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# Configure an Application

Follow the steps below to begin configuring the application you created:

1. From the ISD application dashboard, Click "**Continuous Delivery**" --> Click "**Spinnaker**".  This will take you to the Spinnaker instance you have configured with ISD. The first thing you will see is a recent view of all of your applications and Click your "**Application Name"** as shown in the image below.

![](/files/L8hU5ifTK18odhNnIRrU)

2\. Click **"Config"** and select **"Application Attributes"** and then click **"Edit Application Attributes"** to edit the application attributes. 

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3\. The application attributes that you specified during the creation process will be displayed as shown below. You can make the necessary changes and click "**Update**".

![](/files/yIEs8Nb9KHxgKZhMnPid)

Editing an application allows you to add various features to Spinnaker like:

* Configuring Notifications
* Enable or disable certain features
* Create a traffic guard
* Delete the application entirely.

### **Create Pipeline Notifications**

You can send notifications after the pipeline activities are completed. Follow the steps outlined below to do so:

1. Click **"Config"** and select **"Notifications"** and then click **"Add Notification Preference"** to create pipeline notifications. 

![](/files/kIIT1SGdVanITPRHCEyK)

2\. Edit Notification Screen will appear as shown below:

![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/i1Az1Mi-zans2t5KgdFZhxxO2geqb44QrpdtwqJVjFPDvTQZwxW3I8rdOfen_KdwcufKWsPEyBoXo2CtyqHtOcKBktshk5o4IyX58H7zYnW-g5A5ELqPu6d0vyg0to1LZQmDujm_)

3\. Select a notification method from the "**Notify via**" drop down box and the options are:

* Bearychat
* Email
* GoogleChat
* Pubsub
* Slack

Follow the sequence as shown the image below for steps 3 to 6 .

![](/files/3qczTIcPGuRgypkzgtuN)

4\. Provide the following information based on the selected notification type:

      a. Email address 

      b. Chat/Team webhook URL

      c. Publisher name

5\. Select the pipeline event that will trigger this notification:

       a. A pipeline started 

       b. A pipeline finished 

       c. A pipeline failed

6\. Click **Update.**

7\.  You can edit or remove the pipeline notifications. Follow the steps below to do so:                   Click "**Notifications**" and select "**Notification type**" and then click "**Edit/Remove**".

![](/files/7Lkn12iwL5nJlBgLaNVe)

### **Enable or Disable Application Features**

If you don't need any of the application's main features, you can disable them. Existing data is not deleted if you disable them. 

Click "**Features**" and "**check/uncheck**" the checkbox to enable/disable any of the features as shown in the below image:

![](/files/ynrakEolKjU1Y2NZBEV7)

### **Add Custom Instance Links**

Custom links can also be added to the instance details panel. This will help you to provide shortcuts to information about the instance, such as health, logs, etc.

{% hint style="info" %}
Note: Custom instance links are currently not supported for Kubernetes resources..
{% endhint %}

If the public IP address of the instance is available, it is used to resolve these links. Otherwise, a private IP is used. The default port is 80 and to change the port follow the instructions below:

1. Click "**Links**" and click "**Add Section**" button to add custom instance links.

![](/files/JNYe5VcNbW1AprilVtGY)

2\. After clicking the **Add Section button,** below screen will appear.

![](/files/ESKb4l9I0EuPegRVHyqc)

Update the details in the above screen as described below.

* Enter text for the new **Section heading** in the text box.
* In the **Links** text box, enter the text that you want to display 
* In the **URL** text box , enter the path to the link target. References to these specific instance attributes can also be added. Wrap them in curly braces to accomplish this. For example, use {region}.
* Click **Add Link** to add additional links that you want to display.
* Click **Add Section** to add any additional sections.
* Click **Save Changes** when you’re finished.

### **Designate a Traffic Guard Cluster**

You can also create a traffic guard cluster and designate it to have at least one active instance. When enabled, this traffic guard cluster allows Spinnaker to verify if a user or process is trying to disable, resize, or delete the server group.

1. Click "**Traffic Guards**" and "**Add Traffic Guard**" button to designate a traffic guard cluster as shown in the below image:

![](/files/VjaPHcf3a11VRIsz6tye)

2\.  Once you click on **Add Traffic Guard** the options will appear as shown below:

![](/files/MpTPpbe0OQnKuZoxPrCy)

2\.  Update the above **Traffic Guards** section with the details as described below, then click **"Save Changes".**

![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/KpSeI3_RYgU_FGxYtIT_Z33cGXuVLV2-CIwLrbahnxkkfZ27fb_6HAveihMSNfYBQTOCug6k4-U7GWUrZV6Re4U8spvG5bfVZ7IeuivMmvc4vM_QDW2GoSNRLx0SOgG7EuN5cNur)

## Instruction Video 

Here's a short video that provides quick step-by-step instructions to configure an application:

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUptePr9M3c>" %}