Patch and configuration management in multi-cloud environments

One of the challenges in multi-cloud environments is controlling software updates and configuration changes from a central place. When selecting a patch management solution, look for the following capabilities:

• The ability to centrally manage patch deployment from a central place
• Support for deploying security patches on both Windows and Linux platforms
• Support for asset inventories
• Support for patch rollback in case of a problematic security patch
• Support for deploying security patches over secured protocols (such as the TLS tunnel between the central patch server and the remote VM)
• The ability to deploy security patches to a group of servers (such as different environments and a different patch cycle to avoid breaking availability in case of server clustering)
• The ability to deploy third-party security patches (such as patches to self-managed database servers, web servers, and client tools...