KICS Binaries Deprecation

[nunoocx]

Please be notified that KICS is deprecating the availability of binaries in the GitHub releases assets as of 1.5.0.
We intend to stop publishing the binaries along with KICS 1.5.2 (scheduled for Mid of February).
It is advised to update all systems (pipelines, integrations, etc.) to use KICS Docker Images

[JonZeolla]

@nunoocx can you please provide some additional context on this? Interested in the reasoning behind this change. Thanks!

[joaoReigota1]

Hi @JonZeolla,
KICS 1.5 introduced features that impact local environment requirements.
To make things easier for users, docker images provide all necessary requirements.

Let us know if you need any help/advise on moving your KICS usage to docker.
We will be glad to support you!

[createchange]

Sorry to resurrect a dead post, but is there any possibility of bringing back the binary releases?

If I want to enable my developers to shift left, I am left either building the binary and distributing it or, alternatively, using the Docker approach. Neither is a great solution, but Docker is especially problematic as we would have to be licensed for each and every developer.

I assume that the change that occurred around this time was the store of scan assets? If so, I have already concocted up a simple bash script that clones the assets repo down and ensure it is updated prior to scans. Building / distributing the binary is less straight-forward.