Amazon MWAA Environment pattern-based discovery

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  • Updated June 16, 2026
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    Summary of Amazon MWAA Environment pattern-based discovery

    The Amazon MWAA Environment pattern-based discovery enables ServiceNow customers to identify and map AWS Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) environments within their cloud infrastructure. This discovery leverages the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application to populate data about MWAA environments into both CMDB and non-CMDB tables, providing comprehensive visibility into Apache Airflow deployments on AWS.

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    Key Features

    • Pattern Activation: The MWAA discovery pattern is disabled by default and must be enabled to start discovery. Since Visibility Content version 6.28.0, pattern activation or deactivation is not treated as a customization, ensuring patterns receive updates cleanly.
    • Prerequisites and Configuration: Before discovery, verify AWS discovery prerequisites, remove relevant resources from the Resource Inclusion List to avoid duplication, and configure discovery schedules properly, including special setup for AWS GovCloud accounts using datacenter URLs.
    • Data Population: Discovered MWAA environment details are stored in:
      • Non-CMDB Table: cmdbawsmanagedworkflowsforapacheairflowenvironment with fields such as environment name, Airflow version, and Amazon Resource Name (ARN).
      • CMDB Table: cmdbcicloudappserver capturing resource display name, install and operational status, unique ARN, and resource type set as AWS::MWAA::Environment.
    • CI Relationships: The pattern creates relationships linking MWAA environments to their hosting AWS datacenters and corresponding cloud app servers to maintain accurate configuration item dependencies.
    • AWS Tag Discovery: Tags associated with MWAA environments are collected and stored in the cmdbkeyvalue table, enabling tag-based filtering and reporting.

    Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

    By enabling the Amazon MWAA Environment pattern-based discovery, ServiceNow customers can automate the detection and inventory of Apache Airflow environments running on AWS. This facilitates accurate CMDB population, improves cloud service visibility, and supports impact analysis and operational management. The inclusion of tags and CI relationships further enriches the configuration data, making it actionable for governance, compliance, and operational workflows.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds AWS services 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.

    Pattern-based discovery and mapping requirements

    Verify the AWS discovery prerequisites
    For more information, see the prerequisites section in AWS discovery using patterns.
    Remove resources from the Resource Inclusion List table
    Verify that the relevant resource isn't listed in the Resource Inclusion List [sa_cloud_inventory_resource_whitelist] table to avoid duplicate discovery. For more information on removing resources from the Resource Inclusion List, see AWS Resource Inventory discovery with Patterns.
    Enable the relevant pattern
    The pattern for this service is disabled by default. Starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, activating or deactivating a pattern won't be considered a customization, and it will continue to receive updates. Patterns that were previously activated or deactivated will reset to the latest predefined version after upgrading while retaining the last active field value. For more information on enabling patterns, see Activate a disabled pattern.
    Configure the Discovery schedule to support GovCloud
    Discovering AWS GovCloud (US) accounts requires using a datacenter URL when setting up an AWS service account. For more information, see Create AWS service accounts.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables.

    Data stored in non-CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the non-CMDB table when running the Amazon AWS - Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow Environment - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    You can review the non-CMDB AWS tables by navigating to All > Configuration > AWS. You can also search the navigation filter for the specific pattern name.

    Table 1. AWS Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow Environment [cmdb_aws_managed_workflows_for_apache_airflow_environment]
    Field Description
    Name [name] The display name or identifier for the Airflow environment.
    Airflow Version [airflow_version] The specific version of Apache Airflow running in the environment.
    Configuration Item [configuration_item] References the Cloud App Server [cmdb_ci_cloud_appserver] table.
    Object Id [object_id] The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) uniquely identifying the Airflow environment.

    Data stored in CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the CMDB when running the Amazon AWS - Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow Environment - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    Table 2. Cloud App Server [cmdb_ci_cloud_appserver]
    Field Description
    Name [name] The display name or identifier for the Airflow environment.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.
    Object ID [object_id] The ARN uniquely identifying the Airflow environment.
    Operational status [operational_status] Operational status of the resource. Default value is Operational.
    Type [type] Type of resource. The value is set to AWS::MWAA::Environment.

    CI relationships

    The Amazon AWS - Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow Environment - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern creates these relationships to support Amazon MWAA Environment discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Cloud App Server [cmdb_ci_cloud_appserver] Hosted on::Hosts AWS Datacenter [cmdb_ci_aws_datacenter]
    AWS Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow Environment [cmdb_aws_managed_workflows_for_apache_airflow_environment] References Cloud App Server [cmdb_ci_cloud_appserver]

    AWS tag discovery

    The pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.
    Table 3. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.