This page describes tools and strategies used to organize client app ownership.
Using AppGroups to organize app ownership
This section provides an overview of AppGroups and how to manage them.
What are AppGroups?
An AppGroup represents a relationship between one or more apps that are managed by the same set of people.
An AppGroup is associated with another system that is responsible for managing the roster of people who share responsibility for these apps, such as a portal. Both Apigee apps and Apigee developers are associated to the AppGroup.
AppGroups provide:
- A method of organizing and viewing app ownership and associations.
- The ability to create a roster for a portal or API storefront of workers who are responsible for an app. For example, you might set up different AppGroups for billing purposes.
- Flexibility for tracking app ownership by partner, business unit, product line, division, or other corporate entities.
- A potentially multi-level structure for tracking how apps are logically related to app owners and developers.
- Monetization integration. Manage subscriptions for groups of app developers by using AppGroups to subscribe to API products with rate plans. For information, see Use AppGroups to manage API product subscriptions.
IAM roles and permissions
To control permissions required for AppGroup management, you can view and grant permissions or roles using the permissions panel on the IAM & Admin > IAM page in your Google Cloud project.
The following table lists the permissions required to create and manage AppGroups resources. You can grant the permissions individually or through an Apigee role including the permissions. See Users and roles for information on Apigee user and role management.
| Description | Permissions |
|---|---|
| Manage AppGroups and associated apps and keys. |
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| Manage AppGroup apps. |
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| Manage app keys for AppGroups: |
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| Manage AppGroup subscriptions and monetization configurations. |
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Viewing and managing AppGroups
This section shows how to view and manage AppGroups. You can manage AppGroups and AppGroup apps via the Apigee APIs and Drupal portals.
AppGroup settings
AppGroups include these settings:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Required. The AppGroup name. AppGroup names must be unique across an
organization. Allowed characters are alphanumeric characters and any of these special characters: ._\-$ %. |
| AppGroup Id | Created automatically and not editable. Created in the form
"OrgName@@@AppGroupName". For example, with an Apigee org name XYZDev and
AppGroup name ABCMarketing, the AppGroup Id is
XYZDev@@@ABCMarketing. |
| Display Name | Optional. A friendly display name for the AppGroup. |
| channelId | Optional. Identifies the system responsible for creating and managing the AppGroup. This could be a storefront or marketplace. Multiple AppGroups might share the same channelId. |
| channelUri | Optional. Reference to the group of people who share responsibility for the AppGroup. Often the channelUri links to or refers to a group or team in a developer portal or other system such as Apigee's Drupal Teams module. |
Managing AppGroups using Drupal-based portals
Apigee's Team module for Drupal works with AppGroups in Apigee X and hybrid and is the primary interface for managing AppGroups. For information on Drupal-based portals, see Building your Portal using Drupal.Managing AppGroups using the Apigee APIs
Use these APIs to manage AppGroups in your orgs:
Migrating from Apigee Edge for Drupal users
Migrating a company-developer and its role involves creating an AppGroup representing the company, and adding the company-developer and its role(s) as custom Attributes of the AppGroup. The expected syntax to store this is:
[{
"developer":"<developer email>",
"roles":[
"<role(s)>"
]
},
...
]Using developer-app association to organize app ownership
A less comprehensive and flexible method of tracking app ownership than AppGroups is tracking apps by developer association.
For information on managing developer-app associations, see Registering app developers for information on registering developers and associated apps.