Create an Application

An Application is any software product developed by your organization for which you want to manage the SDLC and secure with JFrog AppTrust. An application belongs to a project, can have application versions, and can be associated with the artifacts generated by your CI/CD pipeline.

You can also create an application using the AppTrust API and the AppTrust CLI.

To create an application:

1. Choose the project to which the application will belong.
2. In the JFrog Platform, choose AppTrust > Applications > Create Application.

3. In Step 1 of the wizard, complete the Application Details below, and then click Next. As you complete the details, the information appears in the panel on the right.
   • Application Name: A unique display name for the application.
   • Application Key: A key containing between 2-64 lowercase alphanumeric characters.
   • Description: A few words to help you remember what the application is for.
   • Maturity Level: Indicates whether the application is intended for production. Choose Unspecified, Experimental, Production, or End of Life.
   • Business Criticality: Indicates the importance of the application in your organization. Choose Unspecified, Low, Medium, High, or Critical.

4. In Step 2 of the wizard (Optional), define one of the monitor policies for Support Window, and then click Next. Once you have defined a policy, the Application Insights page displays the monitoring status, the policy type, and the policy parameters.
   • None: There is no support window. All versions released are out of scope until you define a support window. This is the default setting.
   • By Time: Monitor and support each released (in PROD stage) application version for a fixed number of months after promotion. If you choose this, set the number of months.
   • By Version Count: Monitor and support a fixed number of released (in PROD stage) application versions. If you choose this, set the number of supported releases.
5. In Step 3 of the wizard (Optional), enter one or more owners of the application. For each owner, select the name of a user or group in the dropdown list, and then click Add. If the user is not already in the dropdown, a platform administrator must first create the user in Administration > User Management. Click Next.
6. In Step 4 of the wizard (Optional), enter one or more labels as key:value pairs. These can help you later for filtering results and creating policies.
7. Review the Application Details on the right, and click Create Application.