GCP BigQuery pattern-based discovery

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    Summary of GCP BigQuery Pattern-Based Discovery

    The GCP BigQuery pattern-based discovery feature identifies datasets and tables within your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment. For optimal functionality, ensure you have the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

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    Key Features

    • Data Population: Discovery gathers data during the horizontal discovery process and updates the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) with information on various cloud resources.
    • Resource Identification: Key resources discovered include Cloud Service Accounts, Availability Zones, Google Datacenters, Cloud Databases, Public Databases, and individual BigQuery Tables.
    • CI Relationships: The discovery patterns establish relationships between configuration items (CIs) to reflect their hierarchical structure and dependencies in GCP.
    • Tag Collection: Tags from GCP resources are collected and stored in the Key Value table for better organization and management.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing the GCP BigQuery pattern-based discovery, you can achieve enhanced visibility and management of your GCP resources within ServiceNow. This leads to improved operational efficiency, better resource tracking, and comprehensive management of your cloud environment. Expect streamlined updates in the CMDB and a clearer understanding of resource relationships, empowering better decision-making and resource allocation.

    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds GCP BigQuery datasets and tables 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 GCP discovery prerequisites section in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud discovery using Patterns.

    Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery

    Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - BigQuery DB pattern.

    Table 1. Cloud Service Account [cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account]
    Field Description
    Account Id [account_id] Name of the project used for the discovery.
    Object ID [object_id] Name of the project used for the discovery.
    Datacenter Type [datacenter_type] Datacenter type: Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter].
    Table 2. Availability Zone [cmdb_ci_availability_zone]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Name of the availability zone.
    Description [short_description] Description of the availability zone.
    State [state] State of the Availability Zone. Possible values are Available or Terminated.
    Table 3. Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Datacenter or region name.
    Region [region] Datacenter or region name.
    Object ID [object_id] Unique identifier allocated by GCP for this resource.
    Description [short_description] Datacenter or region description.
    Table 4. Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Name of the BigQuery dataset.
    Object ID [object_id] The fully qualified unique identifier of the dataset in the format projectId:datasetId.
    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.
    State [state] State of the dataset.
    Fully qualified domain name [fqdn] Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for accessing the dataset.
    Table 5. Cloud Public DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_public_database]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Name of the public BigQuery dataset.
    Object ID [object_id] The fully qualified unique identifier of the dataset in the format projectId:datasetId.
    Vendor [vendor] Cloud vendor. Value is set to GCP.
    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.
    State [state] State of the public dataset.
    Fully qualified domain name [fqdn] FQDN for accessing the public dataset.
    Table 6. Database [cmdb_ci_database]
    Field Description
    Name [name] Name of the BigQuery table.
    Type [type] Database type. Value is set to bigquery.
    Install Status [install_status] Install status of the resource. Default value is Installed.

    CI relationships

    The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - BigQuery DB pattern creates these relationships to support GCP BigQuery discovery.

    CI Relationship CI
    Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter] Hosted on::Hosts Cloud Service Account [cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account]
    Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter] Contains::Contained by Availability Zone [cmdb_ci_availability_zone]
    Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] Hosted on::Hosts Cloud Service Account [cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account]
    Cloud Service Account [cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account] Uses::Used by Cloud Public DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_public_database]
    Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] Hosted on::Hosts Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter]
    Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] Replicates to::Replicated by Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter]
    Cloud Public DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_public_database] Replicates to::Replicated by Google Datacenter [cmdb_ci_google_datacenter]
    Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] Contains::Contained by Database [cmdb_ci_database]
    Key Value [cmdb_key_value] References Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database]

    GCP Tag discovery

    The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - BigQuery DB pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value [cmdb_key_value] table.

    Table 7. Key Value [cmdb_key_value]
    Field Description
    Key [key] Tag name.
    Value [value] Tag value.
    Configuration item [configuration_item] References the Cloud DataBase [cmdb_ci_cloud_database] table.