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Important This documentation space contains information about the on-premises version of BMC Helix Discovery. If you are using the SaaS version of BMC Helix Discovery, see BMC Helix Discovery (SaaS).

CloudResource node

A CloudResource node represents an instance of a cloud resource in a cloud. A cloud resource is a resource, such as an AWS Simple Storage Service, an S3 Glacier Vault, or Azure Databricks Workspace. They are created and removed by patterns.

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

CloudResource node lifecycle

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

Creation

A CloudResource node is discovered when a cloud service such as a VM, or a database is discovered in the cloud.

Removal

A CloudResource node is removed if its parent CloudService node is removed.

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

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

Attributes and relationships of the CloudResource node

The attributes of the CloudResource node are described in the following table:

UI Name
Attribute Name and Type

Description

Key
key : string

Unique identity string for resource

Name
name : string

Name of the resource

Type
type : string

Type of resource

Short Name
short_name : string

Short Name of the resource

Cloud Identifier
cloud_id : string

Unique cloud identifier

Tags
tag_set : dictionary

Tag set

The relationships of the CloudResource node are described in the following table:

UI Name

Relationship

Description

Activity Records

ActedUpon:
 Activity:
 ActivityRecord:
 ActivityRecord

Record of model activity associated with this Cloud Resource

Administrative Collections

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 AdminCollection

Administrative Collections this Cloud Resource is a member of

Collections

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Collection

Collections this Cloud Resource is a member of

Deployments

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Deployment

Deployments this Cloud Resource is a member of

Subnets

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Subnet

Subnets this Cloud Resource is a member of

Namespace

Member:
 Collection:
 Collection:
 Namespace

Namespace this Cloud Resource is in

Excluded from Model Definitions

ExcludedItem:
 DefinitionContainment:
 Definition:
 ModelDefinition

Model Definitions this Cloud Resource has been excluded from

Included in Model Definitions

IncludedItem:
 DefinitionContainment:
 Definition:
 ModelDefinition

Model Definitions this Cloud Resource is included in

Cloud Service

RunningSoftware:
 HostedSoftware:
 Host:
 CloudService

Cloud Service on which this Cloud Resource is running

 

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