Cortex XSOAR Content Developer Docs

This repo holds Cortex XSOAR Content Developer Docs. The Content Developer Docs provide information on how to develop and contribute content to the Cortex XSOAR platform. The actual content is hosted at the following repo: https://github.com/demisto/content.

This website is built using Docusaurus 2, a modern static website generator.

You can access the generated website at: https://xsoar.pan.dev/

Running the site locally

Node Setup

We use node 14.x for running the project. It is recommended to use nvm. See: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm for install instructions. It is recommended to setup auto use as specified here: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#calling-nvm-use-automatically-in-a-directory-with-a-nvmrc-file . The root dir of the project contains a proper .nvmrc file with the recommended version to use.

Install and Start

Install all dependencies:

npm install

Start the development server on: http://localhost:3000

npm start

Start writing docs...

Generating Reference Docs

Reference docs are generated from the Cortex XSOAR Content repository. If you are working on general site docs which are not reference docs from the Content repo, you don't need to run this step to preview your docs.

To generate the docs we use pipenv. Make sure to install pipenv by running: pip3 install pipenv.

When working locally you can generate the reference docs by running:

npm run reference-docs

This task will checkout the content repository and generate the docs. The generated docs are ignored by .gitignore and shouldn't be checked in as they are generated during the build.

When generating the docs the master branch of the content repo will be used unless there is a matching branch with the same name as the current branch of content-docs, that branch will be used.

If you have the content repo checked out locally and you want to use it for generating the reference docs (for example when working on a Content Integration Doc), you can set the path to your content repo dir with the environment variable: CONTENT_REPO_DIR. For example:

 CONTENT_REPO_DIR=~/dev/demisto/content npm run reference-docs

Additional env vars that affect the generation of the docs:

• FILE_REGEX: specify a regex to select which docs to generate docs for. For example:

  FILE_REGEX=Proofpoint CONTENT_REPO_DIR=~/dev/demisto/content npm run reference-docs

• MAX_FILES: max files to generate in each category. Set this for faster generation when developing. Note also in CI builds on branches this is automatically set to speed up the preview site if there are only modifications related to docs. For example:

  MAX_FILES=10 CONTENT_REPO_DIR=~/dev/demisto/content npm run reference-docs

• UPDATE_PACK_DOCS: set this when you want to update pack-docs.md with the supported tags. Make sure NOT to check-in the modified doc.
• SKIP_DEPRECATED: skip calculating and generating deprecated doc. Set this for faster file generation when developing. For example:

  SKIP_DEPRECATED=true MAX_FILES=10 CONTENT_REPO_DIR=~/dev/demisto/content npm run reference-docs

Generating Marketplace Docs

Marketplace docs are generated from the content google cloud bucket. If you are working on general site docs which are not related to marketplace, you don't need to run this step to preview the marketplace tab.

To generate the docs we use pipenv. Make sure to install pipenv by running: pip3 install pipenv.

When working locally you can generate the reference docs by running:

npm run marketplace-docs

This task will download the packs information from the google cloud bucket and generate the packs docs for the marketplace tab. The generated docs are ignored by .gitignore and shouldn't be checked in as they are generated during the build.

Additional env vars that affect the generation of the docs:

• MAX_PACKS: max packs to generate in the marketplace tab. Set this for faster generation when developing. Note also in CI builds on branches this is automatically set to speed up the preview site if there are only modifications related to docs. For example:

  export MAX_PACKS=10 && npm run marketplace-docs

Generation Code

Code used for generating content reference docs is written in Python and resides in the content-repo folder. To set up a development environment we use pipenv. Make sure to install pipenv by running: pip3 install pipenv. Setup a proper Python env by running:

pipenv install --dev

To run linting and unit tests you can use npm:

npm run test

Linting and unit tests are run on each commit using Github Actions. They are required to pass in-order to merge PRs.

Build

$ npm run build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and appreciated. If you find a bug or have suggestions for improvements, feel free to open an Issue or (better yet) submit a Pull Request.

Before merging any PRs, we need all contributors to sign a contributor license agreement. By signing a contributor license agreement, we ensure that the community is free to use your contributions.

When you open a new pull request, a bot will evaluate whether you have signed the CLA. If required, the bot will comment on the pull request, including a link to accept the agreement. The CLA document is also available for review as a PDF.

If the license/cla status check remains on Pending, even though all contributors have accepted the CLA, you can recheck the CLA status by visiting the following link (replace [PRID] with the ID of your PR): https://cla-assistant.io/check/demisto/content-docs?pullRequest=[PRID] .