VMware Tanzu Application Platform

Tanzu Application Platform® is a unified, end-to-end integrated Kubernetes platform solution that enables companies to build and deploy more software, faster and securely, through a rich set of Backstage developer plugins and pre-paved paths to production.

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Meet the plugins

  • Tanzu TAP API documentation plugin icon

    API Documentation

    Level up the community API endpoint documentation experience with auto-registration, auto-update, and scoring

    • Productivity
  • application accelerator icon

    Application Accelerator

    Bootstrap developing and deploying your applications in a discoverable and repeatable way through curated, enterprise-conforming code and configurations

    • Productivity
  • application live view icon

    Application Live View

    Maintain in-depth visibility of the live processes running in your pods through a visual interface that facilitates troubleshooting, and elaborate understanding of your applications

    • Monitoring
  • runtime resources icon

    Runtime Resources Visibility

    Simplify troubleshooting and monitoring by visualizing the status, ownership, and relationships of deployed Kubernetes resources

    • Monitoring
  • security analysis icon

    Security Analysis

    Identify and remediate common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) faster, by summarizing data and organizing vulnerability data across all workloads running on Backstage

    • Security
  • supply chain icon

    Supply Chain Choreographer

    Visualize the execution of a workload step-by-step when using Choreographer supply chains provided or customized with Tanzu Application Platform

    • CI/CD

What do the plugins do?

VMware Tanzu empowers developers to focus on building great apps by providing faster, more secure paths to production and automating platform operations at scale. Through its rich set of plugins, Tanzu Application Platform brings enterprise functionality to Backstage and empowers platform engineers to:

  • Make developers happyEnable developers to quickly get started with preconfigured templates for cloud-native patterns.
  • Establish full transparencySlice and dice information on demand about resources, APIs, and applications at the right level of detail to supervise, monitor, or troubleshoot.
  • Integrate security by designIdentify vulnerabilities before it’s too late and embed security by default in the app development process.
  • Streamline paths to productionProvide a clear separation of concern between Dev and Ops for seamless app handoffs from Dev to production.
  • Bring your own opinionsAutomate app deployment with a built-in, secure software supply chain you can customize.

VMware Tanzu Application Platform

Tanzu Application Platform® is a unified, end-to-end integrated Kubernetes platform solution that enables companies to build and deploy more software, faster and securely, through a rich set of Backstage developer plugins and pre-paved paths to production.