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# Alibaba Cloud service accounts

# Alibaba Cloud service account pattern-based discovery {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated October 22, 2025
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Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns uses the Alibaba - Service Account Validation pattern to discover service accounts during horizontal discovery. 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 {#alibaba-service-account-discovery__section_q4l_lwl_dhc}

Verify the Alibaba Cloud discovery prerequisites section in [Alibaba Cloud discovery using patterns](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/grY1iKldcbJ4pcPdZKTkyw "Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns uses patterns to discover components of the Alibaba Cloud deployment during horizontal discovery. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.").

## Data collected by Discovery during horizontal discovery {#alibaba-service-account-discovery__section_ugw_kwl_dhc}

Discovery populates the data in the CMDB when running the Alibaba - Service Account Validation pattern.  
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| Field | Description |
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| Name \[name\] | Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) of the current requester. |
| Object ID \[object_id\] | The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the current requester belongs. |
| Datacenter Type \[datacenter_type\] | Type of the datacenter where the account is hosted: Alibaba Datacenter \[cmdb_ci_alibaba_datacenter\]. |
| Account Id \[account_id\] | The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account to which the current requester belongs. |
| Discovery credentials \[discovery_credentials\] | Alibaba Cloud API credentials. |
| Datacenter URL \[datacenter_url\] | Datacenter URL. Example URLs: * For GovCloud: https://ecs.aliyun-inc.com * For commercial cloud: htpps://ecs.aliyuncs.com {#alibaba-service-account-discovery__ul_lrq_nsl_dhc} |
[Table 1. Cloud Service Account \[cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account\]]

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## CI relationships {#alibaba-service-account-discovery__section_fl3_jwl_dhc}

Discovery creates this reference to support the Alibaba Cloud service account discovery.  
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| CI | Relationship | CI |
|-|-|-|
| Key Value \[cmdb_key_value\] | References | Cloud Service Account \[cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account\] |
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## Tag discovery {#alibaba-service-account-discovery__section_yvy_hwl_dhc}

The Alibaba - Service Account Validation pattern collects tags and populates them in the Key Value \[cmdb_key_value\] table.  
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| Field | Description |
|-|-|
| Key \[key\] | Tag key. |
| Value \[value\] | Tag value. |
| Configuration item \[configuration_item\] | References the Cloud Service Account \[cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account\] table. |
[Table 2. Key Value \[cmdb_key_value\]]

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