Create an application group

After you create an application group, you cannot modify its name or type.

 

An application group is a group of applications with the same attributes. You can use application groups to simplify management and resource allocation. Before you deploy applications, plan application groups as needed. Typically, you can assign applications of the same user or applications that call one other to the same application group.

When you name an application group, indicate its purpose as a best practice. For example, you can include a username or application type in the name of an application group.

To create an application group:

1. On the top navigation bar, click Business Apps, and then select Application Groups from the App Management menu.

2. Click Create Application Group.

3. Enter an application group name, and then select an application group type by following these guidelines:

• To obtain service governance capabilities, select the Spring Cloud or Istio type. If you select Spring Cloud, select an existing microservice engine or create a new one as described in "About microservices."

For more information about the Spring Cloud and Istio microservice engines and service governance, see "Create a microservices engine "

• If service governance is not required, select the Custom type. Only service start and stop, elastic scaling, and application rollback functions are supported. For automatic scaling based on the HTTP request rate to work correctly, you must implement the metrics API according to the prometheus standard format. For the implementation of the metrics API, see https://github.com/prometheus/docs/blob/master/content/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats.md