Install the TAS Defender

In Prisma Cloud Console, go to
Manage > System > Utilities
, and download the TAS tile.
In the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard, click
Import a Product
, and select the tile you downloaded.
Retrieve the install command from Prisma Cloud Console. It’s used to configure the tile.
Go to
Manage > Defenders > Deploy > Single Defender
.
Choose the DNS name or IP address the TAS Defender will use to connect to Console. If a suitable option is not available, go to
Manage > Defenders > Names
, and add a DNS name or IP address to the SAN table.
Set the Defender type to
TAS Defender
.
Copy the install command and set it aside.
Go to the Tanzu Ops Manager Installation Dashboard.
Add the Prisma Cloud tile to your staging area. Click the
+
button next to the version of the tile you want to install.
Click the newly added
Prisma Cloud for TAS
tile.
Configure the tile.
In
Prisma Cloud Component Configuration
, paste the install command you copied from Prisma Cloud Console. Provide a name for this specific TAS Foundation, then click
Save
.
By default Prisma Cloud performs strict validation of your Cloud Controller’s (CC) TLS certificate. If you’re using self-signed certificates, this check will fail. To add your custom certificates to trusted cert list, you need to add the custom CA’s cert on the VM where the Prisma Cloud tile runs. For more information, see the article on trusted certificates.
To skip strict validation of your Cloud Controller’s (CC) TLS certificate, enable
Skip Cloud Controller TLS validation
. Strict validation verifies the name, signer, and validity date of the CC’s certificate. Even with strict validation disabled, the sesssion is still encrypted. Skip strict validation when:
You’re using self-signed certificates.certificates.
You’re using certificates signed by a CA that isn’t in your cert store..
When there’s a mismatch between the address you’re using to connect to the CC and the common name (CN) or subject alternative name (SAN) in the CC’s certificate.
In
Credentials
, select your preferred authentication method: Basic Authentication or Certificate-based Authentication:
For Basic Authentication, enter your Prisma Cloud Console credentials, then click
Save
.
For certificate-based Authentication, paste the certificate and private key used for authentication in PEM format, then click
Save
.
Notes:
Your role must be Defender Manager or higher.
For Certificate-based Authentication, the root CA used to sign the certificate used for authentication must be entered under
Manage > Authentication > System Certificates > Certificate-based authentication to Console
.
Install the Prisma Cloud tile. Return to the Ops Manager Installation Dashboard, click
Review Pending Changes
, select both
Prisma Cloud for TAS
and
Tanzu Application Service
, then click
Apply changes
.
Tanzu Application Service must be staged when installing the Prisma Cloud tile.
In order to deploy a new Defender after the Prisma Cloud tile is installed (e.g. if new Diego cells or isolation segments have been installed in the TAS environment),
Apply changes
on Ops Manager is required.
After the changes are applied, validate that Prisma Cloud Defenders are running in your environment.
Log into Prisma Cloud Console.
Go to
Manage > Defenders > Manage > Defenders
.
In the table of deployed Defenders, you should see a Defender of type
Tanzu Application Service
, one per Diego cell, including Diego cells that run in the Isolation Segments of your TAS environment.

Prisma Cloud reports the agentID in the Host field. To correlate an agentID to a Diego cell IP address, and determine exactly which host runs a Defender, login to an Diego cell, and inspect /var/vcap/instance/dns/records.json. This file shows how the agentID maps to a host IP address.
If a TAS Defender disconnects from Console for more than one day, all data it collected is purged from Console. The Defender is also removed from the table in
Manage > Defenders > Manage
. The period of time that data from a disconneted Defender is retained (by default, one day) can be configured in
Manage > Defenders > Manage > Defenders > Advanced Settings
.