Complete Infrastructure Lifecycle Automation Platform

Operate infrastructure.
With control.

CLAP brings Linux and Windows operations, patching, compliance, monitoring, access governance, communication, diagnostics and reporting into one enterprise automation platform.

AutomatePatchMonitorSecureNotifyAcknowledgeDiagnoseReportAudit
CLAP Operations
Infrastructure246Managed servers
Patch Health96%Validated
Compliance94%Current posture
Governed Actions12Awaiting action
Operational activityLive
Patch wave validated2m
Stakeholder notification delivered4m
Configuration drift detected7m
Compliance scan complete11m
One control planeLinux + Windows operations
Governed executionPolicy, approval and audit
Evidence by designEvery operation leaves a record
Operational coordinationTeams, notifications and ACK

How CLAP works

One governed path from request to evidence.

CLAP connects operational intent, policy, execution, validation, communication and reporting so infrastructure work follows a repeatable lifecycle instead of disconnected manual steps.

01RequestEngineer, schedule, change or policy trigger
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02GovernRBAC, scope, command policy, approval, JIT
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03ExecuteAgentless Linux / Windows operational workflow
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04ValidatePost-checks, health, compliance and outcome verification
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05CommunicateNotifications, ACK and stakeholder status
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06EvidenceHistory, reports, findings and audit trail
Agentless where practicalCentralized orchestration uses SSH/WinRM-style remote operations without requiring a permanent management agent for core workflows.
Safety before speedHigh-risk actions remain subject to validation, scope, approval and operational safeguards rather than uncontrolled execution.
Evidence by defaultOperational history and validation results remain attached to the activity that produced them.

Why CLAP

Automation is useful. Governed automation is operationally ready.

Infrastructure teams often use separate tools for execution, patching, monitoring, compliance, approvals, communication and evidence. CLAP connects these workflows so engineers can move faster without losing control, visibility or accountability.

01

Reduce repetitive work

Turn recurring Linux and Windows activities into controlled, reusable operational workflows.

02

Coordinate changes

Bring approvals, stakeholder notifications, acknowledgements and execution status into the same operational flow.

03

Strengthen governance

Apply role, scope, command policy and approval controls before privileged actions are executed.

04

Prove what happened

Keep execution history, findings, validation evidence and reports available for operations and audit.

Enterprise operating model

Central control without collapsing every workflow into one tool.

CLAP acts as the governed operations layer across infrastructure, repositories, communication providers and evidence sources. Existing enterprise services remain usable while CLAP coordinates the lifecycle around them.

  • Central CLAP controller and web portal
  • Linux operations over governed remote execution
  • Windows operations and controlled remote access workflows
  • Customer repository-aware patching
  • Microsoft Graph, SMTP and SMTP Relay communication options
  • Evidence, reports and audit history retained with the operation
Governed control planeCLAPPolicy · Automation · Evidence
LinuxRHEL · Rocky · Oracle · SUSE · Ubuntu
WindowsOperations · Remote Access
RepositoriesCustomer patch sources
CommunicationGraph · SMTP · ACK
EvidenceLogs · Reports · Audit
SecurityRBAC · JIT · Approval

Platform capabilities

Built around the infrastructure lifecycle.

Each capability is designed around three questions: what needs to happen, how it should be controlled, and what evidence should remain afterward.

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Automation & Orchestration

Controlled multi-server execution, reusable workflows, command governance and scheduled operations.

Explore automation →
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Patch Management

Assess, coordinate, execute, validate and report patch activity with change-aware governance.

Explore patching →
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Hardening & Compliance

CIS-aligned controls, OpenSCAP, native checks, evidence, manual review and governed remediation.

Explore compliance →
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Service & Config Assurance

Validate critical services and configuration baselines on user-defined schedules.

Explore assurance →
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Notifications & ACK

Coordinate application, network, backup, security, database and infrastructure teams.

Explore coordination →
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Diagnostics & RCA

Bring system evidence, timelines, logs and operational history together for faster investigation.

Explore diagnostics →
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Reports & Audit

Turn infrastructure activity into operational, compliance, patch, capacity and audit evidence.

