Install the Plugin

You can install the Container Scanning Connector in two ways:

If an existing plugin is installed from the Qualys Cloud Platform, it does not automatically upgraded to the Jenkins plugin available on the Jenkins Update Center.
You must uninstall the existing plugin and then reinstall the latest plugin from the Jenkins Update Center.
After the plugin re-installation, you must reconfigure the Jenkins jobs. This reconfiguration is required only for the first-time plugin installation from the Jenkins Update Center.
Subsequent plugin updates through the Jenkins Update Center do not require reconfiguration of the jobs.

Install the Plugin from Jenkins

Perform the following steps to install the plugin from Jenkins:

To install the plugin from Jenkins, login to your Jenkins instance and then click Manage Jenkins.
On the Manage Jenkins page, click Manage Plugins.
If you are installing the plugin for the first time, click the Available tab and search for Qualys Container Scanning Connector using the Filter field. Select the plugin and click Install without restart.

After the plugin is installed, it is listed on the Installed tab.

If the plugin is already installed in Jenkins and you want to update it perform the following steps:

The plugin is listed on the Jenkins plugin store at https://plugins.jenkins.io/.

Perform the following steps to install the plugin when the Jenkins update center is not accessible from the Jenkins Server instance:

Open your browser and go to http://updates.jenkins-ci.org/download/plugins/qualys-cs/.
You can see the available versions of the plugin for download along with their respective sha-256.
Click a plugin version to download the installation file (.hpi file).
Go to Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins > Advanced.
Go to the Upload Plugin section, click Choose File, and select the downloaded .hpi plugin file.
Click Upload.
Restart the Jenkins server instance if needed.