GCP discovery solutions comparison

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ITOM Visibility applications discover a variety of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources and populate the relevant configuration item (CI) classes in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) with their attributes.

ITOM Visibility solutions

ITOM Visibility can offer you comprehensive visibility into your organization's cloud infrastructure. Each application offers unique strengths and capabilities, and by comparing them you can gain holistic insights on their capabilities and benefits.

ITOM Visibility solution

Overview

Configuration

Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns and Visibility Content

Discovery patterns used by ITOM Visibility

Service Graph Connector for GCP

Service Graph Connector for GCP

Configure Service Graph Connector for GCP using the guided setup

**Note:**

The CI class, in most cases, is applicable to both solutions. If it's not applicable to one of the solutions, the solution is marked "N/A".

If an entry is marked with one asterisk, the resource type is supported by Patterns only by utilizing the Google Asset inventory pattern's inclusion list. For more information, see Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resource inventory discovery with Patterns.

If an entry is marked with two asterisks, the resource type is supported by Service Graph Connecters only by utilizing the [sn_cmdb_int_util_service_graph_resource_inclusion_whitelist] table.

Resource type Supported by Cloud Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns Supported by Cloud Service Graph Connectors CI Class
admissionregistration.k8s.io/mutatingwebhookconfiguration Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
admissionregistration.k8s.io/validatingwebhookconfiguration Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
alloydb.googleapis.com/Cluster Yes No cmdb_ci_cloud_db_cluster
apigateway.googleapis.com/api Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
apigateway.googleapis.com/apiconfig Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
apigee.googleapis.com/instance Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
apigee.googleapis.com/organization Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
apikeys.googleapis.com/key Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
appengine.googleapis.com/application Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
apps.k8s.io/daemonset Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
apps.k8s.io/Deployment Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_deployment
apps.k8s.io/ReplicaSet Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_replicaset
apps.k8s.io/statefulset Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
artifactregistry.googleapis.com/dockerimage Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
artifactregistry.googleapis.com/repository Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery-public-data/datasets Yes No cmdb_ci_cloud_public_database
bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery-public-data/datasets/tables Yes No cmdb_ci_database
bigquery.googleapis.com/Dataset Yes N/A cmdb_ci_cloud_database
bigquery.googleapis.com/Dataset N/A Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
bigquery.googleapis.com/Table Yes No cmdb_ci_database
bigtableadmin.googleapis.com/Instance Yes Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_database
bigtableadmin.googleapis.com/Table Yes No cmdb_ci_database
cloudasset.googleapis.com/feed Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
cloudbilling.googleapis.com/billingaccount Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
cloudbilling.googleapis.com/projectbillinginfo Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
cloudfunctions.googleapis.com/CloudFunction Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_function
cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/Folder Yes Yes cmdb_ci_gcp_folder
cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/Organization Yes Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_org
cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/Project Yes Yes cmdb_ci_gcp_project
cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/tagkey Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com/tagvalue Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/Address Yes No cmdb_ci_cloud_public_ipaddress
compute.googleapis.com/autoscaler Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/BackendService N/A Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer
compute.googleapis.com/BackendService Yes N/A cmdb_ci_lb_service
compute.googleapis.com/Disk Yes Yes cmdb_ci_storage_volume
compute.googleapis.com/DiskTypes Yes No cmdb_ci_disk_type
compute.googleapis.com/Firewall N/A Yes cmdb_ci_compute_security_group
compute.googleapis.com/Firewall Yes Yes cmdb_ci_network_acl_rule
compute.googleapis.com/ForwardingRule Yes Yes cmdb_ci_lb_service
compute.googleapis.com/HttpHealthCheck Yes Yes cmdb_ci_lb_health_service
compute.googleapis.com/Image Yes No cmdb_ci_os_template
compute.googleapis.com/Instance Yes N/A cmdb_ci_lb_pool_member
compute.googleapis.com/Instance N/A Yes cmdb_ci_server
compute.googleapis.com/Instance Yes Yes cmdb_ci_vm_instance
compute.googleapis.com/Instance/networkInterfaces Yes No cmdb_ci_endpoint_vnic
compute.googleapis.com/Instance/networkInterfaces Yes Yes cmdb_ci_nic
compute.googleapis.com/InstanceGroup Yes N/A cmdb_ci_lb_pool
compute.googleapis.com/InstanceGroup N/A Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/Instancegroupmanager Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/Instancesettings Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/InstanceTemplate Yes No cmdb_ci_instance_template
compute.googleapis.com/Instancetemplate No Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/MachineImage No Yes cmdb_ci_os_template
compute.googleapis.com/MachineTypes Yes No cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type
compute.googleapis.com/MachineTypes Yes No cmdb_ci_compute_template
compute.googleapis.com/Network Yes Yes cmdb_ci_network
compute.googleapis.com/Networkendpointgroup Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/Regions Yes No cmdb_ci_google_datacenter
compute.googleapis.com/resourcepolicy Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/router Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/Snapshot Yes Yes cmdb_ci_storage_vol_snapshot
compute.googleapis.com/ssh Yes No cmdb_ci_cloud_key_pair
