Application Hosting A hosted application is a software as a service (SaaS) solution, and it can be run remotely using commands. Application hosting gives administrators a platform for leveraging their own tools and utilities. Application hosting supports only Docker applications. Note This module describes the Application Hosting feature and how to enable it.
Prerequisites for Application Hosting, on page 1 Restrictions for Application Hosting, on page 1 Information About Application Hosting, on page 2 How to Configure Application Hosting, on page 14 Verifying the Application-Hosting Configuration, on page 32 Verifying the Application-Hosting Configuration, on page 35 Configuration Examples for Application Hosting, on page 38 Additional References, on page 42 Feature Information for Application Hosting, on page 43 Prerequisites for Application Hosting • Applications hosted by Catalyst 9000 Series Switches must be configured in the underlay Switch Virtual Interface (SVI). This applies to Cisco Software-Defined Access deployments as well.
Restrictions for Application Hosting • Application hosting is not virtual routing and forwarding aware (VRF-aware). • Application hosting is not supported on Cisco Catalyst 9200, 9200CX, and 9200L platforms. • In releases prior to Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.3, application hosting requires dedicated storage allocations, and is disabled on the bootflash. In Cisco IOS XE Amsterdam 17.3.3 and later releases, application hosting is enabled on the bootflash, however, only Cisco-signed applications are hosted. Application Hosting 1