Linux MID server, or Windows MID server for AWS Discovery?
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06-06-2025 01:00 PM
I'm planning on building a MID Server on an EC2 instance, and wanted to get some opinions about any experience you may have that has shown a preferable, or better integration for a MID server. Either as a Linux (Ubuntu) host or a Windows Server host when it comes to running Discovery of all things AWS in an environment.
Any blurbs would be appreciated!
I'm personally functional in both Linux and Windows OS's. So I'm not really partial either way, (except for some partiality towards Linux (hehe)).
Thanks all!
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06-06-2025 02:43 PM
What do you need to discover ? I would suggest to try AWS ServiceGraph connector. It is quick, reliable, low-maintenance, and works without a MID Server. Windows mid servers tend to be useful if you need to use PowerShell, WMI, or integrate with Active Directory. Only consider a MID Server if you plan to go beyond what the connector provides. What specific systems or data do you need to discover or integrate beyond what AWS APIs and the Service Graph Connector can provide?
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06-09-2025 10:05 AM
Thank you Ant_77! My goal would be to be able to smartly Discover Applications, Services, and Business Applications for Service Mapping type of Discovery, along with the Infrastructure (of AWS) that provides those Services. Like our home grown, Apps that we build and maintain in AWS. Credential management is a concern I have and I am hoping to keep any "credential management" as simple and secure, as possible. Would the Service Graph connectors be able to provide all of those things, with minimal credential management?
Thanks again!
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06-08-2025 11:29 PM
For cloud discovery any mid server is fine. In cloud discovery it ask you whether you want to do horizontal discovery, here if you have used linux mid then only linux servers will be discovered. If you use windows then both can be discovered. Please note cloud discovery will work fine with any mid servers.
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06-09-2025 10:09 AM
Thank you Pratiksha! That is interesting! I was not aware, that if I had a Linux MID server (up inside of an EC2 instance) that it would only be able to Discovery other Linux servers. Is that what you are saying? I do know that with our current Windows MID server we can (and do) discover Windows, and Linux servers as you had mentioned.
Thanks again!
