What is a BrazenCloud Runbook?

In BrazenCloud, a Runbook is a composable set of execution actions. These execution actions can be .exes, PowerShell, Python, or even system commands and bash shells. With BrazenCloud, you can automate to your hearts desire within Runbooks.

• BrazenCloud Runbooks

  • Enable the serialized execution of any binary or scripts across multi-cloud Workloads or Workstations (Linux and Windows)

  • Enable data exchange and automated file movement or application pipes for raw application data transport (Kafka Like Messaging Enabled)

  • Create on-demand zero trust dynamic connectivity between Workloads for the duration of execution tasks or service to service applications coms.

Figure 1. Runbook - a Series of Actions in the BrazenCloud Platform that are executed in a Sequence on a Workload and can include resident (always running) actions as services or connectors.

A BrazenCloud Runbook summarizes a series of tasks needed to accomplish an automation outcome. For instance, below in Figure 2, we can see a forensic collection is being executed and the second Runbook action is to save that data to a filesystem. The Unique thing is, with BrazenCloud that filesystem location, can be anywhere. Remote files and output data is collected in the location you specify with ease.

What a BrazenCloud Runbook looks like:

Figure 2. BrazenCloud Runbook for Forensic Capture and FQDN analyzer (raccoon).

Actions - An Action is used in a Runbook, and is a package of arbitrary code or binaries that is deployed or installed and then executed on a Brazen Agent. BrazenCloud Actions consist of an execution bundle including definitions of the needed details of commands and variables (as Manifests and parameters) needed for successful execution of both Windows and Linux binaries as well as PowerShell or Python scripts.

Another Example: Disable an Active Directory User (Can be called via the BrazenAPI)

BrazenCloud GitHub Repository - Actions are pulled into our platform from the validated public BrazenCloud Github Repository, and BrazenCloud users may also leverage privately created Runbooks and actions.

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