Explore reporting →
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Inventory & Capacity

Understand CPU, memory, storage, OS, kernel, packages, virtualization and infrastructure posture.

Explore inventory →
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Access Governance

Control who can view, approve, execute and administer privileged infrastructure operations.

Explore governance →

Visual platform overview

Understand the CLAP operating model at a glance.

These product visualizations connect the major CLAP capabilities into a single enterprise operations story.

CLAP enterprise platform overview showing automation, patching, security, monitoring, notifications, diagnostics, reporting, governance, Linux and Windows operations
Complete infrastructure lifecycle automationAutomation, patching, monitoring, security, stakeholder coordination, diagnostics, governance and reporting in one enterprise platform.Illustrative CLAP platform visualization
CLAP platform dashboard concept
Platform overview
CLAP capability workflow concept
Capability workflow

Automation & Orchestration

Automate repetitive operations without removing operational control.

CLAP provides controlled execution across heterogeneous infrastructure through governed commands, scripts, scopes and approval context.

What

Run controlled operations at scale

Execute approved activities across individual systems, selected groups or broader server scopes from a centralized workspace.

  • Multi-server execution
  • Linux and Windows workflows
  • Reusable command and script library
  • Scheduled operations
How

Policy before execution

Commands can be approved, restricted or require JIT context, with role and server scope applied before execution.

  • Command governance
  • Role and user scope
  • Approval context
  • Execution isolation and history
Value

Faster operations with traceability

Reduce repetitive manual work while preserving visibility into who executed what, where, when and under which control.

Engineer speed + enterprise governance

Patch Management

From patch discovery to validated completion.

CLAP brings package visibility, change coordination, stakeholder readiness, execution and post-patch evidence into one workflow.

Assess→Approve→Notify→ACK→Execute→Validate→Report
  • Installed, available and pending package visibility
  • Pre-patch and post-patch validation
  • Change Request and patch-wave association
  • Repository-aware patch execution
  • Kernel and package-state validation
  • Server-level and consolidated reports
Patch ExecutionRUNNING
web-prod-01Completed
app-prod-02Completed
db-prod-01Validating
smtp-prod-01Pending
Operational valueCoordinate change readiness and execution evidence without maintaining separate spreadsheets and email trails.

Operational communication

Changes involve teams. CLAP coordinates them.

Communication and acknowledgement are part of the operational workflow rather than an external follow-up activity.

Change RequestCR / Patch Activity
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Pre-changeNotify
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StakeholdersApp · Network · Backup · DB · Security · Infra
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StatusACK / N/A / Pending
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ExecutionProceed
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Post-changeValidate
Central Notification Engine

Communicate every operational milestone.

Generate controlled communications from patching, approvals, monitoring, change workflows and support processes using centrally configured transport providers.

  • Microsoft Graph
  • SMTP
  • SMTP Relay
  • Secure task-scoped acknowledgement links
  • Communication history
Stakeholder ACK

Know who is ready before execution.

Track pre- and post-change acknowledgement from every applicable stakeholder team, including N/A handling and re-verification when corrections are needed.

Application TeamACK
Network TeamACK
Backup TeamPending
Security TeamN/A

Hardening · VA · Compliance

Turn security standards into measurable infrastructure posture.

CLAP combines policy, evidence, scanning and controlled remediation so teams can understand not only whether a control failed, but what evidence supports the result.

CIS-aligned controlsPolicy-oriented security checks
OpenSCAP integrationStandardized compliance evaluation
Native CLAP checksAdditional evidence and operational context
Manual reviewHuman validation where automation is not sufficient
Governed remediationControlled change instead of blind execution

Know what failed, why it failed and what evidence proves it.

  • Compliance profiles and assignments
  • Audit-only / dry-run assessment
  • Control-level results and evidence
  • Manual review workflow
  • Vulnerability findings
  • Before / after evidence comparison
  • Compliance reporting

Safety by design: sensitive network, access, filesystem and service changes should remain governed and validated rather than automatically forced.

Service & Configuration Assurance

Continuously validate the expected state.

Different servers have different critical services and files. CLAP lets teams define what matters, establish a baseline and validate it on a schedule.

