Start your First Scan with Kiuwan Local Analyzer

Basic Configuration

1. Start the Kiuwan Local Analyzer.

2. Enter your Kiuwan account details and click Login

   If you are using an Internet Proxy and/or you need to integrate with a Local Authentication system, click Advanced and visit Configuration for Networks with Proxy or Local Authentication for further instructions.

   

3. Define your basic analysis configuration on the analysis set-up window:

   • Application name (name of the software package to be analyzed)
   • Folder to analyze (root directory where source files are located)
   • Analysis scope (please visit Optimize the Content and the Scope of the Analysis with Kiuwan Local Analyzer)
   • Baseline label (custom label to identify this specific analysis from others)
   
   
   
4. Click Continue to view the analysis configuration window
   
   
   
5. Define your basic analysis: 
   • Product: select which Kiuwan Solution should be executed by clicking on the checkbox. 
     
     
6. Click Analyze
   You can view the analysis log while it is running by clicking Analyzer log
   
   
   
7. Your analysis is finished. You can now view the results on the dashboard by clicking View Results or by accessing your account on kiuwan.com.
   
   

Advanced Configuration

Analysis set-up

1. On the analysis set-up window, click Advanced to access the advanced configuration settings:
   

A new window opens:

Select a Model: 

• • Automatic = KLA uses the Model associated with the application;
  • Any other = that model is associated with the application for future analyses.

Source Code Filters 

• • Specify the exact fileset you want to analyze. Visit Source Code Filters for further information.

Analysis Configuration

1. Click the settings wheel on the analysis configuration window
   
   
   

2. Select which file extensions to analyze.
   

   C/C++

   For Advanced Configuration for C/C++ see Configuring an Analysis with C/C++ 

   You can click the Files column to see the full list of files in your folder.
   

3. After the configuration is done, click Close to return to the analysis configuration window.

Advanced Analysis Configuration

To open the Advanced Analysis Configuration dialog, click Advanced.

Analysis Configuration 

In this tab, you can expand the Select block menu, where you can select which technology you would like to configure.

The most important settings are: 

• • Encoding: encoding of the application's files. 
  • Analysis timeout (minutes): Maximum time for every analysis step. 
  • Max memory size: Maximum memory (heap) used by the analysis.