snyk/help/commands-md/snyk-container.md

snyk library and cli utility

# snyk container -- Test container images for vulnerabilities

## Usage

`snyk container [<COMMAND>] [<OPTIONS>] [<IMAGE>]`

## Description

Find vulnerabilities in your container images.

## Commands

### `test`

Test for any known vulnerabilities.

### `monitor`

Record the state of dependencies and any vulnerabilities on snyk.io.

## Options

### `--exclude-base-image-vulns`

Exclude from display base image vulnerabilities.

### `--file=<FILE_PATH>`

Include the path to the image's Dockerfile for more detailed advice.

### `--platform=<PLATFORM>`

For multi-architecture images, specify the platform to test.
[linux/amd64, linux/arm64, linux/riscv64, linux/ppc64le, linux/s390x, linux/386, linux/arm/v7 or linux/arm/v6]

### `--json`

Prints results in JSON format.

### `--json-file-output=<OUTPUT_FILE_PATH>`

(only in `test` command)
Save test output in JSON format directly to the specified file, regardless of whether or not you use the `--json` option.
This is especially useful if you want to display the human-readable test output via stdout and at the same time save the JSON format output to a file.

### `--sarif`

Return results in SARIF format.

### `--sarif-file-output=<OUTPUT_FILE_PATH>`

(only in `test` command)
Save test output in SARIF format directly to the `<OUTPUT_FILE_PATH>` file, regardless of whether or not you use the `--sarif` option.
This is especially useful if you want to display the human-readable test output via stdout and at the same time save the SARIF format output to a file.

### `--print-deps`

Print the dependency tree before sending it for analysis.

### `--project-name=<PROJECT_NAME>`

Specify a custom Snyk project name.

### `--policy-path=<PATH_TO_POLICY_FILE>`

Manually pass a path to a snyk policy file.

### `--severity-threshold=low|medium|high|critical`

Only report vulnerabilities of provided level or higher.

### `--username=<CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USERNAME>`

Specify a username to use when connecting to a container registry. This will be ignored in favour of local Docker binary credentials when Docker is present.

### `--password=<CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASSWORD>`

Specify a password to use when connecting to a container registry. This will be ignored in favour of local Docker binary credentials when Docker is present.




### Flags available accross all commands

#### `--insecure`

Ignore unknown certificate authorities.

#### `-d`

Output debug logs.

#### `--quiet`, `-q`

Silence all output.

#### `--version`, `-v`

Prints versions.

#### `--help [<COMMAND>]`, `[<COMMAND>] --help`, `-h`

Prints a help text. You may specify a `<COMMAND>` to get more details.




## Exit codes

Possible exit codes and their meaning:

**0**: success, no vulns found<br />
**1**: action_needed, vulns found<br />
**2**: failure, try to re-run command<br />
**3**: failure, no supported projects detected<br />


## Environment

You can set these environment variables to change CLI settings.

### `SNYK_TOKEN`

Snyk authorization token. Setting this envvar will override the token that may be available in your `snyk config` settings.

[How to get your account token](https://snyk.co/ucT6J)<br />
[How to use Service Accounts](https://snyk.co/ucT6L)<br />

### `SNYK_CFG_KEY`

Allows you to override any key that's also available as `snyk config` option.

E.g. `SNYK_CFG_ORG=myorg` will override default org option in `config` with "myorg".

### `SNYK_REGISTRY_USERNAME`

Specify a username to use when connecting to a container registry. Note that using the `--username` flag will override this value. This will be ignored in favour of local Docker binary credentials when Docker is present.

### `SNYK_REGISTRY_PASSWORD`

Specify a password to use when connecting to a container registry. Note that using the `--password` flag will override this value. This will be ignored in favour of local Docker binary credentials when Docker is present.

## Connecting to Snyk API

By default Snyk CLI will connect to `https://snyk.io/api/v1`.

### `SNYK_API`

Sets API host to use for Snyk requests. Useful for on-premise instances and configuring proxies. If set with `http` protocol CLI will upgrade the requests to `https`. Unless `SNYK_HTTP_PROTOCOL_UPGRADE` is set to `0`.

### `SNYK_HTTP_PROTOCOL_UPGRADE=0`

If set to the value of `0`, API requests aimed at `http` URLs will not be upgraded to `https`. If not set, the default behavior will be to upgrade these requests from `http` to `https`. Useful e.g., for reverse proxies.

### `HTTPS_PROXY` and `HTTP_PROXY`

Allows you to specify a proxy to use for `https` and `http` calls. The `https` in the `HTTPS_PROXY` means that _requests using `https` protocol_ will use this proxy. The proxy itself doesn't need to use `https`.


## Notices

### Snyk API usage policy

The use of Snyk's API, whether through the use of the 'snyk' npm package or otherwise, is subject to the terms & conditions
https://snyk.co/ucT6N