Standalone Renovate vs Renovate via Remediate
This article describes the differences between Standalone Renovate and Renovate included with Remediate in our Mend for Developers Integrations. Renovate is a Mend application that automatically generates pull requests to update outdated libraries in your projects.
What is Standalone Renovate?
Standalone Renovate is a free version of Renovate available to both Mend customers and non-Mend customers alike. If you are not using a Mend repository integration, you can use this version of Renovate to have pull requests automatically generated to update outdated libraries in your projects.
What is Renovate via Remediate?
Renovate via Remediate is the Renovate application packaged into our Developer Integrations Repository integrations. This version requires you to be licensed for the repository integration and have it set up and scanning your repositories. All configuration and set up is controlled via the Remediate containers (if relevant) and Remediate settings in your repository's .whitesource file or Global Repo’s repository.json file. Note that any limitations in the repository integration will apply to the Renovate application as well. Aside from being included in the Developer Integrations, Renovate via Remediate functions in the same way as Standalone Renovate. It is simply easier to maintain and set up if you already have onboarded your Developer Integrations to your repository.
How do I configure Renovate?
The files used for configuration of Renovate is different for Standalone Renovate vs Renovate via Remediate, however, both use the same configuration parameters. These parameters can be found in the public Renovate documentation.
Standalone Renovate relies on the renovate.json to store the Renovate configuration.
Renovate via Remediate relies on the Remediate settings within the .whitesource file generated as part of the Developer Integrations onboarding process.
Additional Resources:
You can find more information about Renovate in the following documents:
Mend Remediate and Renovate | Renovate-Configuration