Automation Framework
This add-on provides a framework that allows ZAP to be automated in an easy and flexible way.
It provides the following command line options:
- -autorun <filename> Run the automation jobs specified in the file.
- -autogenmin <filename> Generate template automation file with the key parameters.
- -autogenmax <filename> Generate template automation file with all parameters.
- -autogenconf <filename> Generate template automation file using the current configuration.
If the -autorun option is used with the ZAP -cmd option then the ZAP exit value will be set as follows:
- 0 - The plan completed successfully with no errors or warnings
- 1 - The plan reported one or more errors
- 2 - The plan reported no errors but one or more warnings
Whether the plan completed after encountering errors or warnings will depend on the settings used in the environment.
To use the automation framework:
- Generate a template automation file using one of the
-autogen* command line options
- Edit the file to match your requirements
- Run the file using the
-autorun commandline option e.g. ./zap.sh -cmd -autorun config.yaml
In most cases it is recommended to also use the -cmd command line option so that the ZAP desktop is not displayed
and ZAP exits as soon as it has finished generating or running the jobs defined in the file.
However you can choose to run Automation Framework jobs using the ZAP desktop to help you debug issues.
Authentication
The Automation Framework supports a subset of the authentication mechanisms supported by ZAP.
GUI
A GUI is under development and provides an ever increasing set of features.
API
The following API endpoints are provided by this add-on:
- Action: runPlan(filePath) - loads and asynchronously runs the plan in the specified file, returning a planId
- View: planProgress(planId) - returns the progress details for the specified planId
If the ZAP desktop is being used then the plan will also be shown in the GUI to make it easier to diagnose any problems.
Environment
The environment section of the file defines the applications which the rest of the jobs can act on.
Jobs
The following automation jobs are supported by this add-on:
- addOns - add-on management
- delay - pauses the plan for a specified period of time or a specific condition is met
- passiveScan-config - passive scan configuration
- passiveScan-wait - waits for the passive scanner to finish processing the current queue
- requestor - crafts specific requests to send to the corresponding targets
- spider - runs the traditional spider
- activeScan - runs the active scanner
Job tests can be added to jobs to check that the jobs have performed as expected.
This framework is plugable and so other add-ons may add support for other jobs, see the
Automation Framework website pages for a more complete list.
The 'min' and 'max' templates include comments giving more information about the fields.