Creating an application

allows you to analyze, assess, and observe your devsecops pipeline using performance metrics from tools such as github, jenkins and jfrog the creation of applications (comprising one or more tools) allows the production, collection and presentation of relevant data for any phase of the software development lifecycle (sdlc) for instance, you can create an application to monitor build performance using aws codebuild and jenkins and later access and view aggregated build team data from both tools within the build module the observability applications creation workflow provided by represents an intuitive process that enables ease of creation and improved understanding of how uses the created application present performance in a meaningful way the application serves as a platform for collecting and presenting data the data is grouped and aligned with the sdlc to provide an efficient, keen understanding of your software at each phase this procedure is intended for customers onboarded after 6 june 2024 for customers onboarded before 6 june 2024, please refer to the following document application configuration docid\ oabxjrtppysz1mjo1r2iv creating an application use the following procedure to create an application navigate to the application configuration page in the service presents two tabs configured applications and add application configurations click add application configurations the service presents a form containing parameter fields for the application you want to create a progress bar at the top of the page indicates you are at step 1 create applications complete the form add a unique application name add the e mail address of the security champion associated with the application enter the release prefix, in accordance with your organization's convention, in the prefix field of the configure release format section (example\ release) enter the release variable in the variable field of the configure release format section (example the release date yyyymmdd ) enter the environment prefix, in accordance with your organization's convention, in the prefix field of the configure environment section (example env ) name your environment in the environment name field of the configure environment section (example prod ) after completing all required fields, the next button illuminates, indicating you can proceed to step 2 add tools click next the service presents a canvas for adding tools click the + add tool configuration button located at the right above the tool canvas the service presents a field with a dropdown menu containing all supported tools select a tool from the dropdown menu the service presents configuration options dependent on the selected tool complete the tool configuration click add configuration repeat steps six through eight until you have added all the required tools for this application a vertical ellipsis is available on the far right end of each row of the tool list click the ellipsis to display the following options edit or delete click edit to edit the tool configuration or delete to delete the tool click next the service navigates to step 3 preview review your application on the preview form click back to edit the application or submit to submit the application when you click submit, the service displays a list of all tools you have selected for the application next to each tool on the list is an edit button click edit to edit the parameters for the associated tool click save when edits are complete click submit the service displays a confirmation dialog asking you to confirm the submission click no, go back to return to the application configuration workflow or yes, continue to save to complete the application confirmation while adding tools to the application, a list of the types of tools that have been added is presented with the number of tools of that type plan () develop () build () security () deploy () test () monitor () onboarding technical services after submitting your application, you must onboard the appropriate technical services to the application following these steps from the application configuration page click the vertical ellipsis on the far right of the row for your application the service displays an overflow menu select onboard technical service the service displays a form containing a select connection field click select connection the service displays a dropdown menu with available connections click the appropriate connection depending on the connection you will be prompted for any additional information provide all requested information click onboard editing application configurations after creating an application, you can edit the application and include or exclude additional tools use the following procedure click the configured applications tab the service displays the all configured applications click the chevron to the left of the application name to expand the application composition, exposing the list of of tool categories composing the application click the vertical ellipsis at the right end of the application row to display the following options from the overflow menu onboard technical services edit application configuration edit tools configuration copy application configuration select the appropriate option complete the presented form click submit if you copy the application configuration, you must choose a unique name for the copy deleting applications delete the onboarded technical services and the tools from the tool configuration these are overflow menu options that are available for each tool listed in the expanded application list tools that have technical services onboarded, are listed in the tools having technical services column the technical services for the tool must be deleted first, then the tool can be deleted, after which the application can be deleted when the technical services and tools have been removed from the application, the service enables the delete application button viewing the list of technical services in a configured application having configured an application, provides a way to view the technical services that compose it the applications configuration table presents the following columns of information about each application application name the given name of the application created by the e mail address of the application total tools configured the total number of tools configured within the application onboarded technical services the number of technical services successfully onboarded vertical elipsis displays a pop up menu containing action options such as onboard technical service and edit tools configuration numerical entries in the tools configured column are active, enabling you to navigate to the application details page the page presents details in a table for each technical service including an actions option which includes the following link link the current service with other available services delink disconnect the current service from other linked services view technical services view a named technical service that enables navigating to all technical services supporting the current technical service