Red Hat Podman pattern-based discovery

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title: Red Hat Podman pattern-based discovery
description: Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns uses the Red Hat - Podman pattern to find Podman container engines running on UNIX servers. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.
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# Red Hat Podman pattern-based discovery

Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns uses the Red Hat - Podman pattern to find Podman container engines running on UNIX servers. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

## Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

-   **Verify that the following applications are up to date**
    -   Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns
    -   Visibility Content
    -   CMDB CI Class Models
    -   ITOM Content Service
-   **Create SSH credentials**

    For more information, see [SSH credentials](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-security/r_SSHCredentialsForm.md).

-   **Verify permission to run the version command**

    Verify you have permission for the following command: `{process.executablePath} --version`.

-   **Schedule a horizontal discovery**

    For more information, see [Schedule a horizontal discovery](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery/t_CreateADiscoverySchedule.md).


## Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Red Hat - Podman pattern.

If you have the Software Asset Management Core \(com.snc.sam.core\) or Software Asset Management \(com.snc.software\_asset\_management\) plugins, Discovery also populates the Software Installation \[cmdb\_sam\_sw\_install\] table.

|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Name \[name\]|Name of the application in the following format: **Red Hat Podman@\{hostname\}**.|
|Product \[product\]|Product name. The value is set to **Podman**.|
|Publisher \[publisher\]|Publisher of the application. The value is set to **Red Hat**.|
|Installation directory \[install\_directory\]|Installation directory of the application.|
|Version \[version\]|Version of the application.|
|Software Install \[software\_install\]\*|References the Software Installation \[cmdb\_sam\_sw\_install\] table.|

\* Populated only when a Software Asset Management plugin is activated.

## CI relationships and references

The Red Hat - Podman pattern creates the following relationships and references to support Red Hat Podman discovery. References link to records in other tables and don't appear in the CI Relationship \[cmdb\_rel\_ci\] table.

|CI|Relationship|CI|
|---|------------|---|
|Application \[cmdb\_ci\_appl\]|Runs on::Runs|Linux Server \[cmdb\_ci\_linux\_server\]|

|CI|Field|Referenced CI|
|---|-----|-------------|
|Application \[cmdb\_ci\_appl\]|Software Install \[software\_install\]|Software Installation \[cmdb\_sam\_sw\_install\]\*|

\* Populated only when a Software Asset Management plugin is activated.

**Parent Topic:**[Available on-premise discovery patterns](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery-and-service-mapping-patterns/available-patterns.md)