Alibaba Cloud datacenter pattern-based discovery

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated October 22, 2025
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    • Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns uses the Alibaba - Datacenter (LP) pattern to discover datacenters during horizontal discovery. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the Alibaba Cloud discovery prerequisites section in Alibaba Cloud discovery using patterns.

    Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

    Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Alibaba - Datacenter (LP) pattern.

    Table 1. Alibaba Datacenter [cmdb_ci_alibaba_datacenter]
    Field Description
    Name [name] LocalName field value of the Alibaba Cloud region.
    Object ID [object_id] RegionId field value of the Alibaba Cloud region.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the datacenter. Default value is Installed.
    Operational status [operational_status] Operational status of the datacenter. Default value is Operational.
    Region [region] RegionId field value of the Alibaba Cloud region.
    Datacenter URL [datacenter_url] Datacenter URL.
    Example URLs:
    • For GovCloud: https://ecs.aliyun-inc.com
    • For commercial cloud: htpps://ecs.aliyuncs.com

    CI relationships

    Discovery creates these relationships to support the Alibaba Cloud datacenter discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Alibaba Datacenter [cmdb_ci_alibaba_datacenter] Hosted on::Hosts Cloud Service Account [cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account]