Preconfigured CI relationships in tag-based discovery

reference brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read ci_relationships_tag_mapping.md

Several preconfigured CI relationships participate in tag-based discovery, by default. The Traversal Rules for Application Services [svc_traversal_rules] table stores these relationships.

Important: You cannot delete or modify preconfigured CI relationships used for tag-based discovery from the Traversal Rules for Application Services [svc_traversal_rules] table.

CI	Relationship	CI
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]	Virtualizes:: Virtualized by	Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware]
Hardware [cmdb_ci_hardware]	Runs::Runs on	Application [cmdb_ci_appl]
Kubernetes Pod [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_pod]	Contains::Contained by	Operating-system-level Virtualization Container [cmdb_ci_oslv_container]

CI	Relationship	CI
Configuration Item [cmdb_ci]	Hosted on::Hosts	Logical Datacenter [cmdb_ci_logical_datacenter]
Logical Datacenter [cmdb_ci_logical_datacenter]	Hosted on::Hosts	Cloud Service Account [cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account]
Kubernetes Service [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_service]	Contained By::Contains	Kubernetes Cluster [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster]
OpenShift Project [cmdb_ci_openshift_project]	Contained by::Contains	Kubernetes Cluster [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster]
Kubernetes Pod [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_pod]	Contained by::Contains	Kubernetes Cluster [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster]
Kubernetes Pod [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_pod]	Cluster::Cluster of	Kubernetes Service [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_service]
Kubernetes Namespace [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_namespace]	Contains::Contained By	OpenShift Deployed Config [cmdb_ci_openshift_dep_conf]
Kubernetes Namespace [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_namespace]	Contains::Contained By	OpenShift Build Config [cmdb_ci_openshift_build_conf]
Kubernetes Namespace [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_namespace]	Contains::Contained By	OpenShift Route [cmdb_ci_openshift_route]
Kubernetes Namespace [cmdb_ci_kubernetes_namespace]	Contains::Contained By	OpenShift Image Stream [cmdb_ci_openshift_images_stream]

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title: Preconfigured CI relationships in tag-based discovery
description: Several preconfigured CI relationships participate in tag-based discovery, by default. The Traversal Rules for Application Services \[svc\_traversal\_rules\] table stores these relationships.
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Preconfigured CI relationships in tag-based discovery

Several preconfigured CI relationships participate in tag-based discovery, by default. The Traversal Rules for Application Services \[svc\_traversal\_rules\] table stores these relationships.

**Important:** You cannot delete or modify preconfigured CI relationships used for tag-based discovery from the Traversal Rules for Application Services \[svc\_traversal\_rules\] table.

|CI|Relationship|CI|
|---|------------|---|
|Virtual Machine Instance \[cmdb\_ci\_vm\_instance\]|Virtualizes:: Virtualized by|Hardware \[cmdb\_ci\_hardware\]|
|Hardware \[cmdb\_ci\_hardware\]|Runs::Runs on|Application \[cmdb\_ci\_appl\]|
|Kubernetes Pod \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_pod\]|Contains::Contained by|Operating-system-level Virtualization Container \[cmdb\_ci\_oslv\_container\]|

|CI|Relationship|CI|
|---|------------|---|
|Configuration Item \[cmdb\_ci\]|Hosted on::Hosts|Logical Datacenter \[cmdb\_ci\_logical\_datacenter\]|
|Logical Datacenter \[cmdb\_ci\_logical\_datacenter\]|Hosted on::Hosts|Cloud Service Account \[cmdb\_ci\_cloud\_service\_account\]|
|Kubernetes Service \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_service\]|Contained By::Contains|Kubernetes Cluster \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_cluster\]|
|OpenShift Project \[cmdb\_ci\_openshift\_project\]|Contained by::Contains|Kubernetes Cluster \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_cluster\]|
|Kubernetes Pod \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_pod\]|Contained by::Contains|Kubernetes Cluster \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_cluster\]|
|Kubernetes Pod \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_pod\]|Cluster::Cluster of|Kubernetes Service \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_service\]|
|Kubernetes Namespace \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_namespace\]|Contains::Contained By|OpenShift Deployed Config \[cmdb\_ci\_openshift\_dep\_conf\]|
|Kubernetes Namespace \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_namespace\]|Contains::Contained By|OpenShift Build Config \[cmdb\_ci\_openshift\_build\_conf\]|
|Kubernetes Namespace \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_namespace\]|Contains::Contained By|OpenShift Route \[cmdb\_ci\_openshift\_route\]|
|Kubernetes Namespace \[cmdb\_ci\_kubernetes\_namespace\]|Contains::Contained By|OpenShift Image Stream \[cmdb\_ci\_openshift\_images\_stream\]|

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