API Service Graph Connector for Boomi Cloud API Management
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Summary of API Service Graph Connector for Boomi Cloud API Management
The ServiceNow API Service Graph Connector for Boomi Cloud API Management enables customers to import API details from Boomi Cloud API Management applications into the Configuration Management Database (CMDB). This integration supports maintaining a comprehensive and normalized inventory of API assets within ServiceNow, enhancing visibility and governance of the API ecosystem.
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Key Features
- Imports API data into a standardized data model consistent with other technologies in the ServiceNow platform.
- Provides the API Insights workspace, a centralized interface for analyzing and interacting with API data without requiring direct access to Boomi Cloud API Management.
- Supports multiple ServiceNow versions including Yokohama, Zurich, and Australia releases.
Use Cases
- Maintain an end-to-end inventory of exposed and backend APIs, tracking API publication, usage, and consumers.
- Trace APIs from customer endpoints to backend services for impact analysis, incident creation, and service reliability management.
- Manage vulnerabilities and security incidents tied to API endpoints, and enforce compliance requirements.
Configuration
Customers configure the connector using the SGC Central view within the CMDB Workspace. SGC Central facilitates discovery, installation, and lifecycle management of connectors, including creation, editing, monitoring, and debugging of connections.
Detailed configuration guidance is available for setting up the connector through SGC Central.
Data Mapping and Integration
Data from Boomi Cloud API Management is extracted, transformed, and loaded into the CMDB using ServiceNow’s Robust Transform Engine (RTE) and Identification and Reconciliation Engine (IRE). The connector periodically pulls data to keep the CMDB current.
Key data sources include API Components and API Consumers, which are mapped into corresponding CMDB Configuration Item (CI) classes such as Managed API, Boomi API Gateway, Frontend API, Backend API, and API Consumer.
Customers can view and manage data mappings through the IntegrationHub ETL application for transparency and customization.
Use the ServiceNow® API Service Graph Connector for Boomi Cloud API Management to import API details from a Boomi Cloud API Management application into the Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
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Key features
Import data into a normalized data model for consistency across other technologies.
The API Insights workspace provides a centralized interface where you can analyze and interact with API data, without needing direct access to a Boomi Cloud API Management application, enhancing visibility, governance, and collaboration across the API estate. To learn more, see API Insights.
Supported ServiceNow versions
- Yokohama
- Zurich
- Australia
Use cases
- Maintain an end-to-end inventory of exposed and backend APIs, identifying what APIs are published, used, and by whom.
- Track APIs from customer-facing endpoints to the underlying services, identifying impacted endpoints when services change or fail and creating incidents for reported issues.
- Address vulnerabilities and security incidents related to API endpoints and create compliance requirements to measure against.
Configuring a connection for the connector
You can configure a connection for the connector by using the SGC Central view in the CMDB Workspace. The SGC Central view enables you to discover and install connectors, and then effectively manage the full life cycle of creating, editing, monitoring, and debugging connections. To configure the connector using SGC Central, see Configure API Service Graph Connector for Boomi Cloud API Management using SGC Central.
Data mapping
Data from the Boomi Cloud API Management data sources is mapped and transformed into the CMDB Configuration Item (CI) class definitions using the Robust Transform Engine (RTE). Data is inserted into the CMDB using the Identification and Reconciliation Engine (IRE).
When you complete setting up the connection, you can configure the integration to periodically pull data from a Boomi Cloud API Management application.
| Data source | Staging table | Target tables |
|---|---|---|
| APIs | API Component [sn_boomi_api_component] | Managed API |
| API Consumer | API Consumer [sn_boomi_api_consumer] | API Consumer |
For more information on where data is saved when pulling data from a Boomi Cloud API Management application, see Target tables for storing API Service Graph Connector for Boomi Cloud API Management data.
You can use the IntegrationHub ETL app to view the data maps. See IntegrationHub ETL for more information.