Chapter 5. About the tools

You can install the user interface on OpenShift Container Platform versions 4.12-4.14 with the Migration Toolkit for Applications Operator.

For more information, see OpenShift Operator Life Cycles.

The user interface for the Migration Toolkit for Applications lets you assess the risks involved in containerizing an application for hybrid cloud environments on Red Hat OpenShift or analyze the changes that must be made in the code of an application in order to containerize the application.

The CLI is a command-line tool in the Migration Toolkit for Applications that allows you to assess and prioritize migration and modernization efforts for applications. It provides numerous reports that highlight the analysis without the overhead of the other tools. The CLI includes a wide array of customization options, and allows you to finely tune MTA analysis options or integrate with external automation tools.

For more information about using the CLI, see the MTA CLI Guide.

You can migrate and modernize applications by using the Migration Toolkit for Applications (MTA) addons for:

Each addon analyzes your projects using customizable rulesets, marks issues in the source code, provides guidance to fix the issues, and offers automatic code replacement, if possible.

The Maven plugin for the Migration Toolkit for Applications integrates into the Maven build process, allowing developers to continuously evaluate migration and modernization efforts with each iteration of source code. It provides numerous reports that highlight the analysis results, and is designed for developers who want updates with each build.