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The application discovery feature enables you to discover (retrieve the list of applications) from an application server, and import them as proxy applications in a few steps. All the necessary default settings are pre-populated by the discovery system so that you do not need to manually enter the information.

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  1. Log in to the App Publisher of WSO2 AppM as a user with the internal/publisher role using the following URL: https://<AppM_HOST>:<AppM_PORT>/publisher
  2. Hover the mouse on the Web Applications button, and click Discover from Server as shown below. 
    discover from server option in the App Publisher
  3. Enter the required details as shown below. 
    required details for Web app discoveryThe parameters of the above screen are described below.

    ParameterDescription
    Application Server URL

    The URL of WSO2 AS (i.e. https://<AS_HOST>:<AS_PORT>/services/).

    User Name

    Username of the user with permission to list the applications in WSO2 AS. For information on setting the permissions, see Configuring WSO2 Application Server permissions. 

    Password Password of the user with permission to list the applications in WSO2 AS. For information on setting the permissions, see   Configuring WSO2 Application Server permissions .  
    Context (Starts With)

    Context of the remote application. You can enter any part of the context, or keep the field empty to search all contexts. (This is optional.)

    Status Status of the application. (This is optional.) Following are the available options.
    • ALL: All applications in the NEW or CREATED status.
    • NEW: The proxy is not created for the application for the current user.
    • CREATED: The proxy is created for the application for the current user.
  4. If the given details are correct, the available applications will be listed as shown below. You can change the created context path if required by changing the value in the Proxy Context column.

    list of Web apps hosted in WSO2 AS 

  5. Click Create Proxy App to trigger an application import procedure. Upon successful creation of the application you view a pop-up notification as follows.

    notification message on successful creation of the app

  6. Hover the mouse on the Web Applications button, and click All Web Applications. You view the created application in the Web Applications list. Now, authorized users can review, approve, and publish the Web application.