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This page describes how Terraform-provisioned Azure resources are mapped to the classes within the ServiceNow CMDB.

Mapping of Terraform resources to CMDB CI Classes

Azure resource	Terraform resource name	ServiceNow CMDB CI Class	ServiceNow CMDB Category Name
Azure account	N/A	`cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account`	Cloud Service Account
Azure region	N/A	`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`	Azure Datacenter
Resource Group	`azurerm_resource_group`	`cmdb_ci_resource_group`	Resource Group
Windows VM	`azurerm_windows_virtual_machine`	`cmdb_ci_vm_instance`	Virtual Machine Instance
Linux VM	`azurerm_linux_virtual_machine`	`cmdb_ci_vm_instance`	Virtual Machine Instance
AKS Cluster	`azurerm_kubernetes_cluster`	`cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster`	Kubernetes Cluster
Storage Container	`azurerm_storage_container`	`cmdb_ci_cloud_storage_account`	Cloud Storage Account
MariaDB Database	`azurerm_mariadb_server`	`cmdb_ci_cloud_database`	Cloud DataBase
MS SQL Database	`azurerm_mssql_server`	`cmdb_ci_cloud_database`	Cloud DataBase
MySQL Database	`azurerm_mysql_server`	`cmdb_ci_cloud_database`	Cloud DataBase
PostgreSQL Database	`azurerm_postgresql_server`	`cmdb_ci_cloud_database`	Cloud DataBase
Network security group	`azurerm_network_security_group`	`cmdb_ci_compute_security_group`	Compute Security Group
Linux Function App	`azurerm_linux_function_app`	`cmdb_ci_cloud_function`	Cloud Function
Windows Function App	`azurerm_windows_function_app`	`cmdb_ci_cloud_function`	Cloud Function
Virtual Network	`azurerm_virtual_network`	`cmdb_ci_network`	Cloud Network
Tags	N/A	`cmdb_key_value`	Key Value

Resource relationships

Child CI Class	Relationship type	Parent CI Class
Azure Datacenter 1 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)	Hosted On::Hosts	Cloud Service Account 2 (`cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account`)
Azure Datacenter 2 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)	Hosted On::Hosts	Cloud Service Account 3 (`cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account`)
Azure Datacenter 1 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)	Contains::Contained by	Resource Group 1 (`cmdb_ci_resource_group`)
Cloud Storage Account 1 (`cmdb_ci_cloud_storage_account`)	Hosted On::Hosts	Azure Datacenter 2 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)
Virtual Machine Instance 2 (`cmdb_ci_vm_instance`)	Hosted On::Hosts	Azure Datacenter 1 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)
Virtual Machine Instance 2 (`cmdb_ci_vm_instance`)	Reference	Key Value 14 (`cmdb_key_value`)
Virtual Machine Instance 3 (`cmdb_ci_vm_instance`)	Hosted On::Hosts	Azure Datacenter 1 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)
Virtual Machine Instance 3 (`cmdb_ci_vm_instance`)	Reference	Key Value 15 (`cmdb_key_value`)
Kubernetes Cluster 2 (`cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster`)	Hosted On::Hosts	Azure Datacenter 1 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)
Kubernetes Cluster 2 (`cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster`)	Reference	Key Value 16 (`cmdb_key_value`)
Cloud DataBase 2 (`cmdb_ci_cloud_database` )	Hosted On::Hosts	Azure Datacenter 1 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)
Cloud DataBase 2 (`cmdb_ci_cloud_database` )	Reference	Key Value 9 (`cmdb_key_value`)
Compute Security Group 2 (`cmdb_ci_compute_security_group`)	Hosted On::Hosts	Azure Datacenter 1 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)
Compute Security Group 2 (`cmdb_ci_compute_security_group`)	Reference	Key Value 17 (`cmdb_key_value`)
Cloud Function 2 (`cmdb_ci_cloud_function`)	Hosted On::Hosts	Azure Datacenter 1 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)
Cloud Function 2 (`cmdb_ci_cloud_function`)	Reference	Key Value 19 (`cmdb_key_value`)
Cloud Network 2 (`cmdb_ci_network`)	Hosted On::Hosts	Azure Datacenter 1 (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)
Cloud Network 2 (`cmdb_ci_network`)	Reference	Key Value 20 (`cmdb_key_value`)

Field attributes mapping

Cloud Service Account (`cmdb_ci_cloud_service_account`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	Subscription ID extracted from `id`
Account Id	Subscription ID extracted from `id`
Datacenter Type	Defaults to `azure`
Object ID	Subscription ID extracted from `id`
Name	Subscription ID extracted from `id`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")

Azure Datacenter (`cmdb_ci_azure_datacenter`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	Concatenation of `location` and Subscription ID
Object Id	`location`
Region	`location`
Name	`location`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")

Virtual Machine Instance (`cmdb_ci_vm_instance`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	`id`
Object Id	`id`
Name	`name`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")

Cloud Storage Account (`cmdb_ci_cloud_storage_account`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	`resource_manager_id`
Object Id	`resource_manager_id`
Fully qualified domain name	`id`
Blob Service	`storage_account_name`
Name	`name`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")

Resource Group (`cmdb_ci_resource_group`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	`id`
Object Id	`id`
Name	`name`
Location	`location`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")

Kubernetes Cluster (`cmdb_ci_kubernetes_cluster`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	`id`
IP Address	`fqdn`
Port	Defaults to "6443"
Name	`name`
Location	`location`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")

Cloud DataBase (`cmdb_ci_cloud_database`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	`id`
Object Id	`id`
Version	`engine_version`
Fully qualified domain name	`fqdn`
Name	`name`
Vendor	Defaults to `azure`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")

Compute Security Group (`cmdb_ci_compute_security_group`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	`id`
Object Id	`id`
Name	`name`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")

Cloud Function (`cmdb_ci_cloud_function`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	`id`
Object Id	`id`
Name	`name`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")

Cloud Network (`cmdb_ci_network`)

CMDB field	Terraform state field
Source Native Key	`id`
Object Id	`id`
Name	`name`
Operational Status	Defaults to "1" ("Operational")