings specify the file paths to skip traversal
--skip-java-db-update skip updating Java index database
--slow scan over time with lower CPU and memory utilization
-t, --template string output template
--tf-vars strings specify paths to override the Terraform tfvars files
--token string for authentication in client/server mode
--token-header string specify a header name for token in client/server mode (default "Trivy-Token")
--vuln-type strings comma-separated list of vulnerability types (os,library) (default [os,library])
Options inherited from parent commands
--cache-dir string cache directory (default "/path/to/cache")
-c, --config string config path (default "trivy.yaml")
-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
SEE ALSO
- trivy - Unified security scanner