Amazon EC2 VPC Endpoint Service pattern-based discovery

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    Summary of Amazon EC2 VPC Endpoint Service pattern-based discovery

    The Amazon EC2 VPC Endpoint Service pattern-based discovery, available in the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application, enables ServiceNow customers to automatically discover and map AWS VPC Endpoint Services within their cloud environments. This capability populates key data into both CMDB and non-CMDB tables, providing detailed visibility into VPC Endpoint Services, their configurations, relationships, and associated metadata such as tags.

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    Key Features

    • Pattern activation: The VPC Endpoint Service discovery pattern is disabled by default and must be enabled. Since Visibility Content version 6.28.0, enabling or disabling patterns no longer counts as customization and updates are preserved during upgrades.
    • AWS prerequisites: Customers must ensure AWS discovery prerequisites are met, including removing any relevant resources from the Resource Inclusion List to prevent duplicate discovery.
    • GovCloud support: Discovery supports AWS GovCloud (US) accounts by configuring the AWS service account with the appropriate datacenter URL.
    • Data population: The discovery pattern populates detailed VPC Endpoint Service data in two key tables:
      • Non-CMDB table: cmdbawselasticcloudcomputevpcendpointservice stores fields such as the unique Amazon Resource Name (ARN), service name, customer management status, service ID, and type (Interface or Gateway).
      • CMDB table: cmdbcicloudgateway captures core configuration item data including ARN, name, install and operational status, and a description identifying it as an AWS VPC Endpoint Service.
    • CI relationships: The pattern creates relationships linking the VPC Endpoint Service CIs to their hosting AWS Datacenter and references between the non-CMDB and CMDB tables to model dependencies accurately.
    • AWS tag discovery: Tags associated with VPC Endpoint Services are collected and stored in the Key Value table (cmdbkeyvalue) to support metadata-driven management.

    Practical Application for ServiceNow Customers

    By enabling and configuring this discovery pattern, customers can automate the identification and mapping of AWS VPC Endpoint Services, enhancing the accuracy and completeness of their CMDB. This supports better cloud resource management, governance, and operational insight. Proper setup involves verifying AWS prerequisites, enabling the pattern, adjusting discovery schedules especially for GovCloud, and reviewing data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables for comprehensive asset visibility.

    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 - Elastic Compute Cloud VPC Endpoint Service - 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 Elastic Compute Cloud - VPC Endpoint Service [cmdb_aws_elastic_cloud_compute_vpc_endpoint_service]
    Field Description
    Object Id [object_id] The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) uniquely identifying the VPC Endpoint Service.

    The ARN consists of the AWS region, account ID, and service ID in the following format: arn:aws:ec2:<region>:<accountId>:vpc-endpoint-service/<service_id>.
    Name [name] The name assigned to the VPC endpoint service.
    Configuration Item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Gateway [cmdb_ci_cloud_gateway] table.
    Is Customer Managed [is_customer_managed] Indicates whether the VPC Endpoint Service is managed by a customer or AWS.
    Service ID [service_id] The unique identifier for the VPC endpoint service.
    Service Type [service_type] The type of the VPC endpoint service. For example: Interface or Gateway.

    Data stored in CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the CMDB when running the Amazon AWS - Elastic Compute Cloud VPC Endpoint Service - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    Table 2. Cloud Gateway [cmdb_ci_cloud_gateway]
    Field Description
    Object ID [object_id] The ARN uniquely identifying the VPC Endpoint Service.

    The ARN consists of the AWS region, account ID, and service ID in the following format: arn:aws:ec2:<region>:<accountId>:vpc-endpoint-service/<service_id>.
    Name [name] The name assigned to the VPC endpoint service.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.
    Operational status [operational_status] Operational status of the resource. Default value is Operational.
    Description [short_description] Type of resource. The value is set to AWS::Elastic Compute Cloud::VPC Endpoint Service.

    CI relationships

    The Amazon AWS - Elastic Compute Cloud VPC Endpoint Service - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern creates these relationships to support Amazon EC2 VPC Endpoint Service discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Cloud Gateway [cmdb_ci_cloud_gateway] Hosted on::Hosts AWS Datacenter [cmdb_ci_aws_datacenter]
    AWS Elastic Compute Cloud - VPC Endpoint Service [cmdb_aws_elastic_cloud_compute_vpc_endpoint_service] References Cloud Gateway [cmdb_ci_cloud_gateway]

    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.