Dependency Track

Version 33.1 by Milad Afshar-Jahanshahi on 2025/09/03 12:55

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Introduction

Dependency-Track is an open-source Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tool that helps organizations manage and secure their software supply chain. It automatically generates and maintains a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) for projects, continuously monitoring dependencies for known vulnerabilities. In addition, it tracks license compliance of open-source components, giving teams greater visibility and control. By integrating seamlessly into DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, Dependency-Track makes it easier to embed security throughout the development lifecycle.

Vendor Page

There are several useful resources available to get started with Deptrack:

Dependency-Track Documentation

Impact Analysis

Collection-projects

Accessing Dependency-Track

Dependency-Track is integrated into the DOAAS toolchain, but for now it’s only offered in the Pilotkunden Preview. To get started, a few prerequisites need to be in place.

Preconditions in DevOps portal to access Dependency-Track

  1. A Dependency-Track license must be assigned to the user
  2. Dependency-Track must be added to the tool list of the project

⚠ Note
Unlike other tools, login is only possible if the user has a valid license and is assigned a role in at least one Dependency-Track project.

After completing the preconditions, a project in Dependency-Track, which is part of the DevOps-as-a-Service toolchain, can be accessed via the DevOps Portal or directly through a URL.

Via DevOps Portal

Go to the DevOps Portal Homepage and click on the link Project in the Project Vulnerabilities tile:

Deptrack -Tile

⚠ Note
If you are still unable to access your project in Dependency-Track, it may be because you are logged in with an old session that still uses outdated permissions or To resolve this issue, please log out and then log in again:

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Via Direct URL

You can also access Dependency-Track directly using the following link format:
https://deptrack-<customer>.devops.t-systems.net/projects where <customer> is the id of your DevOps-as-a-Service instance.

If you are not already logged in to another tool in the toolchain or the DevOps portal, then you have to login using your configured SSO credentials.

Dependency-Track Jenkins Interaction

Nur sdcPipeline() wird unterstützt, nur maven (bisher), alles automatisch

Collection Project und Unterprojekte

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Users, Projects and Roles

  • Projects, users and their roles in projects are managed in the DevOps Portal, the corresponding functions in Dependency-Track are disabled (UI and API)

⚠ Note
Projects in the DevOps portal are mapped to the corresponding subwikis in Dependency-Track.

  • When Dependency-Track is added as a tool to an existing or new project, a corresponding subwiki is automatically created. Users assigned to the project in the DevOps Portal are then added to the subwiki with the roles defined in the configuration : 
    • Role mapping: 
      Project Role in DevOps PortalPermissions in XWiki
      Admin   POLICY_VIOLATION_ANALYSIS,''VIEW_POLICY_VIOLATION,''VIEW_PORTFOLIO,'VIEW_VULNERABILITY,''VULNERABILITY_ANALYSIS'
      MasterCan view, comment, and edit pages, but cannot delete content
      DeveloperSimilar to Master
      ViewerRead-only access. Can only view content, no edits or comments allowed

      A detailed description of the XWiki role model can be found here

Main Features

Inside DevOps-as-a-Service, deptrack is mainly used for writing specifications and documentations. See below for a list of the main features of XWiki.

Collaborative Content Editing

  • WYSIWYG and wiki syntax editors
  • Version control and history tracking
  • Inline and structured content editing
  • Commenting and annotations

Advanced Page & Document Management

  • Hierarchical page structure (nested pages)
  • Templates for creating structured documents
  • Tags, categories, and metadata support
  • File attachments and preview

Powerful Search and Navigation

  • Full-text search (Solr-based)
  • Faceted search filters
  • Page index, breadcrumbs, and navigation panels

Macros and Widgets

  • Built-in and custom macros (charts, galleries, diagrams)
  • Embedding of rich media (videos, iframes, etc.)
  • Markdown and LaTeX support