Application Connectivity in Kyma is an area that:

• Simplifies and secures the connection between external systems and Kyma
• Stores and handles the metadata of external systems
• Provides certificate handling for the Eventing flow in the Compass scenario (mode)
• Manages secure access to external systems
• Provides monitoring and tracing capabilities to facilitate operational aspects

Depending on your use case, Application Connectivity works in one of the two modes:

• Standalone mode (default) - a standalone mode where Kyma is not connected to Compass
• Compass mode - using Runtime Agent and integration with Compass to automate connection and registration of services using mTLS certificates