# Integrate Docker Scout with GitLab CI/CD — Steps

> First, set up the rest of the workflow. There's a lot that's not specific to Docker Scout but needed to create the images to compare. Add the following to a .gitlab-ci.yml file at the root of your repository. Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```yaml docker-build: i

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## Knowledge

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First, set up the rest of the workflow. There's a lot that's not specific to Docker Scout but needed to create the images to compare.

Add the following to a .gitlab-ci.yml file at the root of your repository.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
docker-build:
  image: docker:latest
  stage: build
  services:
    - docker:dind
  before_script:
    - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY

    # Install curl and the Docker Scout CLI
    - |
      apk add --update curl
      curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/scout-cli/main/install.sh | sh -s --
      apk del curl
      rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
    # Login to Docker Hub required for Docker Scout CLI
    - echo "$DOCKER_HUB_PAT" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_HUB_USER" --password-stdin
```

This sets up the workflow to build Docker images with Docker-in-Docker mode, running Docker inside a container.

It then downloads curl and the Docker Scout CLI plugin, logs into the Docker registry using environment variables defined in your repository's settings.

Add the following to the YAML file

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
script:
  - |
    if [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH" ]]; then
      tag=""
      echo "Running on default branch '$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH': tag = 'latest'"
    else
      tag=":$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
      echo "Running on branch '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH': tag = $tag"
    fi
  - docker build --pull -t "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE${tag}" .
  - |
    if [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH" ]]; then
      # Get a CVE report for the built image and fail the pipeline when critical or high CVEs are detected
      docker scout cves "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE${tag}" --exit-code --only-severity critical,high
    else
      # Compare image from branch with latest image from the default branch and fail if new critical or high CVEs are detected
      docker scout compare "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE${tag}" --to "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest" --exit-code --only-severity critical,high --ignore-unchanged
    fi

  - d
``` …

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