Using mobile build sessions

With an OpenText SAST mobile build session (MBS), you can translate a project on one machine and scan it on another. A mobile build session (MBS file) includes all the files needed for the analysis phase including the source code. To improve scan time, you can perform the translation on the build computer, and then use a better equipped computer for the scan by doing either of the following:

Use Fortify ScanCentral SAST client to move the MBS to sensors for analysis (see Fortify ScanCentral SAST)
Move the build session (MBS file) to another computer that has an OpenText SAST installation, import the MBS (see Importing a mobile build session), and then run the analysis.

Note: OpenText Core Application Security (Fortify on Demand) users can generate an MBS file to package translated code for uploading some languages.

You must have the same version of Fortify Software Security Content (Rulepacks) installed on both the system where you perform the translation and the system where you perform the analysis.

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