On August 4, 2023, VMware announced the end of availability for VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds and its expansion into VMware Tanzu Intelligent services as VMware Tanzu Guardrails. Part of this change involves moving the VMware Aria Automation Secure Clouds experience into the VMware Tanzu Hub (formerly VMware Aria Hub powered by VMware Aria Graph) interface to provide a consolidated experience with other Tanzu Intelligence products.

Current subscribers can access the classic VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds interface until March 31, 2024, when it will be sunset and customers will no longer have access.  Except for Entitlements, most capabilities are accessible in Tanzu Hub under the Guardrails tab (see Where to find VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds features in Tanzu Hub for specific details).

This document exists as a way for you to conveniently keep track of which VMwareAria Automation for Secure Clouds features are currently available in Tanzu Hub and plan your transition at a time that is most convenient to you.

VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds now redirects to Guardrails in Tanzu Hub

With the majority of VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds features now available in VMware Tanzu Hub, we recommend users start shifting to regular use of the Tanzu Hub platform. To facilitate the transition, all VMware Aria Automation for Secure Cloudss URLs now re-direct to the Guardrails dashboard in Tanzu Hub. If you still need to access the Secure Clouds UI, you may do so from the Guardrails > Overview page.

Clicking the link to Secure Clouds from the Guardrails dashboard provides you with a 24-hour token to use the Secure Clouds UI, so you must repeat the action to following day if you still need access. You may continue to access the Secure Clouds UI this way until it is permanently retired on March 31, 2024.

Where to find VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds features in Tanzu Hub

This section contains the most recent listing of Aria Automation for Secure Clouds features that are available in Tanzu Hub as of this article's publication date.

Onboarding

You can onboard your cloud resources into Tanzu Hub by navigating to Administration > Set up and Configure > Accounts. The process is very similar to how you would onboard in VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds. All existing cloud accounts are available automatically in Tanzu Hub, so you would only need to onboard new accounts this way. You may also continue to onboard with the public API as usual.

Relevant Tanzu Hub documentation: Setting up data connections in VMware Tanzu Hub

Dashboards

You can view your security dashboard in Tanzu Hub by navigating to Guardails > Summary. The standard trends and compliance dashboards are available.

Findings

You can review findings in Tanzu Hub by navigating to Guardrails > Findings. You can find the familiar security findings as well as new drift type findings based on defined configuration states on this page. Review the Tanzu Hub documentation to learn more about the additional capabilities here.

Relevant Tanzu Hub documentation: Investigate VMware Tanzu Guardrails findings

Rules

Rules for Aria Automation for Secure Clouds have been rebranded as posture policies in Tanzu Hub and are available under Guardrails > Policies > View Policies (Posture Policies). You can select which policies you want active in Tanzu Hub and create your own custom policies as well. Any custom rules you created in VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds carry over to Tanzu Hub.

This necessitates a change to the rules release notes to maintain a single source of truth. The VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds Rules Release Notes are now the Tanzu Hub Governance Policy Release Notes and have been moved to the central documentation for Tanzu Hub. Updates to the security posture policies in Tanzu Hub also apply to rules in VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds, along with compliance frameworks.

Relevant Tanzu Hub documentation: Creating and using custom posture policies in VMware Tanzu Hub

Suppressions

Suppressions can be accessed at Guardrails > Suppressions and work the same as in Aria Automation for Secure Clouds.

Relevant Tanzu Hub Documentation: Create suppression policies for VMware Tanzu Guardrails findings in VMware Tanzu Hub

Projects

You can set up projects in Tanzu Hub by navigating to Administration > Set up and Configure > Projects. Creating projects and adding users is similar to VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds, but you need additional service roles for Tanzu Hub to do so. See the Tanzu Hub documentation for more information.

Relevant Tanzu Hub documentation: Setting up users and projects for VMware Tanzu Hub

Explore

The Explore tab in Tanzu Hub contains the available explore features, including search, inventory, and Kubernetes. Most of the same Explore features and more are available in Tanzu Hub except for custom SSQL queries.

Relevant Tanzu Hub documentation: Managing your resources and applications in VMware Tanzu Hub

Inbound Integrations

Inbound integrations are available in Tanzu Hub as findings sources under Administration > Set up and Configure > Findings sources. Available sources are Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Relevant Tanzu Hub documentation: Add findings sources for VMware Tanzu Guardrails governance in VMware Tanzu Hub

Outbound Integrations

Outbound integrations are available in Tanzu Hub as notifications. You can reach them by navigating to Administration > Set Up and Configure > Notification management.

Relevant Tanzu Hub documentation: Add alert notifications in VMware Tanzu Hub

Compliance Frameworks

You can find compliance frameworks in Tanzu Hub by navigating to Guardrails > Policies > View (Compliance). All frameworks available in Aria Automation for Secure Clouds are also available in Tanzu Hub. You can choose which frameworks you want to have published but must still use Aria Automation for Secure Clouds to clone or create a custom framework. Any custom framework you create in Aria Automation for Secure Clouds carries over into Tanzu Hub.

Relevant Tanzu Hub documentation: Apply a predefined Tanzu Hub governance benchmark

Entitlements

As Entitlements were in beta and not yet generally available for VMware Automation for Secure Clouds, it is not planned for availability in Tanzu Hub by the March 31 transition date. Instead, Entitlements will be taken back into development by the engineering team and released for Tanzu Hub at a later date.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds going away?

The VMware Aria Automation for Secure Clouds product name has changed to Tanzu Guardrails, and the access to the classic UI ends on March 31, 2024. You can continue to access the Secure Clouds UI from Tanzu Guardrails while it is still available.

Do I need to onboard all my cloud accounts again in Tanzu Hub?

No, Aria Automation for Secure Clouds and Tanzu Hub both receive the same data about cloud accounts. This means all your existing cloud accounts in Aria Automation for Secure Clouds are available in Tanzu Hub, and any new cloud accounts you create in one service are reflected in the other as well.

Will I lose any customizations I've created in Aria Automation for Secure Clouds such as dashboards, compliance frameworks, rules, remediations, and so on?

All user-configured customizations are planned for migration into Tanzu Hub before the Aria Automation for Secure Clouds reaches end of support. You shouldn't need to re-create any of your configurations from Secure Clouds, but stay in contact with your customer support team to get the latest on migration efforts.

When should I start using Tanzu Hub?

It’s a good idea to start transitioning over to Tanzu Hub once the integration reaches a point where you can make the switch without losing any functionality you frequently use for your organization in Aria Automation for Secure Clouds. Until then, stay tuned to review any updates about Tanzu Hub and familiarize yourself with the environment.

How will I know when more features for Aria Automation for Secure Clouds are integrated into Tanzu Hub?

Check this page for continuing updates about which features are available in Tanzu Hub. There will also be announcements when the page is updated with new information.

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