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title: "Getting Started with the IaC Provider"
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Prowler's Infrastructure as Code (IaC) provider enables scanning of local or remote infrastructure code for security and compliance issues using [Trivy](https://trivy.dev/). This provider supports a wide range of IaC frameworks, allowing assessment of code before deployment.

## Supported Scanners

The IaC provider leverages [Trivy](https://trivy.dev/latest/docs/scanner/vulnerability/) to support multiple scanners, including:

- Vulnerability
- Misconfiguration
- Secret
- License

## How It Works

- The IaC provider scans local directories (or specified paths) for supported IaC files, or scans remote repositories.
- No cloud credentials or authentication are required for local scans.
- For remote repository scans, authentication can be provided via [git URL](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone#_git_urls), CLI flags or environment variables.
  - Check the [IaC Authentication](/user-guide/providers/iac/authentication) page for more details.
- Mutelist logic ([filtering](https://trivy.dev/latest/docs/configuration/filtering/)) is handled by Trivy, not Prowler.
- Results are output in the same formats as other Prowler providers (CSV, JSON, HTML, etc.).

## Prowler App

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### Step 1: Access Prowler Cloud/App

1. Navigate to [Prowler Cloud](https://cloud.prowler.com/) or launch [Prowler App](/user-guide/tutorials/prowler-app)
2. Go to "Configuration" > "Cloud Providers"

    ![Cloud Providers Page](/images/prowler-app/cloud-providers-page.png)

3. Click "Add Cloud Provider"

    ![Add a Cloud Provider](/images/prowler-app/add-cloud-provider.png)

4. Select "Infrastructure as Code"

    ![Select Infrastructure as Code](/images/providers/select-iac.png)

5. Add the Repository URL and an optional alias, then click "Next"

    ![Add IaC Repository URL](/images/providers/add-iac-repo.png)

### Step 2: Enter Authentication Details

6. Optionally provide the [authentication](/user-guide/providers/iac/authentication) details for private repositories, then click "Next"

    ![IaC Authentication](/images/providers/iac-authentication.png)

### Step 3: Verify Connection & Start Scan

7. Review the provider configuration and click "Launch scan" to initiate the scan

    ![Verify Connection & Start Scan](/images/providers/iac-verify-connection.png)


## Prowler CLI

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### Usage

Use the `iac` argument to run Prowler with the IaC provider. Specify the directory or repository to scan, frameworks to include, and paths to exclude.

#### Scan a Local Directory (default)

```sh
prowler iac --scan-path ./my-iac-directory
```

#### Scan a Remote GitHub Repository

```sh
prowler iac --scan-repository-url https://github.com/user/repo.git
```

##### Authentication for Remote Private Repositories

Authentication for private repositories can be provided using one of the following methods:

- **GitHub Username and Personal Access Token (PAT):**
  ```sh
  prowler iac --scan-repository-url https://github.com/user/repo.git \
    --github-username <username> --personal-access-token <token>
  ```
- **GitHub OAuth App Token:**
  ```sh
  prowler iac --scan-repository-url https://github.com/user/repo.git \
    --oauth-app-token <oauth_token>
  ```
- If not provided via CLI, the following environment variables will be used (in order of precedence):
    - `GITHUB_OAUTH_APP_TOKEN`
    - `GITHUB_USERNAME` and `GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN`
- If neither CLI flags nor environment variables are set, the scan will attempt to clone without authentication or using the credentials provided in the [git URL](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone#_git_urls).

##### Mutually Exclusive Flags
- `--scan-path` and `--scan-repository-url` are mutually exclusive. Only one can be specified at a time.

#### Specify Scanners

Scan only vulnerability and misconfiguration scanners:

```sh
prowler iac --scan-path ./my-iac-directory --scanners vuln misconfig
```

#### Exclude Paths

```sh
prowler iac --scan-path ./my-iac-directory --exclude-path ./my-iac-directory/test,./my-iac-directory/examples
```

### Output

Use the standard Prowler output options, for example:

```sh
prowler iac --scan-path ./iac --output-formats csv json html
```