Data collected for Microsoft Azure Cloud Discovery

Discovery collects information about cloud resources in Microsoft Azure datacenters. Discovering some of these resources may 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 website 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

Create Azure cloud credentials

Create Microsoft Azure credentials that can access the Microsoft Azure account. For more information, see Create Azure cloud credentials.

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.

How Discovery finds Microsoft Azure resources

Discovery uses the Cloud Provisioning and Governance API and Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns to find cloud resources.

Table 1. Default patterns

Pattern	Description
Azure DataBase (LP)	Discovers database types of: Microsoft.sql/servers microsoft.sql/managedInstances microsoft.dbformysql microsoft.documentdb/databaseaccounts microsoft.cache/redis microsoft.dbforpostgresql/servers microsoft.dbformysql/servers microsoft.dbformysql/flexibleservers microsoft.dbforpostgresql/flexibleservers Populates the [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] table.
Azure LoadBalancer TD	Retrieves Microsoft Azure load balancers and populates the cmdb_ci_lb_service table. This pattern is only used by Service Mapping for top-down discovery, not by the Discovery application for horizontal discovery.
Azure WebSite (LP)	Retrieves Microsoft Azure web servers and populates the Cloud WebServers [cmdb_ci_cloud_webserver] and IP address [cmdb_ci_ip_address] tables.

Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

Table 2. Azure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Region	region
Object ID	object_id

Table 3. Availability Zone [cmdb_ci_availability_zone]

Label	Field Name
Name	name

Table 4. Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]

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

Table 5. Compute Security Groups [cmdb_ci_compute_security_group]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
State	state

Table 6. Images [cmdb_ci_os_template]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
Guest OS	guest_os
Image source	image_source

Table 7. Storage Volume [cmdb_ci_storage_volume]

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

Table 8. Cloud Networks [cmdb_ci_network] and VMware vCenter Network [cmdb_ci_vcenter_network]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
State*	state
CIDR*	cidr

*Not found on VMware vCenter networks.

Table 9. Cloud Subnets [cmdb_ci_cloud_subnet]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Status	status
CIDR	cidr

Table 10. Cloud Provisioning and Governance Network Interfaces [cmdb_ci_nic]

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

Table 11. Cloud Load Balancers [cmdb_ci_cloud_load_balancer]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
State	state

Table 12. Azure Deployments [cmdb_ci_azure_deployment]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Provisioning state	provisioning_state

Note:

This table is only available for Discovery when the Cloud Provisioning and Governance plugin is activated.

Table 13. Resource Groups [cmdb_ci_resource_group]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
State	state
Operational Status	operational_status
Install Status	install_status

Note:

• When a resource group is discovered for the first time, the State field is set to Available, operational_status=Operational, and Status=Installed; based on the response mapping.
• When a resource group is terminated on Microsoft Azure, the CMPReconciler scripts set the State field to Terminated, and operational_status=Non-Operational and Status=Absent.

Table 14. Public IP Addresses [cmdb_ci_cloud_public_ipaddress]

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

Table 15. Storage Accounts [cmdb_ci_cloud_storage_account]

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

Table 16. Cloud Databases [cmdb_ci_cloud_database]

Label	Field Name
Fully qualified domain name	fqdn
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
Operational Status	operational_status
Type	type
State	state
Vendor	vendor
Version	version Note: For NoSQL and MSSQL Managed Instances, the API responses for these databases do not return version data.
Category	category

Table 17. Cloud WebServer [cmdb_ci_cloud_webserver]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Install status	install_status
Vendor	vendor
Fully qualified domain name	fqdn
Operational status	operational_status
State	state

Table 18. IP Address [cmdb_ci_ip_address]

Label	Field Name
Fully qualified domain name	fqdn
Install status	install_status
IP Address	ip_address
Name	name
Netmask	netmask
Operational status	operational_status
Vendor	vendor

Table 19. Database [cmdb_ci_database]

Label	Field Name
Life-cycle Stage Status	life_cycle_stage_status
Name	name
Status	status
Serial Number	serial_number
Type	type

Table 20. Compute Template [cmdb_ci_compute_template]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
VCPUS	vcpus

Table 21. Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_hardware_type]

Label	Field Name
Name	name
Object ID	object_id
Provider	provider
vCPUs	vcpus

Related reference

• Microsoft Azure Cloud components discovery using patterns
• Agent Client Collector for Visibility

Related topics

• Service Graph Connector for Microsoft Azure