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Posted on November 22, 2023

Importing Users and Groups in Tanzu Developer Portal (TAP-GUI)

TDP is an amazing solution built on top of backstage, and the declarative nature in which it is configured and the entities are added is a huge benefit in my mind. With that said, one of the pain points this brings is user management. Users and Groups are entity types in backstage just log components …

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Posted on November 7, 2023

Tanzu Developer Portal Configurator – Deep Dive

In TAP 1.6 we got the first glance at the Tanzu Developer Portal (TDP) configurator. While the idea was promising, the functionality was extremely limited, and was closer in my mind to a proof of concept then a true value add. This has now completely changed in TAP 1.7, and we now have an amazing …

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Posted on July 30, 2023

TAP 1.6 – Tanzu CLI Improvements

Across the Tanzu portfolio as a whole, their has been a major effort for a long time to build a truly cohesive and user friendly experience for operators and developers. Since the early days of TKG, and since the beginning of TAP, the Tanzu CLI has been a key element of how users interact with …

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Posted on July 30, 2023

TAP 1.6 – New Bitnami Services

In TAP 1.5, VMware added the integration with Crossplane for dynamic backend service provisioning. With TAP 1.5, we also got a few OOTB Bitnami backed offerings that utilize this Crossplane integration. Now in TAP 1.6, this integration has been expanded to also support MongoDB and Kafka. These 2 new services integrate easily with spring boot …

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Posted on July 30, 2023

TAP 1.6 – App Live View Improvements

One of the great features in TAP Developer Portal (previously TAP GUI) since the initial release, has been the app live view plugin, which can help visualize actuator data from spring based java applications as well as steeltoe based dotnet core applications. In TAP 1.6, Application Live View (ALV) has been enhanced with 2 key …

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Posted on July 30, 2023

TAP 1.6 – GitOps RI With Hashicorp Vault

In TAP 1.5, a new installation model was introduced based on a GitOps model, utilizing the Carvel toolset under the hood, to power it all. With TAP 1.6, beyond overall bug fixes, and nice changes to the overall UX of the GitOps Installation method, a really key feature that has been added, is the integration …

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Posted on July 30, 2023

TAP 1.6 – TAP GUI Supply Chain Plugin Updates

The Supply Chain Visibility plugin in Tanzu Developer Portal (TDP) which is formerly know as TAP GUI, is a key element of the TAP solution. This plugin enables the visibility of our workloads "path to production" as it traverses through the cartographer supply chain. In TAP 1.6, there are a few key enhancements that have …

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Posted on July 30, 2023

TAP 1.6 – AppSSO Improvements

Managing SSO for applications is a complex task, and since TAP 1.4, we have had a great feature called AppSSO, which is aimed at helping make the story of SSO integration much easier for developers and operators. In TAP 1.6, a major effort was put into AppSSO to make it even more streamlined, and simple …

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Posted on July 30, 2023

TAP 1.6 – Metadata Store Improvements

The Metadata Store has been a key element in a secure supply chain within TAP since the GA of TAP, and it provides a central location where all CVE data and SBOMs are stored for our source code and images. In TAP 1.6, we get a great new set of functionality in the metadata store, …

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Posted on July 30, 2023

TAP 1.6 – Local Source Proxy

One of the best new features, if not the best new feature in TAP 1.6, is the introduction of a new component called Local Source Proxy (LSP). One of the main challenges we have seen with rolling out TAP, is that while TAP aims to provide an abstraction above kubernetes, making the infrastructure invisible to …

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