  • Service discovery and posture
  • Inactive, disabled and failed service detection
  • User-selected services and configuration files
  • Master configuration baseline
  • Daily, weekly or monthly validation
  • Configuration drift detection
  • Controlled corrective action
  • Reboot validation
SSSDChrony / NTPSSHSecurity servicesApplication dependencies
Service PostureHEALTHY
98%Expected state
sssd.serviceActive
chronyd.serviceActive
sshd.serviceActive
/etc/sssd/sssd.confBaseline match
/etc/chrony.confBaseline match

Diagnostics & RCA

Move from symptoms to evidence-backed investigation.

Bring operating-system evidence, service history, performance data, network state, storage events and CLAP operational context together to reconstruct what happened.

01

Collect evidence

System logs, journals, kernel messages, SAR, ATOP, services, network, storage, configuration, package and operational history.

02

Build a timeline

Organize related events around reboot, service failure, patch activity, configuration change or an incident window.

03

Correlate impact

Distinguish primary cause candidates, contributing factors, secondary failures and visible symptoms.

04

Validate findings

Keep engineering validation in the loop before a preliminary indication becomes a confirmed RCA.

Primary eventStorage I/O error
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System impactFilesystem read-only
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Service impactChronyd write failure
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Visible symptomTime sync failure

Inventory & Capacity

Understand infrastructure before changing it.

CLAP captures infrastructure characteristics and operational posture so engineers, architects and managers can make decisions using consistent server-level data.

  • CPU and memory
  • Storage and filesystem visibility
  • OS and kernel
  • Network characteristics
  • Virtualization context
  • Installed package inventory
  • Capacity and health indicators
  • Server and consolidated reports

Useful for

Capacity planningMigration assessmentUpgrade planningStandardizationAudit preparationInfrastructure discovery

Report & Audit Engine

Every operation leaves evidence.

CLAP turns operational activity into clear records for engineering review, customer communication, management reporting and audit.

  • Patch and change reports
  • Hardening and compliance reports
  • Automation execution history
  • Access and approval evidence
  • Stakeholder ACK history
  • Incident and reboot forensics
  • Service/configuration posture
  • SKU and capacity reports

Security & Access Governance

Control privileged operations beyond login access.

CLAP applies governance to the operational action itself: who can view it, approve it, execute it, where it can run and what evidence remains.

RBACPage-level PermissionsJITBreak-GlassCommand GovernanceScope ControlsExpiryAudit History
01Request
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02RBAC
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03Policy
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04Approval / JIT
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05Execute
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06Validate
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07Audit
Prevent self-approval

Keep approval and execution responsibilities separated where required.

Scope access precisely

Apply permissions to users, roles, customers, landscapes, servers and operational functions.

Preserve immutable history

Keep versions, execution context and audit events available for review.

Heterogeneous infrastructure

One operational experience across Linux and Windows.

CLAP is designed for enterprise environments where infrastructure is rarely one operating system, one team or one operational model.

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRocky LinuxOracle LinuxSUSE Linux EnterpriseUbuntuWindows Server

Use consistent governance, execution history and operational workflows while preserving operating-system-specific controls.

CLAP Support

Support that starts with evidence.

Raise a case, select priority, attach diagnostics and keep the complete conversation tied to the same support record. Full diagnostic collection is designed to work from the CLAP portal or directly from the target server/session without requiring a permanent agent.

  • P1 / P2 / P3 / P4 case priority
  • Portal and email follow-up on the same case
  • Full Linux / Windows diagnostic bundle
  • Direct-session standalone collection
  • Checksums, manifest and secure upload
  • Immediate customer-safe preliminary indication
  • Engineering-validated final RCA
Support CaseP1 CRITICAL
CLAP-SUP-2026-001247ProductionWeb RDP
Preliminary Analysis

Possible WebSocket trust/session validation issue

Connection upgrade succeeded, followed by a trust validation error. CLAP Support is validating the finding.

Case created
Full diagnostic bundle received
Engineering validation in progress

Customer-visible analysis remains separate from internal research, simulation and engineering-only evidence.

Deployment & operations

Designed for enterprise estates, not a demo lab.

CLAP can sit alongside existing infrastructure services and governance processes while providing a common operational control plane.

