Amazon MWAA Environment pattern-based discovery

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    Summary of Amazon MWAA Environment pattern-based discovery

    Amazon MWAA Environment pattern-based discovery in ServiceNow uses Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns to identify AWS Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) environments within your cloud infrastructure. This process populates configuration data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables, enabling effective tracking and management of your MWAA resources.

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    Key Features

    • Pattern Activation: The MWAA discovery pattern is disabled by default and must be enabled to function. From Visibility Content version 6.28.0 onward, pattern activation or deactivation is not treated as a customization, ensuring patterns stay updated after upgrades.
    • AWS Discovery Prerequisites: Ensure AWS discovery prerequisites are met, including removal of relevant resources from the Resource Inclusion List [sacloudinventoryresourcewhitelist] to avoid duplicate discovery.
    • GovCloud Support: Discovery supports AWS GovCloud (US) accounts by requiring datacenter URL configuration during AWS service account setup.
    • Data Population: The pattern populates data into:
      • Non-CMDB tables: Stores detailed MWAA environment data such as environment name, Airflow version, and ARN in the cmdbawsmanagedworkflowsforapacheairflowenvironment table.
      • CMDB tables: Stores key configuration items in the cmdbcicloudappserver table, including install and operational status, type, and ARN.
    • CI Relationships: The pattern establishes relationships linking MWAA environments to their hosting AWS datacenters and cloud app servers, supporting comprehensive service mapping.
    • AWS Tag Discovery: Tags from AWS MWAA environments are collected and stored in the cmdbkeyvalue table, capturing key-value pairs for enhanced resource categorization.

    Practical Application for ServiceNow Customers

    By enabling and configuring the Amazon MWAA Environment discovery pattern, customers can automatically detect and map Apache Airflow environments running in AWS within their ServiceNow CMDB. This facilitates improved visibility, operational status tracking, and management of MWAA resources. Proper configuration—including meeting AWS discovery prerequisites, managing resource inclusion lists, and setting discovery schedules for GovCloud—is essential to ensure accurate and non-duplicative data collection. The populated data and relationships support effective cloud service management and integration with broader AWS resource inventories.

    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.