compute.googleapis.com/sslcertificate Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/Subnetwork Yes Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_subnet
compute.googleapis.com/targetHttpProxy Yes N/A cmdb_ci_lb_service
compute.googleapis.com/targetHttpProxy Yes Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/TargetPool Yes N/A cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer
compute.googleapis.com/TargetPool N/A Yes cmdb_ci_lb_pool
compute.googleapis.com/targetSslProxy Yes No cmdb_ci_lb_service
compute.googleapis.com/targetTcpProxy Yes No cmdb_ci_lb_service
compute.googleapis.com/UrlMap Yes N/A cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer
compute.googleapis.com/UrlMap N/A Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
compute.googleapis.com/zones Yes No cmdb_ci_availability_zone
container.googleapis.com/Cluster Yes Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster
container.googleapis.com/NodePool No Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_node_pool
containerregistry.googleapis.com/image Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
dataplex.googleapis.com/entrygroup Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
firebase.googleapis.com/firebaseproject Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
firebasedatabase.googleapis.com/instances Yes No cmdb_ci_cloud_database
firebaserules.googleapis.com/release Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
firebaserules.googleapis.com/ruleset Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
firestore.googleapis.com/Database Yes Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_database
iam.googleapis.com/role Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
iam.googleapis.com/serviceaccount Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
iam.googleapis.com/serviceaccountkey Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
integrations.googleapis.com/integration Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
integrations.googleapis.com/integrationversion Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
K8s.io/endpoints Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
K8s.io/Namespace Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_namespace
k8s.io/Node Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_node
K8s.io/persistentvolume Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
k8s.io/persistentvolumeclaim Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
K8s.io/Pod Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_docker_container
K8s.io/Pod N/A Yes cmdb_ci_docker_image
K8s.io/Pod N/A Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_pod
K8s.io/Pod N/A Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_volume
K8s.io/resourcequota Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
k8s.io/Service Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_service
K8s.io/serviceaccount Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
labels Yes No cmdb_key_value
logging.googleapis.com/logbucket Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
logging.googleapis.com/logmetric Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
logging.googleapis.com/logsink Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
logging.googleapis.com/recentquery Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
memcache.googleapis.com/Instance Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_database
monitoring.googleapis.com/alertpolicy Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
monitoring.googleapis.com/dashboard Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
monitoring.googleapis.com/notificationchannel Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
networkmanagement.googleapis.com/connectivitytest Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
orgpolicy.googleapis.com/policy Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
policy.k8s.io/poddisruptionbudget Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
pubsub.googleapis.com/subscription Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
pubsub.googleapis.com/topic Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
rbac.authorization.k8s.io/ClusterRole No Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster_role
rbac.authorization.k8s.io/ClusterRoleBinding No Yes cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster_role_binding
rbac.authorization.k8s.io/role Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
rbac.authorization.k8s.io/rolebinding Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
redis.googleapis.com/clusters Yes No cmdb_ci_cloud_db_cluster
redis.googleapis.com/Instance No Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_database
run.googleapis.com/revision Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
run.googleapis.com/service Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
servicedirectory.googleapis.com/endpoint Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
servicedirectory.googleapis.com/namespace Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
servicedirectory.googleapis.com/service Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
servicemanagement.googleapis.com/managedservice Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
servicenetworking.googleapis.com/connection Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
serviceusage.googleapis.com/service Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
spanner.googleapis.com/Database Yes No cmdb_ci_database
spanner.googleapis.com/Instance Yes Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_database
sqladmin.googleapis.com/backup Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
sqladmin.googleapis.com/backuprun Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
sqladmin.googleapis.com/Instance Yes* Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_database
sqladmin.googleapis.com/Instances/databases Yes* No cmdb_ci_database
storage.googleapis.com/Bucket N/A Yes cmdb_ci_cloud_object_storage
storage.googleapis.com/Bucket Yes N/A cmdb_ci_cmp_resource
storage.k8s.io/storageclass Yes* Yes** cmdb_ci_cmp_resource

* These resource types are supported in Patterns only by utilizing the Google Asset inventory pattern's inclusion list. For more information, see Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resource inventory discovery with Patterns.

** These resource types are supported in Service Graph Connecters only by utilizing the [sn_cmdb_int_util_service_graph_resource_inclusion_whitelist] table.

Parent Topic:Cloud discovery solutions comparison

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