How do I set the Alt.link to collect data from Release Monitoring?

Updated: 2025-02-03 SBOM Central

Read here about how Vcs, Homepage and Alt.Link is used

Alt. link is an alternate and manually inserted link address to a component source, superseding Vcs and Homepage. When adding the Alt. link, all versions registered in SBOM Central, current, previous and future, will have the Alt. link activated.

Example:

• Pages referenced in this example:

  • openssl 3.0.0 external artifact show page.
  • openssl component index page.
  • openssl component edit dialog.

• The component is openssl 3.0.0

• Weblink is set to openssl.org with no usable API for SBOM Central.

• No update information available.

• Action 1: open the component index page by clicking the openssl/openssl link in the top the information section.

• Action 2: find the openssl component on a repository service integrated with SBOM Central.
• Open SSL is a software that is monitored by the Release Monitoring web.
• The Release Monitoring API is integrated with SBOM Central.
• Action 3: Search for openssl on the releasemonitoring page.
• There are 39 different projects for openssl. Here the first project (openssl.org) is matching our component.
• Action 4: select and open the openssl link to open the project page.

• Check that the openssl project page seems to match the information known for your component.
• Action 5: copy the release-monitoring project web address, https://release-monitoring.org/project/2566/

• Action 6: click the Edit button to change component information.

• Action 7: paste the weblink into the Alt weblink section.
• Action 8: save and close

• The component index page is updated.
• The Alt. link in the information section is updated.
• All weblinks, for each version, in the table are updated.

• Data in the openssl 3.0.0 show page is updated.
• Later, when the externa artifact update job is executed, the SBOM Central services will update the version status for openssl 3.0.0.