Manifest

The manifest contains three required top-level properties: app, modules, and permissions, and number of optional properties.

The optional runtime configuration is nested under the app key.

Property	Required	Description
`app`	Yes	Identifying information, licensing details, and app storage (EAP). See App to learn more.
`modules`	Yes	A list of the modules used by the app. See Modules to learn more.
`permissions`	Yes	A list of the permissions required by the app. See Permissions to learn more.
`connectModules`		This functionality is an alpha release. A list of the Connect modules used by the app.
`providers`		Authentication providers used by the app. See Providers to learn more.
`remotes`		A list of remote services required by the app. See Remotes to learn more.
`resources`		A list of the resources used by the app. See Resources to learn more.

App

The app dictionary contains properties about your Forge app. Some of these are populated as part of the forge create command (for example, id).

Property	Required	Description
`id`	Yes	A unique Atlassian resource identifier (`ari`) assigned to your app.
`connect`		Details specific to Connect on Forge apps. This is required if the manifest has `connectModules`. See Connect to learn more.
`licensing`	No	The app's licensing state. To enable licensing for your app, add the `enabled` field attribute and set its value to `true`. See licensing to learn more.
`storage` (EAP)	No	A list of custom entities and their respective indexes. See Storage to learn more.

Example

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app:
  id: "ari:cloud:ecosystem::app/406d303d-0393-4ec4-ad7c-1435be94583a"
  licensing:
    enabled: true

Storage (EAP)

Custom entities and complex queries are available right now as part of Forge's Early Access Program (EAP). Send us your feedback through this Atlassian Developer Community post.

Forge’s EAP offers experimental features to selected users for testing and feedback purposes. These features are not supported or recommended for use in production environments. They are also subject to change without notice.

For more information about EAPs, see What's coming.

The storage property lets you set custom entities for your app. Custom entities are user-defined data structures for storing app data. Forge's storage API lets you query data stored in these structures using a wide array of query conditions. These query conditions make it possible to build advanced, complex queries to suit your app's operations.

For more detailed information about custom entities and complex queries, see Complex queries (EAP).

Connect

This functionality is an alpha release.

Before using a Connect module for your Forge app, check first if it already has an equivalent Forge module. Whenever possible, we strongly recommend that you use Forge modules for Forge apps.

A Forge app can include Connect modules and a Connect key. This is intended to ease the transition from Connect to Forge. See Migrate an app from Connect to Forge for more information.

Property Required Description

Property	Required	Description
`key`	Yes	A key to identify Connect on Forge apps and Forge successors to Connect apps. `key` is environment specific. See how to manage environments in the Connect on Forge tutorial. Note: The production environment of the app must match the Atlassian Marketplace key.
`remote`		The key of the `remotes` entry that holds the Connect app baseUrl. This is required if the manifest has `connectModules`.
`authentication`		Defines the authentication type to use when making requests from the connect app server to the host application `jwt` or `oauth2` (default value is jwt)

key

Yes

A key to identify Connect on Forge apps and Forge successors to Connect apps.

key is environment specific. See how to manage environments in the Connect on Forge tutorial.

Note: The production environment of the app must match the Atlassian Marketplace key.

remote

The key of the remotes entry that holds the Connect app baseUrl.

This is required if the manifest has connectModules.

authentication

Defines the authentication type to use when making requests from the connect app server to the host application

jwt or oauth2 (default value is jwt)

Example

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remotes:
  - key: connect-app-server
    baseUrl: https://hello-world-app.example.com
app:
  connect:
    key: hello-world
    remote: connect-app-server
    authentication: jwt

Runtime

Each time you deploy or invoke code on Forge, your code runs inside the sandbox environment. The runtime properties allow you to configure aspects of your app's environment.

Property	Type	Required	Description
`snapshots`	`boolean`		Whether a snapshot of the app is taken at deployment time. Default value of `true`.

Example

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app:
  runtime:
    snapshots: true