Add a Project

To start monitoring an application, add a project, and activate it by connecting an Agent.

  1. In the main menu, click (Projects). A list of currently defined projects is displayed, including the predefined default project.
  2. Click + Add project, and enter the properties:
    PropertyDescription
    Type Select the project type: Regular or Composite. Once saved, it cannot be changed.
    Name A unique name for the project.
    Key A unique value to identify the project. Once saved, it cannot be changed. Note that it is not case-sensitive.
    Projects For composite projects:

    Select one or more regular projects to include.
    Template For regular projects:

    Select a project template to link to the project.

    For more information about templates, click the icon, or see Configure Project Templates.
    Description An optional description of the project.
  3. Enter the metadata properties that are useful for filtering in the Projects page.
    PropertyDescription
    Tags Optionally, assign to a project one or more custom tags, much the same way these tags are assigned to vulnerabilities.
    Deployment Optionally, choose a project deployment type from the dropdown list: External, Internal, Test.
    Criticality Optionally, choose a project criticality level from the dropdown list: Critical, High, Medium, Low.
  4. Click Save.
    The newly added project will appear in the Projects page.
  5. To activate this project, click Connect New Agent in the project's row. For instructions, see Connect Agents Using Wizard.
    The Agent will start collecting data for the application associated with the project.

Automation with APIs

You can automate some of these tasks by using Seeker APIs. For the detailed API reference, click (Web API) in the main menu.

/api/{ver}/projects POST
Creates a new project with the specified properties. You can also use this operation to copy any of the configurations of an existing source project to the new project by specifying the sourceProjectKey parameter and true values for the configurations that you want to copy, such as logLevel or codeExclusion.