Data collected for Amazon AWS Cloud Discovery

Discovery collects information about cloud resources in AWS datacenters. Discovering some of these resources might require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

Request apps on the Store

Visit the ServiceNow Store to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

Prerequisites

Verify that the applications are up to date.
- Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns.
- CMDB CI Class Models.
- Visibility Content.
Configure a discovery schedule

Create a discovery schedule in Cloud Discovery Workspace

Verify the REST API permissions

Download the Cloud Discovery patterns spreadsheet so you can grant user permissions required for running the Discovery patterns. In addition to permissions, the spreadsheet also includes useful information such as pattern names, types, CI Classes, and links to vendor documentation. New patterns are available quarterly, so check periodically to be sure you have the latest version of the spreadsheet.

Note: You can test the AWS REST APIs using Postman API platform. For more information, see the How to test AWS REST API using POSTMAN [KB0782183] article in the Now Support Knowledge Base.

Data collected for AWS Cloud Discovery

The following tables show examples of data collected during AWS Cloud Discovery.

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Region	region
Object ID	object_id

Label	Field Name
Name	name

Label	Field Name
Name	name
State	state
Object ID	object_id
CPUs	cpus
Disks	disks
Memory	memory
Network adapters	nics
VM Instance ID	vm_inst_id

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
State	state

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
Guest OS	guest_os
Root device type	root_device_type
Image source	image_source
Image type	image_type

Label	Field Name
Name	name
vCPUs	vcpus
Memory MB	memory_mb
Local Storage GB	local_storage_gb

Label	Field Name
Name	name
State	state
Object ID	object_id
Storage type	storage_type
Size	size

Label	Field Name
Name	name
State*	state
CIDR*	cidr

*Not found on VMware vCenter networks.

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Status	status
CIDR	cidr

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Netmask	netmask
MAC Manufacturer	mac_manufacturer
Status	install_status

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
State	state

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
State	state

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
Public IP address	public_ip_address
Public DNS	public_dns

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
Sku Name	sku_name
State	state

Label	Field name
DNS Alias [cmdb_ci_dns_alias]
Name	name
Category	category
Status	status
DNS name [cmdb_ci_dns_name]
Name	name
IP address	ip_address

Label	Field Name	Description
Name	name	The name of the database that you created in AWS.
Object ID	object_id	This is also the name of the database.
Type	Type	The type of database you created.
Fully qualified domain name	fqdn	The FQDN that AWS assigned to your database. An example format for AWS is as follows: `database-name.{random-number}.{datacenter}.rds.amazonaws.com`
State	state	The state of the database: whether it is Available or Terminated.
TCP port(s)	tcp_port	The TCP port that the database communicates through.
Category	category	The instance class of the database, for example: db.t2.micro.
Automated Backups	automated_backup	Indicates whether automated backups are enabled and the retention period.

|Label|Field Name| |-----|----------| |Name|name| |Install status|install\_status| |Vendor|vendor| |Fully qualified domain name|fqdn| |Operational status|operational\_status| |State|state|

Label	Field Name	Description
Name	name	The name of the kube-controller-manager leader.
Port	port	The identifier for the Kubernetes apiserver port.
Kubernetes UID	k8s_uid	The unique identifier for the Kubernetes Cluster.
Vendor	vendor	The vendor of the Kubernetes Cluster.
Fully qualified domain name	fqdn	The fully qualified domain name of the Kubernetes apiserver.

Parent Topic:Cloud resource discovery references

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AWS discovery using patterns

Service Graph Connector for AWS

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