Amazon S3 Glacier Vault pattern-based discovery

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    Summary of Amazon S3 Glacier Vault pattern-based discovery

    The Amazon S3 Glacier Vault pattern-based discovery enables ServiceNow customers to identify and map Amazon S3 Glacier Vaults within their AWS cloud environments. This functionality is part of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application and requires ensuring specific prerequisites and configuration steps are met for effective discovery and accurate data population.

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    Key Features

    • Prerequisites and Setup: Customers must verify AWS discovery prerequisites and ensure the relevant resources are not listed in the Resource Inclusion List to prevent duplicate discoveries.
    • Pattern Activation: The discovery pattern for Amazon S3 Glacier Vaults is disabled by default. Activation is necessary and is streamlined starting with Visibility Content version 6.28.0, allowing updates without losing customization settings after upgrades.
    • Data Population: The pattern populates data in both CMDB and non-CMDB tables:
      • Non-CMDB Table (cmdbawss3glaciervault): Stores vault-specific details such as vault name, ARN, number of archives, total archive size, and references to the Cloud Resource table.
      • CMDB Table (cmdbcicmpresource): Contains resource metadata including vault name, ARN, resource type (AWS::S3::GlacierVault), install and operational status.
    • CI Relationships and References: The pattern establishes relationships such as "Hosted on" linking the Cloud Resource to the AWS Datacenter, facilitating comprehensive service mapping.
    • AWS Tag Discovery: Tags associated with the S3 Glacier Vaults are collected and stored in the Key Value table, linking tag keys and values to their corresponding Cloud Resources.

    Practical Benefits

    By enabling this pattern, ServiceNow customers gain automated visibility into their Amazon S3 Glacier Vault resources, including detailed attributes and tags. This integration supports maintaining an up-to-date CMDB, improving asset management, and enhancing operational insights for better cloud resource governance.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds Amazon S3 Glacier Vaults 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.

    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 - S3 Glacier Vault - 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 S3 Glacier Vault [cmdb_aws_s3_glacier_vault]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Name of the vault.
    Object ID [object_id] The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the vault.
    Archives Number [archives_number] The number of archives stored in the vault.
    Size in Bytes [size_in_bytes] The total size of all archives stored in the vault, in bytes.
    Configuration Item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] table.

    Data stored in CMDB tables

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application populates data in the CMDB when running the Amazon AWS - S3 Glacier Vault - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern.

    Table 2. Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Name of the vault.
    Object ID [object_id] The ARN of the vault.
    Resource type [resource_type] Type of resource. The value is set to AWS::S3::GlacierVault.
    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.

    CI relationships

    The Amazon AWS - S3 Glacier Vault - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern creates the following relationships and references to support Amazon S3 Glacier Vault discovery. References link to records in other tables and don't appear in the CI Relationship [cmdb_rel_ci] table.

    Table 3. CI relationships
    CI Relationship CI
    Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] Hosted on::Hosts AWS Datacenter [cmdb_ci_aws_datacenter]
    Table 4. CI references
    CI Field Referenced CI
    AWS S3 Glacier Vault [cmdb_aws_s3_glacier_vault] Configuration Item [configuration_item] Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]
    Key Value [cmdb_key_value] Configuration item [configuration_item] Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource]

    AWS Tag discovery

    The Amazon AWS - S3 Glacier Vault - Extended Inventory (LP) pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.

    Table 5. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.
    Configuration item [configuration_item] References the Cloud Resource [cmdb_ci_cmp_resource] table.