Manage an app

11/16/2022 Contributors

You can create a managed application based on an application already known to Astra in a specific namespace. When an application is managed or defined to Astra, you can protect it by taking backups and snapshots.

1. Select the namespace

Perform the workflow List the namespaces and select the namespace.

2. Select the cluster

Perform the workflow List the clusters and select the cluster.

3. Manage the application

Perform the following REST API call to manage the application.

HTTP method	Path
POST	/account/{account_id}/k8s/v2/apps

Additional input parameters

In addition to the parameters common with all REST API calls, the following parameters are also used in the curl examples for this step.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
JSON	Body	Yes	Provides the parameters needed to identify the application to be managed. See the example below.

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

JSON

Body

Yes

Provides the parameters needed to identify the application to be managed. See the example below.

JSON input example

{
  "clusterID": "7ce83fba-6aa1-4e0c-a194-26e714f5eb46",
  "name": "subtext",
  "namespaceScopedResources": [{"namespace": "kube-matrix"}],
  "type": "application/astra-app",
  "version": "2.0"
}

Curl example: Manage an app

curl --location -i --request POST 'https://astra.netapp.io/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/k8s/v2/apps' --header 'Content-Type: application/astra-app+json' --header 'Accept: */*' --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'  --data @JSONinput