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Azure Host pattern-based discovery

Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Azure Hosts 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 Azure discovery prerequisites section in Microsoft Azure Cloud discovery using patterns.

Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Azure - Host (LP) pattern.

FieldDescription
Name [name]The Name or ID if no Name is specified for the host.
Object ID [object_id]A unique identifier, allocated by Azure for this resource.
Host Type [host_type]The Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) name of the dedicated host.
Cloud Vendor [cloud_vendor]The cloud vendor: Azure.
Is Virtual [virtual]Indicates whether this is a virtual host. Value is set to false.
Install Status [install_status]Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.

CI relationships

The Azure - Host (LP) pattern creates these relationships to support Azure Host discovery.

CIRelationshipCI
Host [cmdb_ci_cloud_host]Hosted on::HostsAzure Datacenter [cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter]
Resource Group [cmdb_ci_resource_group]Contains::Contained byHost [cmdb_ci_cloud_host]
Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]Runs on::RunsHost [cmdb_ci_cloud_host]
Key Value [cmdb_key_value]ReferencesHost [cmdb_ci_cloud_host] or Virtual Machine Instance [cmdb_ci_vm_instance]

Azure Tag discovery

The pattern extension sections discover Bring Your Own License (BYOL) or the included licenses for Windows VMs, and collect Azure resource tags from Hosts.

FieldDescription
Key \[key\]The key is one of the following options: - Tags: Azure resource tag name - License: Windows\_OS\_License\_Type\_automatic
Value \[value\]The value is one of the following options: - Tags: Azure resource tag value - Azure Hybrid Benefit: BYOL - pay-as-you-go: License Included
Configuration item \[configuration\_item\]- Tags: References the Host \[cmdb\_ci\_cloud\_host\] table - License: References the Virtual Machine Instance \[cmdb\_ci\_vm\_instance\] table

Parent Topic:Microsoft Azure Cloud discovery using patterns