ColdFusion discovery

The ServiceNow Discovery application finds Adobe ColdFusion servers and the instances of ColdFusion applications running on them. Only the 2016 version of ColdFusion is supported. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

Components

Discovery and Service Mapping use the ColdFusion Application and ColdFusion Application Server patterns to run horizontal and top-down discovery. The ColdFusion Application Server pattern is triggered from the ColdFusion Application Server process classifier for horizontal discovery.

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

Credentials

Configure the following credentials, depending on what type of host machine the ColdFusion server is installed on:

• Windows credentials
• SSH credentials (for Linux machines)

File access

The pattern must be able to access these ColdFusion files:

File	Description
neo-runtime.xml	This file provides the mapping between the URL and the working directory path of the application.
application.cfc and application.cfm	These files provide application names.
neo-datasource.xml	This file provides the name of the datasource that is used in the configuration of the ColdFusion application. The datasource reference is configured in the application.cfc and application.cfm files. 注: The datasource is used for top-down discovery only.

Entry point

For top-down discovery, use the full URL or IP address of the web application as the HTTP(S) endpoint. For example: https://my-website-on-coldfusion/path or https:10.120.255.2555:8500/path

Data collected during horizontal discovery

Table and Field	Description
Cold Fusion Server [cmdb_ci_coldfusion_server]
Installation directory [installation_directory]	The name and version of the ColdFusion server, and the directory where it is installed.
Name [name]
Version [version]
Installation directory [installation_directory]	The name of the application and the directory where it is installed.
Name [name]

注:

Cold Fusion applications [cmdb_ci_cf_application] are custom applications that this pattern does not discover.

CI relationships

CI	Relationship	CI
cmdb_ci_cf_application	Contains::Contained by	cmdb_ci_coldfusion_server
cmdb_ci_coldfusion_server	Runs on::Runs	cmdb_ci_linux_server cmdb_ci_win_server cmdb_ci_osx_server

Connections discovered by Service Mapping during the top-down discovery

Service Mapping performs the top-down discovery of the Adobe ColdFusion in the context of application services. Service Mapping discovers the outgoing datasource connections from ColdFusion servers to instances of database.

Example

In this example, the application service map shows the results of a top-down discovery of the ColdFusion Web application service. The application service is comprised of three CIs:

• The ColdFusion application server is named cfusion.
• The ColdFusion application hdStreetOracle.
• A database named XE, which the ColdFusion application connects to.

図 : 1. ColdFusion service map