This documentation supports the 21.3 (12.3) version of BMC Discovery.

CloudManagementGroup node


A CloudManagementGroup node represents an instance of an administrative or organization group of resources, for example an Organizational Unit (OU) in AWS and Microsoft Azure, and an Organization in Google Cloud Platform. They are created and removed by patterns.

The following section describes the scenarios in which a CloudManagementGroup node is created or removed. CloudManagementGroup nodes are never updated.

CloudManagementGroup node lifecycle

The following section describes the scenarios in which a CloudManagementGroup node is created or removed.

Creation

A CloudManagementGroup node is created when an organizational grouping is discovered in the cloud.

Removal

CloudManagementGroup node is removed if its parent CloudService node is removed.

To remove a CloudManagementGroup node manually, select it in the list and pick Destroy from the Actions list. 

If you remove a CloudManagementGroup node, then its contained nodes are removed. For more information, see Cascade Removal

CloudManagementGroup node attributes

The attributes of a CloudManagementGroup node are as described in the following table:

UI Name
Attribute name and Type

Description

Key
key string

Unique identity string for Cloud Management Group

Name
name string

Cloud Management Group name

Type
type string

Type of Cloud Management Group

Short Name
short_name string

Short Name for the Cloud Management Group

ID
id string

Short Name for the Cloud Management Group

Description
description string

Description of the Cloud Management Group

Cloud Identifier
cloud_id string

Unique cloud identifier.

Tags
tag_set dictionary

Tag set

CloudManagementGroup node relationships

The relationships on a CloudManagementGroup node are as described in the following table:

UI Name

Relationship

Description

Cloud Service

RunningSoftware:
HostedSoftware:
Host:
CloudService

Cloud Service on which this Cloud Resource is hosted

Collection

Member:
Collection:
Collection:
Collection

Collection which this Cloud Resource is a member of

Administrative Collection

Member:
Collection:
Collection:
AdminCollection

An administrative collection which this Cloud Resource is a member of

Owned Admin Collections

Owner:
Ownership:
OwnedItem:
AdminCollection

Administrative collections owned by this Cloud Management Group

Display relationship

UI Name

Relationship

Description

All Cloud Services

Owner:Ownership:OwnedItem:CloudRegion
ServiceProvider:CloudService:Service:CloudService

All Cloud Services managed by this Cloud Management Group.

Expression

UI Name

Relationship

Description

Number of Regions

num_regions : NODECOUNT(TRAVERSE Owner:Ownership:OwnedItem:CloudRegion)

Number of regions.

 

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