01

On-premises

Operate customer-managed Linux and Windows infrastructure from a centralized CLAP deployment.

02

Cloud & hybrid

Use the same governed operational model across cloud-hosted and datacenter workloads where network connectivity and policy permit.

03

Customer repositories

Respect enterprise patching models that use internal repositories rather than assuming unrestricted Internet access.

04

Controlled connectivity

Keep transport, credentials, approvals and server scope under centralized operational policy.

05

Versioned change

Separate current production capabilities from planned expansion so roadmap work is not presented as already available.

06

Rollback-conscious

Use validation, evidence and controlled release practices around platform and operational changes.

Why enterprises use a control plane

Reduce operational fragmentation without hiding engineering detail.

For operations teams

Standardize recurring work, reduce manual coordination and keep validation close to execution.

For security teams

Apply scoped permissions, approvals, evidence and compliance controls around privileged infrastructure activity.

For managers

See operational status, patch posture, acknowledgement readiness, compliance and reporting from one platform.

For auditors

Trace actions, findings, approvals, validation and reports back to the operation that generated them.

Platform evolution

Current capabilities and planned expansion are kept distinct.

CLAP is expanding across the broader infrastructure lifecycle. Capabilities under development are identified separately rather than presented as production-ready functions.

Current platform

Operational foundation

Automation, patching, hardening/compliance, service/config assurance, reporting, diagnostics/forensics, access governance, notification/ACK workflows and Linux/Windows operations.

Planned expansion

Broader infrastructure operations

Advanced disk/filesystem operations, expanded infrastructure self-healing, additional console/infrastructure operations and broader HA/pod architecture.

Intelligence evolution

AI-assisted operations

Controlled diagnostic interpretation, knowledge matching, evidence correlation and engineering assistance — with governance remaining responsible for execution.

Licensing

Flexible deployment. Controlled entitlement.

CLAP licensing can align platform access with server capacity, users, enabled modules, deployment scope and license validity.

Evaluation

Trial

Evaluate selected CLAP capabilities in a controlled environment.

  • Time-limited evaluation
  • Selected modules
  • Server and user limits
  • Guided onboarding
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Existing customer

License Support

Activation, renewal and entitlement assistance for existing CLAP deployments.

  • Activation assistance
  • License renewal
  • Capacity changes
  • Feature entitlement support
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See CLAP in your environment.

Tell us about your infrastructure and the capabilities you want to evaluate.

Request Demo

See the operational workflow, not just a feature list.

Request a guided demonstration focused on your infrastructure, governance and operational requirements.

Raise Support Case

Tell us what happened.

Choose the priority, describe the impact and attach diagnostic data. Customers can continue the same case through the portal or by replying to the case email.

Frequently asked questions

Understand the platform before the demo.

What is CLAP?

CLAP is the Complete Infrastructure Lifecycle Automation Platform: a governed operations layer for automation, patching, compliance, service/configuration assurance, communication, diagnostics, reporting and audit across heterogeneous infrastructure.

Does CLAP support both Linux and Windows?

Yes. The platform is designed around Linux and Windows operational workflows, while individual capabilities can vary by operating system and deployment context.

Does CLAP require an agent on every server?

Core Linux automation is designed around agentless remote execution. Some integrations or operating-system-specific functions may use their own supported mechanisms, but a permanent CLAP agent is not the default requirement for core Linux operations.

How does CLAP control privileged execution?

RBAC, page permissions, command policy, server/user/role scope, approvals, JIT context and Break-Glass controls can be used to govern who may perform sensitive operations.

Can CLAP work with internal patch repositories?

Yes. The patching model supports environments where customers maintain their own repositories and do not provide direct Internet access to managed servers.

How are notifications and acknowledgements handled?

CLAP can coordinate operational notifications through centrally configured providers such as Microsoft Graph, SMTP or SMTP Relay and track secure task-scoped stakeholder acknowledgement.

Does CLAP automatically remediate every compliance finding?

No. The platform is designed to keep remediation governed. Sensitive network, access, filesystem and service changes should be validated and approved rather than blindly forced.

Are roadmap capabilities shown as production-ready?

No. The public site keeps current platform capabilities and planned expansion distinct so customers can evaluate what is available today versus what is being developed.

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