About scanning locally

This section describes how to perform a scan of your source code on the local system. You must provide the Fortify Eclipse Complete Plugin with the location of a locally installed OpenText SAST. You are prompted for the location of OpenText SAST the first time you analyze your project locally The Fortify Eclipse Complete Plugin invokes OpenText SAST with the server Java Virtual Machine.

OpenText strongly recommends that you periodically update the security content, which contains OpenText Secure Coding Rulepacks and external metadata. For instructions, see Updating Security Content.

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