Projects and API Registration
Create projects and register APIs with the right environment.
Projects group your APIs by owner. API registration tells Nolax which routes matter most.
Create your first project
Go to Projects → New Project and provide:
- Project name (required)
- Description (optional)
A project is the ownership boundary for APIs, metrics, alerts, insights, compliance reports, and API keys.
Splitting projects
Create a separate project for each ownership boundary, for example:
- Customer-facing APIs
- Internal APIs
- Regional stacks
- Distinct business units
Separate projects give you cleaner reports, faster triage and independent key rotation. If nobody can say who owns an API, the project is too broad.
Register APIs in the project
Inside a project, click Add API and provide:
- HTTP method (
GET,POST,PUT,PATCH,DELETE) - API path (must start with
/) - Environment (
production,staging,development)
Once an API is registered, the project shows its:
- Request volume
- Error rate
- Latency, including p95
- Active alerts
Environments
Use the three labels consistently:
production: traffic from real customersstaging: release validationdevelopment: integration and local testing
Mixed labels put test traffic into production alerts and insights.
Next steps
- 1API Keys and Rotation
Secure the project-scoped key before you instrument services.
- 2Troubleshooting and Guardrails
Review the mistakes teams make when ownership boundaries are unclear.

