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Configuring Tool Chain Management applications
Published On Nov 04, 2025 - 1:25 PM

Configuring Tool Chain Management applications

Learn how to add applications and their CICD pipeline tools in Tool Chain Management to enable the observability of CICD pipeline tools that support services in your hybrid IT estate.
DevOps teams commonly use peripheral tools to monitor and manage services for themselves and customers. As services are deployed and updated, and as those updates are developed and deployed, a library of tools is often used to understand both the efficiency and effectiveness of related activities. This provides insights into the tools and teams that are responsible for those tools.
For example, frequent build fails for services that typically pass QA testing can indicate that either testing is not adequate or that existing build processes should be examined to understand why the service passes Test but cannot reliably pass Build. These insights are much easier using tools such as Qmetry and JFrog artifactory, and what they tell us about the performance of services on which DevOps and customers rely.

Configuration procedure

Use the following procedure to configure an application for a new service:
  1. Click + Configure new Application. the service Navigates to STEP 1 Create Application & Add Tools
  2. Enter the application name in the
    Application Name
     field.
  3. Select a DevOps phase, for example
    Plan
    .
  4. Click
    + Add Tool(s)
    . The service displays the Add Tool(s) panel, and confirms your selected phase, for example
    Add Tool(s) to Plan phase
    .
  5. You have the option of selecting an onboarded tool or adding a new tool, which has not been onboarded:
    1. Selecting an existing (onboarded) tool.
      1. Click the down arrow on the
        Tool Name
         field to display a dropdown list of all onboarded tools.
      2. Click the tool of choice from the list.
      3. Enter the URL for the tool instance used for the service in question. For example the URL for the Azure Board project used by your team for the service.
      4. Click the green plus to add an addtional tool or
        Save
        to add the tool(s).
    2. Creating a new tool:
      1. Click
        Create a new tool +
        . The service displays the
        Tool Name
         and
        Tool URL
         fields.
      2. Enter the tool name in the
        Tool Name
         field.
      3. Enter the URL for the tool instance used for the service in question.
      4. Click
        Create & Add
         tool. The service adds the tool and displays a gree n plus sign (
        +
        ) and a red
        X
        .
    3. To add an additional tool, click the green plus sign (+).
    4. To remove a tool, click the red
      X
      .
    5. When all tools have been added, click
      Save
      .
  6. Continue adding tools to each phase until the application is complete.
  7. Click
    Next
    . The service presents the Tools Configuration list displaying all tools added for each phase.
  8. Click
    Submit
    .

Editing applications

You can edit the application configuration by editing each phase of an application as needed to add and remove tools. Use the following procedure:
  1. Click the down arrow next to the application name to expand the application, displaying the eight DevOps phases and all tools that have been added.
  2. Click the vertical ellipsis located at the far right end of the phase you want to edit to display the overflow menu, containing the
    Edit
     menu item.
  3. Click
    Edit
     to display the tools for the selected DevOps phase.
  4. Click
    + Add Tools
     to add tools to the phase using the Add tools procedure in the previous section (
    Configuration procedure
    ) or the vertical ellipsis to display the overflow menu with the items
    Edit
    and
    Delete
    .
    Edit
    allows you to edit the URL.
    Delete
    deletes the tool from that phase.
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