The complexity of today’s enterprise infrastructure isn’t in the hardware. It’s in the connections between services, applications, and users, across multiple environments.
And for companies trying to secure these ecosystems, the question isn’t whether to use VPNs. The question is:
Do we know what’s happening inside the infrastructure we’re securing?
That’s where vRealize Infrastructure Navigator comes in. It’s not just another VMware add-on. It gives your team something most tools miss: clarity around what your applications are doing, and how traffic is moving inside your virtual environment.
When paired with a modern VPN, especially a branded white-label one, this visibility creates real operational leverage.
vRealize Infrastructure Navigator – A Quick Definition
vRealize Infrastructure Navigator is VMware’s application mapping tool. It doesn’t monitor traffic. It identifies and maps which apps are communicating with each other across your virtual machines (VMs).
Here’s why that matters:
If you don’t know what’s connected, you can’t secure it. VPNs protect data in transit, but they don’t explain internal behavior. vRealize Infrastructure Navigator fills that gap.
It’s:
- Agentless
- Integrated into vCenter
- Real-time
- Useful out-of-the-box
You deploy it, and it tells you:
- Which services are running where
- What they’re connected to
- What dependencies exist
All without touching the code or the app.
What is VMware vRealize used for?
VMware vRealize is a cloud management platform that helps businesses efficiently manage hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It’s built to deliver automation, operations, and governance across data centers, private clouds, and public cloud services.
At its core, vRealize is used to:
- Automate infrastructure provisioning
Enterprises use it to deploy virtual machines, storage, and network components through predefined policies, saving IT teams time and reducing configuration errors. - Monitor performance and health
With tools like vRealize Operations, you get real-time insights into how your apps and infrastructure are behaving, helping prevent outages and optimize resource use. - Ensure compliance and security
vRealize supports continuous configuration validation, so IT teams can enforce security policies and meet regulatory requirements without manual audits. - Manage application dependencies
Through vRealize Infrastructure Navigator, it maps how applications inside VMs connect and depend on one another—something especially useful when you’re dealing with encrypted VPN traffic or complex workloads. - Support DevOps and CI/CD
It integrates with modern development pipelines to enable infrastructure-as-code, so development and operations teams can move faster together.
For businesses using VPNs, vRealize helps ensure that everything running inside that encrypted tunnel is accounted for, optimized, and compliant with security policies.
What is VMware cloud infrastructure?
VMware cloud infrastructure is a set of technologies that lets organizations build and operate private, hybrid, or public clouds using VMware’s virtualization stack.
It typically includes:
- vSphere – the core virtualization layer that runs virtual machines
- NSX – software-defined networking and security
- vSAN – virtualized storage for scalable, high-performance storage infrastructure
- vCenter – centralized management for all VMware environments
- vRealize Suite – automation, operations, and visibility across your cloud stack
The goal: Create a flexible, scalable infrastructure that behaves like a public cloud—but remains under your control, either on-premises or in a hybrid setup.
If you’re a business evaluating VPN solutions for your cloud-based applications, this matters because:
- You’re likely running VMs across multiple regions or data centers
- You need secure, encrypted tunnels for remote teams or customers
- And you want those VPNs to play well with the existing VMware infrastructure
That’s why pairing a VPN solution like PureVPN with VMware cloud tools like vRealize creates a secure and intelligent foundation for growth.
So, What Does This Have to Do With VPNs?
Simple. Most enterprises today use VPNs to encrypt traffic across environments, especially for apps running inside virtual machines. But once data enters your internal infrastructure, it disappears behind a wall of encryption.
Your firewalls don’t see it. Your SIEM can’t correlate it.
What you have is a secured tunnel with no visibility.
That’s a risk.
vRealize Infrastructure Navigator solves the problem by giving you dependency maps of what’s happening on the inside, while your VPN handles security from the outside.
Together, they provide:
- Application context
- Traffic protection
- Operational intelligence
You don’t just know that traffic is flowing—you know why it’s flowing, and what it’s doing.
Example
You’re an enterprise running distributed apps across private cloud infrastructure. Your teams connect over VPN—maybe global users, maybe regional.
Each user connects securely. But your infra team gets zero insight into:
- What application the user accessed
- Which internal services it interacted with
- Whether that behavior was normal or risky
With vRealize Infrastructure Navigator, here’s what changes:
- You identify app-to-database dependencies instantly
- You see which services are exposed unnecessarily
- You track lateral movements between VMs that don’t belong
This is how infrastructure gets secured from the inside out.
Let’s Talk Business Outcomes
Enterprises don’t buy tools for the tech. They buy outcomes.
Here’s what combining VIN with enterprise-grade VPN services like PureVPN White Label delivers:
1. Reduced Downtime
Faster incident diagnosis means faster fixes. App-to-app dependency maps help you avoid guessing.
2. Tighter Access Control
You can enforce VPN policies with confidence, knowing exactly which applications users touch once they’re inside.
3. Lower Risk
Identifying shadow services or unintended exposure is easier when you know exactly which VMs are talking to which.
4. Better Compliance Reporting
Want to pass a PCI or HIPAA audit? Show dependency maps, VPN access logs, and isolation controls in one clear report.
Where This Gets Strategic
If you’re evaluating VPN providers right now, the conversation can’t be about just security. Encryption is table stakes. What’s not?
Understanding and controlling traffic inside your walls.
vRealize Infrastructure Navigator offers that insight.
PureVPN gives you the secure tunnels.
If you’re serious about building a defensible infrastructure, you need both.
Whether you deploy VPNs company-wide or roll out a branded VPN offering through our white label solution, pairing that with real-time application awareness is the way forward.
Final Thoughts – Visibility Complements Security
You can’t manage what you can’t see.
You’ve invested in cloud infrastructure. You’ve secured it with VPN access. But now is the time to pair it with tools that expose application behaviors, without breaking encryption.
That’s how modern businesses stay resilient.
Make the Right VPN Decision for Your Infrastructure
PureVPN provides enterprise-ready and white label VPN services that are:
- Customizable
- Scalable
- Secure
- Backed by real infrastructure
Pair that with intelligent visibility from tools like vRealize Infrastructure Navigator, and your enterprise has the edge—operationally and strategically.
Talk to our team today and start building a VPN solution with insight, not just access.