Commit 485b4761 authored by Russell Dickenson's avatar Russell Dickenson Committed by Nick Gaskill

Collect all troubleshooting information

parent c83308d7
......@@ -11,6 +11,32 @@ The following troubleshooting scenarios have been collected from customer suppor
experience a problem not addressed here, or the information here does not fix your problem, create a
support ticket. For more details, see the [GitLab Support](https://about.gitlab.com/support/) page.
## Debugging DAST jobs
A DAST job has two executing processes:
- The ZAP server.
- A series of scripts that start, control and stop the ZAP server.
Enable the `DAST_DEBUG` CI/CD variable to debug scripts. This can help when troubleshooting the job,
and outputs statements indicating what percentage of the scan is complete.
For details on using variables, see [Overriding the DAST template](index.md#customizing-the-dast-settings).
Debug mode of the ZAP server can be enabled using the `DAST_ZAP_LOG_CONFIGURATION` variable.
The following table outlines examples of values that can be set and the effect that they have on the output that is logged.
Multiple values can be specified, separated by semicolons.
For example, `log4j.logger.org.parosproxy.paros.network.HttpSender=DEBUG;log4j.logger.com.crawljax=DEBUG`.
| Log configuration value | Effect |
|-------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG` | Enable all debug logging statements. |
| `log4j.logger.org.apache.commons.httpclient=DEBUG` | Log every HTTP request and response made by the ZAP server. |
| `log4j.logger.org.zaproxy.zap.spider.SpiderController=DEBUG` | Log URLs found during the spider scan of the target. |
| `log4j.logger.com.crawljax=DEBUG` | Enable Ajax Crawler debug logging statements. |
| `log4j.logger.org.parosproxy.paros=DEBUG` | Enable ZAP server proxy debug logging statements. |
| `log4j.logger.org.zaproxy.zap=DEBUG` | Enable debug logging statements of the general ZAP server code. |
## Running out of memory
By default, ZAProxy, which DAST relies on, is allocated memory that sums to 25%
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......@@ -54,6 +54,28 @@ results. On failure, the analyzer outputs an
[`docker` executor](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/docker.html).
- Target application deployed. For more details, read [Deployment options](#deployment-options).
### DAST job order
When using the `DAST.gitlab-ci.yml` template, the `dast` stage is run last as shown in
the example below. To ensure DAST scans the latest code, deploy your application
in a stage before the `dast` stage.
```yaml
stages:
- build
- test
- deploy
- dast
```
Be aware that if your pipeline is configured to deploy to the same webserver in
each run, running a pipeline while another is still running could cause a race condition
where one pipeline overwrites the code from another pipeline. The site to be scanned
should be excluded from changes for the duration of a DAST scan.
The only changes to the site should be from the DAST scanner. Be aware that any
changes that users, scheduled tasks, database changes, code changes, other pipelines, or other scanners make to
the site during a scan could lead to inaccurate results.
### Deployment options
Depending on the complexity of the target application, there are a few options as to how to deploy and configure
......@@ -147,28 +169,6 @@ To enable DAST to run automatically, either:
`.gitlab-ci.yml` file.
- [Configure DAST using the UI](#configure-dast-using-the-ui).
### DAST job order
When using the `DAST.gitlab-ci.yml` template, the `dast` stage is run last as shown in
the example below. To ensure DAST scans the latest code, deploy your application
in a stage before the `dast` stage.
```yaml
stages:
- build
- test
- deploy
- dast
```
Be aware that if your pipeline is configured to deploy to the same webserver in
each run, running a pipeline while another is still running could cause a race condition
where one pipeline overwrites the code from another pipeline. The site to be scanned
should be excluded from changes for the duration of a DAST scan.
The only changes to the site should be from the DAST scanner. Be aware that any
changes that users, scheduled tasks, database changes, code changes, other pipelines, or other scanners make to
the site during a scan could lead to inaccurate results.
#### Include the DAST template
> This template was [updated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/62597) to DAST_VERSION: 2 in GitLab 14.0.
......@@ -926,32 +926,6 @@ variables:
The DAST job does not require the project's repository to be present when running, so by default
[`GIT_STRATEGY`](../../../ci/runners/configure_runners.md#git-strategy) is set to `none`.
### Debugging DAST jobs
A DAST job has two executing processes:
- The ZAP server.
- A series of scripts that start, control and stop the ZAP server.
Debug mode of the scripts can be enabled by using the `DAST_DEBUG` CI/CD variable. This can help when troubleshooting the job,
and outputs statements indicating what percentage of the scan is complete.
For details on using variables, see [Overriding the DAST template](#customizing-the-dast-settings).
Debug mode of the ZAP server can be enabled using the `DAST_ZAP_LOG_CONFIGURATION` variable.
The following table outlines examples of values that can be set and the effect that they have on the output that is logged.
Multiple values can be specified, separated by semicolons.
For example, `log4j.logger.org.parosproxy.paros.network.HttpSender=DEBUG;log4j.logger.com.crawljax=DEBUG`.
| Log configuration value | Effect |
|-------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG` | Enable all debug logging statements. |
| `log4j.logger.org.apache.commons.httpclient=DEBUG` | Log every HTTP request and response made by the ZAP server. |
| `log4j.logger.org.zaproxy.zap.spider.SpiderController=DEBUG` | Log URLs found during the spider scan of the target. |
| `log4j.logger.com.crawljax=DEBUG` | Enable Ajax Crawler debug logging statements. |
| `log4j.logger.org.parosproxy.paros=DEBUG` | Enable ZAP server proxy debug logging statements. |
| `log4j.logger.org.zaproxy.zap=DEBUG` | Enable debug logging statements of the general ZAP server code. |
## Running DAST in an offline environment
For self-managed GitLab instances in an environment with limited, restricted, or intermittent access
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