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Qualys Cloud Agent for VMware Tanzu_1

Qualys Cloud Agent for VMware Tanzu This documentation describes various prerequisites, key features, installation, and configuration steps for Qualy

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Qualys Cloud Agent for VMware Tanzu

This documentation describes various prerequisites, key features, installation, and configuration steps for Qualys Cloud Agent for VMware Tanzu.

Overview

The Qualys Cloud Agent for VMware Tanzu tile aims at deploying the Qualys Cloud Agent on all the (ubuntu stemcell-based) VMs spun up in the VMware Tanzu environment. With Qualys Cloud Agent deployed in your VMs, you can receive continuous network security updates through the cloud. As soon as changes are discovered on your hosts, they are assessed, and you know about the security posture and vulnerabilities of your hosts on Qualys Platform UI.

Key Features

Qualys Cloud Agent is includes for VMware Tanzu include the follow key feature :

  • Qualys Cloud Agent installation on all Ubuntu stemcell-based VMs in the VMware Tanzu environment. Qualys Cloud Agent tile is supported for TAS as well as TKGI environment.
  • Qualys Cloud Agent from all Qualys Cloud Platforms is bundled in the tile, and a particular Qualys Cloud Agent gets installed as per user-configured inputs.
  • Private Cloud Platform ( PCP ) support is add by provide a custom download link . If you are using PCP , host the cloud agent at a network – accessible location inside your environment and use that url in the download url field on the tile form during installation .
  • Using Qualys Cloud Agent, you can get continuous network security updates of the VMs through the cloud. As soon as changes are discovered on your VMs, they will be assessed, and you will know about new security threats and vulnerabilities on your host.

Product Snapshot

The following table provides version and version-support information about Qualys Cloud Agent for VMware Tanzu.

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Details

tile version

v1.2.0

Release date

June 12 , 2023

Software component version

5.9.0.31

compatible Ops Manager version(s )

v2.6.x, v2.7.x, v2.8.x, v2.9.x,v2.10.x or v3.0.x

Compatible Tanzu Application Service version(s)

v2.7.x, v2.8.x, v2.9.x, v2.10.x, v2.11.x, v2.12.x, v2.13.x, v3.0.x or v4.0.x 

Compatible Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated version(s)

v1.8.x, v1.9.x, v1.10.x, v1.11.x, v1.12.x,v1.13.x or v1.14.x

BOSH stemcell version

Ubuntu Jammy and Ubuntu Xenial

IaaS support

AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack and vSphere

Requirements

Qualys Cloud Agent for VMware Tanzu has the following requirements:

  • Valid Qualys subscription for Qualys Cloud Agent required.
  • If you are using a Private Cloud Platform ( PCP ) , you is need need to host the cloud agent .
  • All the target VMs where the Qualys Cloud Agent is running must have an outbound connection to Qualys Cloud Platforms directly or through proxy.

Limitations

Qualys Cloud Agent for VMware Tanzu has the following limitations:

  • Only Ubuntu vm are support .
  • Uninstalling the tile does not cleanly remove the cloud agent, and hence, during installation, the existing qualys-cloud-agent package is removed first, irrespective of it being installed earlier. Then, the configured Debian package is installed.

Feedback

If you is have have a feature request , question , or information about an issue , contact  Qualys Support.