# docker scout sbom
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Generate or display SBOM of an image
### Options
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|:----------------------|:--------------|:--------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `--format` | `string` | `json` | Output format:<br>- list: list of packages of the image<br>- json: json representation of the SBOM<br>- spdx: spdx representation of the SBOM<br>- cyclonedx: cyclone dx representation of the SBOM |
| `--only-package-type` | `stringSlice` | | Comma separated list of package types (like apk, deb, rpm, npm, pypi, golang, etc)<br>Can only be used with --format list |
| `-o`, `--output` | `string` | | Write the report to a file |
| `--platform` | `string` | | Platform of image to analyze |
| `--ref` | `string` | | Reference to use if the provided tarball contains multiple references.<br>Can only be used with archive |
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## Description
The `docker scout sbom` command analyzes a software artifact to generate a
Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM).
The SBOM contains a list of all packages in the image.
You can use the `--format` flag to filter the output of the command
to display only packages of a specific type.
If no image is specified, the most recently built image is used.
The following artifact types are supported:
- Images
- OCI layout directories
- Tarball archives, as created by `docker save`
- Local directory or file
By default, the tool expects an image reference, such as:
- `redis`
- `curlimages/curl:7.87.0`
- `mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/runtime:7.0`
If the artifact you want to analyze is an OCI directory, a tarball archive, a local file or directory,
or if you want to control from where the image will be resolved, you must prefix the reference with one of the following:
- `image://` (default) use a local image, or fall back to a registry lookup
- `local://` use an image from the local image store (don't do a registry lookup)
- `registry://` use an image from a registry (don't use a local image)
- `oci-dir://` use an OCI layout directory
- `archive://` use a tarball archive, as created by `docker save`
- `fs://` use a local directory or file
## Examples
### Display the list of packages
```console
$ docker scout sbom --format list alpine
```
### Only display packages of a specific type
```console
$ docker scout sbom --format list --only-package-type apk alpine
```
### Display the full SBOM in JSON format
```console
$ docker scout sbom alpine
```
### Display the full SBOM of the most recently built image
```console
$ docker scout sbom
```
### Write SBOM to a file
```console
$ docker scout sbom --output alpine.sbom alpine
```