Gitleaks

Install Gitleaks as a pre-commit hook.

Run 'git commit' command.

Gitleaks automatically scans the staged changes.

If secrets are found, the commit is blocked.

Remove secrets from the commit and try again.

Create a GitHub Actions workflow file.

Add Gitleaks action to the workflow.

Configure the action to run on push and pull requests.

The action scans the repository for secrets.

Results are reported in the GitHub Actions logs.

Add Gitleaks to the CI/CD pipeline script.

Configure Gitleaks to scan the application files.

If secrets are found, the pipeline is stopped.

Fix the secrets and restart the pipeline.

Schedule a cron job or use a scheduler tool.

Run Gitleaks on the git repository.

Review the generated report for any identified secrets.

Remediate the identified secrets.

Pipe the output of a command to Gitleaks.

Gitleaks scans the standard input for secrets.

The results are displayed in the console.