Managing the application lifecycle

By using the application lifecycle capability in IBM® API Connect, the applications that are subscribed to use the API initially have Development status. When application testing is complete, the application developer can request to upgrade the application to Production status.

Configuring API Connect to use the application lifecycle

To configure API Connect to use the application lifecycle capability, you must enable Application Lifecycle in the Catalog Settings. See step 6.d in Creating and configuring catalogs.

Using application lifecycle in the Developer Portal

If application lifecycle is enabled for the Catalog associated with your Developer Portal, then when you register a new application it initially has Development status.

When you have completed your application testing, you can request to upgrade your application to Production status; For details, see Upgrading a Development application to Production status.

Approving an application upgrade request

A request to upgrade a Development application to Production status is approved or declined in the API Manager UI; for details, see Approving application upgrade requests.