GitLab 14.0 Support Readiness - Removal/Deprecation - DAST environment variable renaming and removal

Summary

The purpose of this issue is to:

• Assess the impact of the following feature removal or deprecation planned for 14.0.
• Document what actions customers must/should perform to mitigate the impact of the change.
• Track findings from support tickets and other sources related to the change.

Links to Change:

• DAST environment variable renaming and removal

Assignee: @greg

Impact Assessment

Low impact. Small scope - DAST is an Ultimate-only feature. Workarounds/translations available.

Mitigations/Workarounds

• DAST_AUTH_EXCLUDE_URLS becomes DAST_EXCLUDE_URLS.
• AUTH_EXCLUDE_URLS becomes DAST_EXCLUDE_URLS.
• AUTH_USERNAME becomes DAST_USERNAME.
• AUTH_PASSWORD becomes DAST_PASSWORD.
• AUTH_USERNAME_FIELD becomes DAST_USERNAME_FIELD.
• AUTH_PASSWORD_FIELD becomes DAST_PASSWORD_FIELD.
• DAST_ZAP_USE_AJAX_SPIDER becomes DAST_USE_AJAX_SPIDER.

Support Notes

• DAST_FULL_SCAN_DOMAIN_VALIDATION_REQUIRED will be removed, since the feature is being removed.