• SaltStack,  VMWARE

    Patching Linux VM using VMware SaltStack Config Management

    This blog will cover VM workload configuration management by using SaltStack, which provides configuration management besides compliance and vulnerability capabilities for the workload.  Before we dive into how to use SaltStack config management functionalities, I will quickly share a bit more on VMware SaltStack.  SaltStack, by default, comes as SaltStack Config, which helps maintain configuration and perform day 2 actions. Essentially, the benefit of SaltStack is to provide native config management, self-healing config with event-driven automation & orchestration. It supports building and scheduling repeatable jobs for self-service automation. Also, preserve tons of workload/systems with fast, hyper-scale automation. SaltStack supports flexible control with agents, agentless, and API proxy agents. For more…

  • VMWARE

    Enabling VMware SaltStack SecOps functionality for Compliance & Vulnerability Management.

    This blog will cover enabling SecOps functionality on SaltStack, which provides compliance and vulnerability capabilities for the workload.  Before we dive into how to enable the SecOPs feature, I will quickly share a bit more on VMware SaltStack.  SaltStack, by default, comes as SaltStack Config, which helps maintain configuration and perform day 2 actions. Essentially, the benefit of SaltStack is to provide native config management, self-healing config with event-driven automation & orchestration. It supports building and scheduling repeatable jobs for self-service automation. Also, preserve tons of workload/systems with fast, hyper-scale automation. SaltStack supports flexible control with agents, agentless, and API proxy agents. For more details on SaltStack, please refer to…