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Scan Options

The scan section controls how MonPhare discovers and parses Terraform files.

scan:
  exclude_patterns:
    - "**/test/**"
    - "**/tests/**"
    - "**/examples/**"
    - "**/.terraform/**"
  continue_on_error: false
  max_depth: 100

Fields​

exclude_patterns​

A list of glob patterns. Files and directories matching any of these patterns are skipped during scanning.

Default:

exclude_patterns:
  - "**/test/**"
  - "**/tests/**"
  - "**/examples/**"
  - "**/.terraform/**"

Patterns specified via --exclude on the CLI are appended to this list.

continue_on_error​

When true, MonPhare continues scanning even if individual files fail to parse. Errors are logged as warnings instead of stopping the scan.

Default: false

This is useful when scanning large organizations where some repositories may contain invalid HCL.

max_depth​

Maximum depth for recursive directory traversal. Prevents runaway scanning in deeply nested directory structures.

Default: 100

Examples​

Skip vendor directories and limit depth:

scan:
  exclude_patterns:
    - "**/vendor/**"
    - "**/node_modules/**"
    - "**/.terraform/**"
  max_depth: 20

Resilient scanning for CI across many repos:

scan:
  continue_on_error: true
  exclude_patterns:
    - "**/test/**"
    - "**/fixtures/**"