GCP Cloud SQL pattern-based discovery

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  • Updated January 12, 2025
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    Summary of GCP Cloud SQL pattern-based discovery

    The GCP Cloud SQL pattern-based discovery feature in ServiceNow enables users to identify and map GCP Cloud SQL instances and their databases within their cloud environment. This functionality is contingent on having the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

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    Key Features

    • Discovery of Cloud SQL Instances: Utilizes the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Cloud SQL DB pattern to gather hardware configuration details.
    • Data Storage Options: Discovered hardware types can be stored in the Cloud Hardware Type [cmdbcicloudhardwaretype] table to manage record volume effectively.
    • CI Relationships: Establishes relationships between various configuration items (CIs) such as Cloud DataBases, Google Datacenters, and Availability Zones to support comprehensive mapping.
    • Tag Discovery: Collects and populates tags associated with Cloud SQL databases into the Key Value [cmdbkeyvalue] table.

    Key Outcomes

    By implementing the GCP Cloud SQL pattern-based discovery, ServiceNow customers can:

    • Gain visibility into their GCP Cloud SQL resources and their relationships.
    • Effectively manage cloud resources and enhance data accuracy in their CMDB.
    • Facilitate better resource management through the collection and organization of tags and metadata.

    Overall, this feature streamlines the discovery process, ensuring that enterprises can optimize their cloud environment management. Be sure to verify prerequisites to leverage this functionality effectively.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds GCP Cloud SQL instances and their databases on your cloud environment. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Discovery uses the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Cloud SQL DB pattern to discover hardware type configurations for Cloud SQL instances from your GCP account.

    When using the Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_compute_template] table to store the hardware types, you may notice an unusually large number of records. To avoid this issue, you can store the discovered hardware types in the Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type] table. When enabled, Discovery populates the Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type] table. For more information, see Enable the Cloud Hardware Type class extension.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the GCP discovery prerequisites section in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud components discovery using Patterns.

    Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

    Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Cloud SQL DB pattern.

    Table 1. Cloud Service Account [cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account]
    Field Description
    Account Id [account_id] Name of the project used for the discovery.
    Object ID [object_id] Name of the project used for the discovery.
    Datacenter Type [datacenter_type] Datacenter type: Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter].
    Table 2. Availability Zone [cmdb_ci_availability_zone]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Name of the availability zone.
    Description [short_description] Description of the availability zone.
    State [state] State of the Availability Zone. Possible values are Available or Terminated.
    Table 3. Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Datacenter or region name.
    Region [region] Datacenter or region name.
    Object ID [object_id] Unique identifier allocated by GCP for this resource.
    Description [short_description] Datacenter or region description.
    Table 4. Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database]
    Field Description
    Object ID [object_id] The unique resource identifier URL for the Cloud SQL instance.
    Name [name] The name of the Cloud SQL instance.
    Type [type] The database engine type for the Cloud SQL instance.
    State [state] The state of the Cloud SQL instance.

    For example: Available or Terminated.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.
    Version [version] The database version.
    Fully qualified domain name [fqdn] The unique resource identifier URL for the Cloud SQL instance.
    Table 5. Database [cmdb_ci_database]
    Field Description
    Name [name] The name of the database within the Cloud SQL instance.
    Type [type] The type of database.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.
    Table 6. Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_compute_template] or Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type]
    Field Description
    Object ID [object_id] The machine type for the Cloud SQL instance.
    Name [name] The machine type for the Cloud SQL instance.
    vCPUs [vcpus] The number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) for the Cloud SQL instance.
    Provider [provider] The cloud provider, which is GCP.

    This field is only populated in Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type] table.

    CI relationships

    The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Cloud SQL DB pattern creates these relationships to support GCP Cloud SQL DB discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter] Contains::Contained by Availability Zone [cmdb_ci_availability_zone]
    Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter] Hosted on::Hosts Cloud Service Account [cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account]
    Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] Contains::Contained by Database [cmdb_ci_database]
    Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] Hosted on::Hosts Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter]
    Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] Provisioned From::Provisioned Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_compute_template] or Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type]
    Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] Replicates to::Replicated by Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database]
    Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_compute_template] or Cloud Hardware Type [cmdb_ci_cloud_hardware_type] Hosted on::Hosts Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter]
    Key Value [cmdb_key_value] References Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database]

    GCP Tag discovery

    The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Cloud SQL DB pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.

    Table 7. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.
    Configuration item [configuration_item] References the Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] table.