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With Well-architected workloads, you can create and manage AWS Well-architected reviews directly in Plerion. Plerion can automatically populate answers based on findings from your associated Asset groups, helping you maintain accurate and up-to-date workload reviews.
Currently only the AWS Well-architected framework is supported.

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AutoFill

Plerion automatically fills answers for Well-architected workloads if AutoFill is enabled. By default, AutoFill is turned on for new workloads.
  • If AutoFill is enabled, Plerion updates workload answers daily using the most recent findings from the associated Asset group.
  • If AutoFill is disabled, workload answers are not updated automatically.
    • To disable AutoFill for a workload, open the workload, click Edit, and toggle AutoFill off.
Plerion currently limits the number of workloads with AutoFill enabled to 20. Contact support if you need more.
Disabling AutoFill in workload edit screen

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How Plerion fills answers

Each AWS Well-architected question maps to one or more choices listed in the Lens table of your workload page. Plerion evaluates each choice using the following rules:
  1. If all findings for a choice are passed or exempted → Check the answer
  2. If at least one finding is passed or exempted and the rest are undefined → Check the answer
  3. If all findings are failed → Uncheck the answer
  4. If at least one finding is failed and the rest are undefined → Uncheck the answer
  5. If results are mixed (failed, passed/exempted, undefined) → Uncheck the answer
Lens Table showing Well-architected question and mapped choices
For example, the question “SEC 3. How do you manage permissions for people and machines?” will have the answer “Grant least privilege access” checked if its associated detections have no failed findings.

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Steps to create an AWS Well-architected workload

1

Ensure your integration is up to date

Confirm your AWS integration is using the latest Plerion Policy.
2

On the Plerion dashboard, click Well-architected in the left navigation

Left navigation bar with Well-architected highlighted
3

Click the Workloads tab

4

Click Add workload

Well-Architected workload page with Add workload button
5

Specify the properties for your AWS Well-architected workload

  • Complete the following mandatory fields:
    • Asset Group the workload review should cover
    • AWS integration where the review will be created
    • Workload review name
    • AWS region (e.g. selecting us-east-1 creates the workload in the US East Virginia region)
    • Description of the workload
    • Review owner (name, email address, or identifier)
    • Environment: Production or Pre-production
    • Regions: AWS or non-AWS regions
  • When finished, click Next to create the workload.
Creating a Well-architected Workload in Plerion