Gluware Control
Your Platform for Intelligent Network Automation
Deliver Business Agility Through Network Automation
Rapidly onboard and automate legacy infrastructure
Eliminate operational inefficiencies that cost time and money
Reduce the risk of outages that affect business continuity
Gluware Control Provides a Platform for Intelligent Network Automation
Gluware Control is the command center for Gluware’s suite of pre-built intelligent network automation applications. Available as a cloud-based or on-premises platform, it provides a powerful orchestration engine and intuitive interface to streamline infrastructure operations across multi-vendor, multi-domain environments.
With integrated applications like Dashboards, Data Explorer, and Device Manager, Gluware Control empowers network teams to manage devices and software at scale — across routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, WAN optimizers, and wireless LAN controllers from dozens of vendors and 55+ OS platforms.
Gluware Control is used to access the full suite of intelligent applications for lifecycle management, either licensed separately or bundled, including Config Drift and Audit, OS Manager, Config Model Editor, Network RPA and Gluware Topology.
Key Capabilities
- Centralized software and device management — Load, organize, and maintain software packages and OS images across your network with ease.
- Multi-tenant architecture — Create and manage multiple organizations within a single platform for structured, scalable operations.
- Role-based access control — Securely manage users and permissions with granular control.
- Rapid onboarding and inventory management — Quickly import and discover devices, visualize inventory with the Topology app, and maintain up-to-date insights across your environment.
Whether deployed in the cloud or on-premises, Gluware Control provides engineering and operations teams with the visibility, control, and scalability they need to drive automation success.
Feature Highlights
Deployment Options: Cloud or On-Premises
- Deploy in AWS or Microsoft Azure, or via on-prem virtual machines
- Delivered as a SaaS subscription with flexible deployment models
- Highly scalable to tens of thousands of network devices — tune and distribute performance with the use of zone-engine servers
- Redundancy support with database synchronization for high availability
- Customizable data retention policies to meet compliance and operational needs
- Available AWS AMI image and deployment template for quick, customer-controlled cloud deployments
Platform Differentiation
- Data-model-driven orchestration with closed-loop, intent-based automation
- Declarative provisioning reads the current network state and applies only necessary changes
- Extensive logging with real-time and historical data views
- Integrated job scheduler with email or system notifications
- Centralized credential management with AES-256-CBC encryption
- Integrated Gluware Vault supports 3rd-party secrets management, including CyberArk
Multi-User Access & Security
- Fine-grained Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) with customizable roles and permissions
- Support for enterprise authentication via LDAP and RADIUS
- Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) via Gluware sign-in
- SAML and PKCE support for modern identity and authorization protocols
Multi-Tenancy Support
- Organize and segment network environments by administrative domain
- Manage multiple customers or network environments from a single unified interface
Solutions Management
- Built-in software distribution center for seamless Gluware updates and package management
- Dynamic software loading with version control and rollback support
Integrated API Support
- Fully published API GluAPI for headless operation and platform integration
- Integrates with Ansible via inventory plugin and config drift/audit module
- Supports Basic Auth and OAuth 2.0 for secure access