VexGen Project

Video tutorial

How.VEXGen.Works.mp4

Deployment with docker

Step 1

Create a .env file from template.env

Get API Keys

• How to get a GitHub API key

• How to get a NVD API key

Step 2

Run command 'docker compose up --build' and seed the database with vulnerability info

Seeders

• You can create your graphs from scratch or load existing ones used in the experimentation of other articles or simply built and that can help in the creation of new graphs (this task can be time consuming). To do this use the script "seeds/graphdb_seeder.sh" if you are on Linux or "graphdb_seeder.bat" if you are on Windows.

Step 3

Enter here

Other tools

1. It is recommended to use a GUI such as MongoDB Compass to see what information is being indexed in vulnerability database

2. You can see the created graph built for PyPY, NPM, Maven, Cargo and NuGet clicking in this names. Using the Neo4J browser interfaces.