Optimizing scan performance

If you plan to regularly scan large applications, OpenText recommends that you run a manual test scan on hardware that is equivalent to the hardware on which your sensor is installed.

To optimize your scan:

  1. Set the OpenText SAST scan parameters for optimal performance by adjusting the memory settings to align with your hardware.

    For information about how to tune OpenText SAST, see the OpenText™ Static Application Security Testing User Guide.

  2. Run a scan.
  3. Note the size of the resulting FPR file and scan log.
  4. To ensure that the Controller and Application Security can accept FPR or log files larger than 1 GB, increase the maximum upload size threshold by doing the following:

    1. Open the <controller_install_dir>/tomcat/webapps/scancentral-ctrl/classes/config.properties file.

    2. Set the Controller threshold to the maximum size in megabytes as follows:

      max_upload_size=<max_size_in_megabytes>

      The default value is 1024.

  5. Make sure that OpenText SAST is configured to process large FPR files.

    For more information, see the OpenText™ Static Application Security Testing User Guide.

See also

Configuring the Controller