Obtaining the Software

Black Duck Binary Analysis software and licenses are distributed on two websites:

• The Download Arena web portal, which is located at https://www.codenomicon.com/
• The Black Duck Community, found at https://community.blackduck.com

To access materials at either site, you need a username and password. Note that the username for the Arena site is the email address of the registered user. If you have not received an account email, if you have lost your password, or if you have any other questions concerning your accounts, contact Software Integrity Support at https://community.blackduck.com/s/contactsupport.

From the SaaS instance of Black Duck Binary Analysis, you can sign in to the Arena by following the Arena Login link. Once you have signed in successfully, you will be presented with a page containing downloadable materials for which you are licensed.

The Black Duck Binary Analysis appliance is provided in OVA format through the sites mentioned in the previous section.

There are two different tar archives containing the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) package:

• protecode-sc-appliance-<version>.ova: If you are NOT using cloud-init.
• protecode-sc-appliance-<version>-cloud-init.ova: If you are using cloud-init to provision the machine.

Additional Black Duck Binary Analysis appliance is provided in QCOW2 format, these are used for importing Black Duck Binary Analysis to KVM.

• protecode-sc-appliance-<version>.qcow2.xz: If you are NOT using cloud-init.
• protecode-sc-appliance-<version>-cloud-init.qcow2.xz: If you are using cloud-init to provision the machine.

To deploy Black Duck Binary Analysis as a virtual appliance, you will need to obtain a license for provisioning.

There are two requirements 1) license file and 2) Password

• provisioning-COMPANY-DATE_VERSION.install: The installable license provisioning file
• password.txt: The password for the licensing admin account

If your customer account is Download Arena based, you will get your license provisioning file and your license password file sent to you in an e-mail. If your customer account is based, you need to log in to the and download the license file and view the password. You will find your license in the Software Licenses section via the Download License Details button, the file is named Licenses.zip. In addition, there is a Show Password button that will display the required password.

Aside from this guide, Black Duck Binary Analysis documentation can be accessed through a web browser that points to a running instance of the application. It can be found under the Help menu and includes all the documentation listed below, except the installation guide.

The Black Duck Binary Analysis documentation set includes the following publications:

• Installation Guide (this document)
• Administration Guide
• User Guide
• API Reference

You can also download PDF versions of the documentation either through the Documentation Portal or through the Download Arena.