Creating an App

You create an App from the dashboard in the API Manager user interface. When you create an App, you specify the API Connect collective that is the deployment target for an application that is published to the App.

Before you begin

Install an API Connect collective on an appliance in your API Connect cloud. For details, see Installing an API Connect collective

Important:
  • IBM® API Connect collectives are deprecated in IBM API Connect Version 5.0.7 in favor of container runtimes. For more information and background, see Open, scalable, flexible runtime management of APIs through API Connect enabled containers. For information on setting up and migrating to containers, see Installing a containerized runtime environment.
  • Existing customers can continue to use their collectives with IBM API Connect Version 5.0.7, and if wanted can expand their collective deployments to new servers. API Connect collectives are supported for existing customers until the end of support of IBM API Connect Version 5.0 (see Software lifecycle page for IBM API Connect Version 5.0). Until then, users of API Connect collectives are encouraged to migrate to container runtimes to take advantage of their agility and scalability.
  • New customers should not install API Connect collectives because this feature is no longer supported for new users.

Procedure

To create an App, complete the following steps:

  1. If you have not previously pinned the UI navigation pane then click the Navigate to icon The Navigate to icon.
    The API Manager UI navigation pane opens. To pin the UI navigation pane, click the Pin menu icon The Pin menu icon..
  2. To add an App:
    1. On the Dashboard page, click Add > App.
      Note: The Add > App option is not available until you have installed an API Connect collective.
    2. Enter the Display Name, and the Name that identifies the App.
    3. Select the collective to be associated with the App. An application that is published to this App will be deployed to the specified collective.
    4. Click Add.
      The new App is added to the dashboard.