You can configure a Veracode API credentials file on Windows and, optionally, use
encryption to secure the file.
Before configuring a
Veracode API
credentials file:
- You have generated Veracode API
credentials.
- Depending on your Veracode integration, you have added your Veracode API credentials to the [default] application profile.
If you have an existing [greenlight] profile, delete it or
rename it to [default].
To configure a Veracode API credentials file on Windows:
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In File Explorer, open the C:\Users folder and, then, open
your user directory.
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Add a new folder to your user folder called .veracode. adding a final period to the name.
The extra period at the end of the folder
name specifies to File Explorer that you want to create a folder that starts
with a period. The second period disappears after you create the folder.
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Open a text editor, such as Notepad, and add your Veracode API credentials to a
new file in the following format:
[default]
veracode_api_key_id = <your_api_key_id>
veracode_api_key_secret = <your_api_secret_key>
The spaces around the equals sign (=) are not required.
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Choose and enter "credentials" in the File
name field. Including the quotation marks ensures that Notepad
does not add a file extension. If you create the file with a file extension,
right-click the file, choose Properties, and remove the
file extension in the window.
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Click Save.
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Optionally, you can use the Advanced Attributes window in Windows to enable the Encrypt contents to secure data option on the credentials file. Enabling this option restricts user access to the file.