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Securing Containerized GCP Web Apps

A critical step in software development security is to identify vulnerabilities within container images and running web apps. In this hands-on lab, you'll identify security vulnerabilities within a container image and perform web app security vulnerability scanning using Web Security Scanner.

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Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Last updated
Clock icon Apr 06, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Enable Artifact Registry

    Enable the Artifact Registry AP and the Container Scanning API using the GCP console.

  2. Challenge

    Docker Pull, Tag, and Push Container Image

    Using the Cloud Shell, perform the following tasks:

    1. Pull the DVWA Docker image.
    2. Tag the DVWA Docker image.
    3. Authenticate Docker to the Google Cloud Artifact Registry:
    4. Push the DVWA Docker image.

  3. Challenge

    View Vulnerabiilties

    Use Artifact Registry to view the vulnerabilities associated with the container image.

  4. Challenge

    Deploy Container on a VM Instance

    Create a new Compute Engine VM instance, using the newly pushed image, in the GCP console.

  5. Challenge

    Reserve Static IP Address

    1. From the GCP console, navigate to the IP Addresses page.
    2. For the External IP, go to the far right and click the three vertical dots, and choose Promote to static IP address.

  6. Challenge

    Create and Run Scan Using Web Security Scanner

    1. Enable the Web Security Scanner service using the GCP console.
    2. Create a Web Security Scanner scan.
    3. Run the newly created Web Security Scanner scan.
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