Setting up data connections in VMware Tanzu Platform hub
Data connections provide data to Tanzu Platform hub and can allow you to make changes to the resources. The most important connections are to your cloud provider accounts so that you can manage the resources. However, you can also add information connections that provide third-party reporting that, combined with what Tanzu Platform hub can do, gives you a single location to manage your resources across cloud providers.
Data connection goals and how to configure the connections
If you are just getting started with Tanzu Platform hub, begin by adding accounts for your cloud providers. After reviewing the collected data, you can continue configuring data connections so the you get a more in-depth view of how you can use Tanzu Platform hub to manage your resources.
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| Get started with Tanzu Platform hub. You must set up accounts so that Tanzu Platform hub can collect information about your resources. The onboarding options include adding individual accounts and multiple accounts. |
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| Manage kubernetes clusters from Tanzu Platform hub. You can attach discovered or self-managed kubernetes clusters. | |
| Work with cloud native findings sources that Tanzu Platform hub adds to the reported policy findings. You can add one or more of the findings sources. | |
| Ensure that cloud native and VMware alarms and alerts contribute to your Tanzu Insights, add one or more data sources. | |
| Send alerts to your stakeholders using email and Slack for when policy findings are aggregated or Tanzu Insights generates observations and insights, configure the notifications that are appropriate for your users. |
