Manage a Sonatype connector - Administrator Guide - Cortex CLOUD

Cortex Cloud Posture Management Documentation

Product
Cortex Cloud Application Security > Cortex CLOUD
License
Cloud Posture Management
Creation date
2025-01-22
Last date published
2026-06-10
Category
Administrator Guide

After you add a Sonatype connector, you can modify the connector settings and configure the scanning scope to control which images are scanned in the connected registry.

To manage the connector, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to SettingsData Sources & Integrations.

  2. Select the Sonatype data source from the list of data sources, or filter to search.

  3. Select the Sonatype row. A pane opens with a list of integration instances and their details.

    You can create a new instance by selecting Add Instance and following the onboarding wizard to define the settings.

  4. Right click an instance to perform actions on it as follows:

    Action

    Instructions

    Edit

    Edit the Sonatype instance.

    Note

    • If you had selected Scan with Broker VM mode, you can't change to a different scan mode (such as Cloud Discovery or Scan with Outpost) when you edit the instance.

    • When editing an instance configured for Scan with Broker VM, you must re-enter your authentication credentials, including UsernamePassword, and CA certificate.

    Exclude/Include images

    Define conditions to automatically include or exclude specific images while scanning. Conditions can be based on Repository or Tags. These conditions apply automatically to newly discovered images in the account.

    Delete

    Removes the connector.

    Disable

    Stops image scanning for the connector without deleting it.