misc.rst

Miscellaneous

Continuous periodic Data import

If you want to run the import periodically, you can use a system timer. Here is an example:

$ cat ~/.config/systemd/user/vulnerablecode.service

[Unit]
Description=Run VulnerableCode importers

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/path/to/venv/bin/python /path/to/vulnerablecode/manage.py import --all && /path/to/venv/bin/python /path/to/vulnerablecode/manage.py improve --all

$ cat ~/.config/systemd/user/vulnerablecode.timer

[Unit]
Description=Periodically run VulnerableCode importers

[Timer]
OnCalendar=daily

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start this timer with:

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user start vulnerablecode.timer

Environment variables configuration

VulnerableCode loads environment variables from an .env file when provided. VulnerableCode first checks the file at /etc/vulnerablecode/.env and if not present, it will attempt to load a .env file from the checkout directory.

The file at /etc/vulnerablecode/.env has precedence.

Throttling rate configuration

The default throttling settings are defined in settings.py.

To override the default settings, add env variables in .env file define the settings there. For example:

VULNERABLECODE_ALL_VULNERABLE_PACKAGES_THROTTLING_RATE = '1000/hour'
VULNERABLECODE_BULK_SEARCH_PACKAGE_THROTTLING_RATE = '10/minute'
VULNERABLECODE_PACKAGES_SEARCH_THROTTLING_RATE = '1000/second'
VULNERABLECODE_VULNERABILITIES_SEARCH_THROTTLING_RATE = '1000/hour'
VULNERABLECODE_ALIASES_SEARCH_THROTTLING_RATE = '1000/hour'
VULNERABLECODE_CPE_SEARCH_THROTTLING_RATE = '10/minute'
VULNERABLECODE_BULK_SEARCH_CPE_THROTTLING_RATE = '10/minute'