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Getting Started with Lifecycle SaaS

We are continuously improving Sonatype products in step with latest cybersecurity directives from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), most recent curated vulnerability data, innovative ideas from our teams and most importantly, customer feedback.

With Lifecycle SaaS, you can benefit from the latest improvements to keep your software supply chain secure even as the threat landscape continues to evolve. In addition, using Lifecyle SaaS reduces your time to value by skipping the work needed to provision hardware, configure the service, and deploy the IQ Server.

Steps to get started with Lifecycle SaaS

Sonatype makes your onboarding process extremely swift and easy.

  1. Create your organization account

  2. Create your IQ Server service accounts

  3. Designate your support contacts

Step 1: Create your organization account

  1. Access your email sent by the Sonatype sales team.

  2. Follow the instructions in the email to create your organization account.

  3. Assign administrative access to work emails of the users who will be administrators for your account.

  4. Add your company logo to your account (optional).

You will receive an email from Sonatype to verify your email address. Sonatype will send you the link to your Sonatype Platform and configuration steps for Idp (identity provider).

Step 2: Create your IQ Server Service Accounts

Your security administrator will manage this. These accounts will have access to all repository management tasks and server configurations.

You have the option to use the default identity provider (Idp) provided by Sonatype or you can use your own Idp.

Using the default Idp

  1. Invite a new user for the service account

    1. Go to the Sonatype Platform and sign in as the default admin.

    2. Click on the Settings icon on the top right corner to view your System Preferences and select Users.

    3. Click on Invite User, fill in the User Details fields, and save.

      NOTE: You should be able to login to the service account email to set the password for the new service account user.

  2. Log in as the service account user and generate a user tokenfor the service account

    1. Go to the Sonatype Platform and sign in as the service account user.

    2. Click on the Profile icon at the top right corner and select Manage User Token.

    3. Click on Generate User Token and save your token credentials for future use.

Using your own Idp

  1. Create a service account user for your Idp.

    Use your Idp to set up a user for the service account. This user should have a valid email and credentials to log in using your Idp.

    NOTE: You should be able to log as the service account user to generate the user token.

  2. Log in as the service account user and generate a user token

    1. Go to the Sonatype Platform and sign in as the service account user.

    2. Click on the Profile icon at the top right corner and select Manage User Token.

    3. Click on Generate User Token and save your token credentials for future use.

Designate your Support Contacts

Once your organization is created, you can add as many members as provided by your license. In addition, up to four (4) members of your organization can be designated as "Authorized Support Contacts" and will have full access to the support team.

For issues setting up your organization or adding support contacts, visit support.sonatype.com and click Submit A Request.