CMDB Discovery
Automated discovery of Configuration Items and their relationships.
Overview
The discovery process automatically identifies and catalogs IT assets in your infrastructure, creating Configuration Items in the CMDB.
Discovery Methods
Network-Based Discovery
- SNMP scanning
- WMI queries (Windows)
- SSH discovery (Linux/Unix)
- Network connection mapping
Agent-Based Discovery
- NopeSight Agent deployment
- Real-time monitoring
- Deep system information
- Software inventory
API-Based Discovery
- Cloud provider APIs
- Virtualization platforms
- Container orchestration
- SaaS applications
Discovery Process
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Scan Initiation
- Scheduled scans
- Manual triggers
- Event-driven discovery
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Data Collection
- System information
- Installed software
- Network connections
- Running services
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CI Creation
- Automatic CI generation
- Deduplication
- Classification
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Relationship Mapping
- Network topology
- Service dependencies
- Application mapping
Configuration
Discovery Rules
- IP ranges
- Credentials
- Exclusions
- Schedules
Discovery Agents
- Installation
- Configuration
- Authentication
- Monitoring