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Alibaba Cloud datacenter pattern-based discovery

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.

FieldDescription
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.

CIRelationshipCI
Alibaba Datacenter [cmdb_ci_alibaba_datacenter]Hosted on::HostsCloud Service Account [cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account]

Parent Topic:Alibaba Cloud discovery using patterns