Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Application Management Guide, Releases 26.x and Later

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Configure custom applications

Updated: June 8, 2026

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Configure custom applications in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN by using the Application Catalog to enter names, server identifiers, families, groups, traffic classes, business relevance, IPs, ports, protocols, and SaaS probe endpoints, then save. Verify you can export the application list to Applications.csv for reuse.

Procedure

1.

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Application Catalog > Applications > Custom Application
2.

Enter Application name, and configure these fields.

Field

Description
Application Name

Enter a name for the application list.
Server Names

Enter the server names. The names specify the fully qualified domain names or regex starting with '*' but not ending with '*', or both separated by commas. For example, *.customapp.com, customapptest.com, *appcustom.
Application Family

Choose the application family. The options include instant messaging, game, mail, routing, and so on.
Application Group

Choose the application group. The options include flash-group, ipsec-group, concur-group, and so on.
Traffic Class

Choose the traffic class. The options include multimedia-conferencing, network-control, real-time-interactive, and so on.

Note

This attribute is used to categorize network traffic into different classes based on specific criteria like source and destination IP addresses, port numbers, etc. Traffic classes are crucial in the traffic matching process because they enable the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN to identify and sort traffic, which helps in efficiently managing bandwidth and resources. When setting up the policy group workflow, different traffic classes can be allocated different priorities.
Business Relevance

Choose the business relevance from the drop-down

list. The options are:

  • Bronze

  • Gold

  • Silver

Note

This attribute is used to specify the priority of network traffic based on its relevance to business operations. For example, traffic related to critical business applications can be assigned a higher relevance, and therefore, a higher priority. This ensures that important traffic gets the resources it needs for optimal performance.
IPv4 Address

Enter the IPv4 addresses separated by commas.

Subnet prefix length is 24 to 32.
Ports

Enter the port number or range or both separated by a space. For example, 1 2 10-20.
L4 Protocol

Enter L4 protocol. The options are:

  • TCP

  • UDP

  • TCP-UDP

SaaS probe endpoint type

  • Choose IP Address and enter IP address. Cloud OnRamp for SaaS probes the server using port 80.

  • Choose FQDN enter a fully qualified domain name of the application server.

  • Choose URL to enter a URL using HTTP or HTTPS. Cloud OnRamp for SaaS probes the server using port 80 or port 443, depending on the URL provided.

SaaS probe endpoint value

Enter an endpoint value, based on the endpoint type that you choose. For example, 192.168.0.1, https://www.example.com, www.google.com
3.

Click Save.