Is vRealize Automation SaltStack Config the same as the former SaltStack commercial offering, SaltStack Enterprise?
Software Configuration Management and Security for VMware Aria Automation (vRealize Automation)
VMware Aria Automation Config (vRealize Automation SaltStack Config) Overview
Learn how SaltStack Config delivers powerful software configuration automation in VMware Aria Automation.
Enforce Infrastructure Security and Compliance
Learn how VMware Aria Automation SaltStack SecOps helps you build and maintain secure, compliant infrastructure.
Benefits of Configuration Automation with VMware Aria Automation Config (vRealize Automation SaltStack Config)
Gain Efficiency
Automate redundant configuration tasks and free up scarce human resources for high-value initiatives.
Accelerate Delivery
Enact change immediately at massive scale across your entire IT footprint.
Enforce Security
Detect and remediate issues quickly while building secure, compliant systems with CIS-certified content.
Use Cases
Deploy and Configure Anywhere
- Easily deploy across virtualized, hybrid, and public cloud environments.
- Create simple, human-readable infrastructure-as-code to provision and configure systems and software anywhere in your environment.
- Configure and control all your operating systems with abstracted management for Linux, Windows, MacOS, and Unix.
- Automatically enforce desired state across your entire IT footprint.
Maintain and Secure Your Infrastructure
- Manage virtual, public, and private cloud VMs with powerful automation and orchestration.
- Control your entire data center with flexible agent, agentless, and API-based management options.
- Keep critical software up to date and protected from vulnerabilities with event-driven updates.
- Audit and understand the configuration state of your entire ecosystem quickly and easily.
- Define compliant states with pre-built CIS and DISA STIGs content and enforce them with automation.
Build Self-Healing Systems
- Leverage the Salt event-driven automation engine to define the state of a system and auto-remediate as soon as drift occurs.
- Create fully automated or semi-autonomous workflows that can notify administrators via third-party integrations or even create ITSM tickets when systems need attention.
- Perform advanced patching and maintenance with event-driven orchestration.
- Enact change immediately across your entire fleet with fast, scalable remote execution.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, in terms of features and capabilities. The difference is that SaltStack Config is a component of vRealize Automation, allowing it to be deployed and managed as part of vRealize Automation and seamlessly integrated with VMware Cloud Foundation.
Is VMware Aria Automation Config based on the Salt Project?
Yes. Salt is an open source automation software maintained by the Salt Project community. VMware Aria Automation Config brings the power and innovation of Salt into VMware Aria Automation with additional enterprise-grade features and support.
How does VMware Aria Automation Config strengthen the power of VMware Aria Automation?
VMware Aria Automation Config provides configuration management, software automation and orchestration, and Day 2 management automation for VMware Aria Automation. Get the datasheet to learn more.
Does VMware Aria Automation support integrations with third-party configuration management tools?
Yes. VMware Aria Automation Config brings native configuration management and automation to VMware Aria Automation. However, we are committed to providing choice to our customers and will continue to support and improve integrations with third-party and open-source tools such as Ansible and Puppet.
How can I get access to VMware Aria Automation Config?
VMware Aria Automation Config is only available as a component of VMware Aria Automation. It is available to all vRealize Automation 8.x customers as part of VMware Aria Automation Standard Plus, Advanced, and Enterprise editions. vRealize Automation 8.x customers may download VMware Aria Automation Config from their MyVMware portal or submit a non-technical support ticket to get access to the component.
What is VMware Aria Automation Config for Secure Hosts and is it included in VMware Aria Automation?
VMware Aria Automation Config for Secure Hosts is the vulnerability and compliance management component to VMware Aria Automation. It is available for license as a separate add-on component for VMware Aria Automation Config and is not included out of the box with any edition of VMware Aria Automation. Get the datasheet to learn more.
