Sonatype CLM Server - Application Composition Report

Chapter 5. Component Identification

One of the most important things you can do with regards to understanding the components in your application, is to identify them. What remains unidentified is of obvious concern.

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Figure 5.1. Unknown Component


Sonatype CLM allows you to identify components in a number of ways, including:

  • Extensive matching via Sonatype CLM algorithms
  • Claiming components
  • Establishing proprietary components

In this section, we’ll describe all of these in detail, within the context of identifying components using the application composition report, as well as offer our suggestion for best practices.