Discovering and managing resources

The Resources dashboard provides a high-level summary view of your infrastructure, and consists of a number of dashboard cards to drill down from for detailed information about nodes, packages, and containers.

Remember: To discover resources running on each node, you must provide SSH or WinRM credentials. See Adding node credentials.

Discovering resources

Discover node resources running on your infrastructure source account. Add your node credentials and discover node attributes, the system services, the users and groups belonging to each node, along with packages, tags, and containers.

What resources can I discover?

Depending on the level of credentials you enter, this table lists the depth of resources that you can discover.

Sources and credentials Discovered resources
  • Infrastructure source.
  • Nodes, including node attributes.
  • Infrastructure source.
  • SSH or WinRM credentials.
  • Nodes, including node attributes.
  • Services
  • Users
  • Groups
  • Tags
  • Packages, including package attributes.
  • Container images, including container attributes.
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Puppet Enterprise source.
  • Nodes, including node attributes.
  • Tasks configured on the PE source.

Manually triggering a discovery scan

In addition to the scheduled scanning of resources, you can also manually trigger a rescan of all or selected resources. On the Manage Sources page, click Discover All to rescan all sources listed in the Sources table.

Alternatively, to trigger a rescan for an individual resource, click the discover data icon icon on the row assigned to it in the Sources table.

Canceling a discovery scan

On the Manage Sources page, click the cancel discovery icon icon on the row assigned to the resource whose ongoing discovery scan you want to stop.

Important: When you cancel the discovery run on the selected source, only the items discovered thus far on the aborted scan are retained. To keep the selected source in sync, you must trigger another discovery scan or remove and re-add the source again.

Deleting a resource

On the Manage Sources page, click the delete source icon icon on the row assigned to the resource you want to delete in the Sources table.

CAUTION: After you delete a resource by this method, it is not automatically rediscovered by the scheduled discovery. You must manually add it again. For information on how to add a resource, see Add sources.

Nodes

A number of nodes summary pages give you information about node instances across your entire infrastructure, and each page queries the data platform for specific attributes belonging to each node. For more information on nodes, see Node attributes.
Tip: Click a card to drill down and view the detailed list.
Node summary page Description
Nodes Click the Nodes dashboard card to see a list of on-premises and cloud nodes running on your infrastructure.
Packages The total number of packages installed on discovered hosts.
Inaccessible nodes The total number of discovered nodes running on your infrastructure that could not be accessed due to entering invalid credentials or due to configuration issues.
AWS nodes Click the AWS nodes dashboard card to see a list of EC2 instances running on your AWS account.
VMware nodes The total number of nodes running on your VMware vSphere account.
OpenStack nodes The total number of nodes running on your OpenStack account.
Microsoft Azure nodes The total number of nodes running on your Microsoft Azure account.
Google Cloud Platform nodes The total number of nodes running on your GCP account.
Nodes with Puppet The percentage and total number of discovered nodes with or without Puppet installed, as well as unknown hosts.
Uptime less than 24 hours The percentage and total number of nodes with an uptime with less than, or greater than, 24 hours.
Top operating systems The top six operating systems installed on discovered hosts.
Linux distributions The percentage and total number of Linux nodes categorized by the distribution installed.
Windows versions The percentage and total number of Windows nodes categorized by the version of Windows installed.
Top cloud instances by region The top six cloud instances categorized by region.
Top containers by image The top six container images used by running containers.

Packages

Click the Packages dashboard card to see a list of packages in use across your infrastructure by name, version, and manager, as well as the number of instances of each package. For more information about packages, see Package attributes.

Containers

Click the Containers, or the Top containers by image, dashboard card to see a list of container instances running on your infrastructure. For more information about containers, see Container attributes.

Viewing resource details

Puppet Remediate groups attributes associated with each discovered resource into a number of different facets to give you even more insights. A facet represents a set of related attributes, each one independently maintained, that describe a certain aspect of a discovered node.

Node attributes

Puppet Remediate considers each node as a network accessible resource, whether it's physical or virtual, and discovers attributes that define the host's state and properties.

Amazon Web Services

Discover EC2 instances running on your AWS account, including instance attributes, packages, and containers.

Attribute Facet::attribute Description
AMI Name aws_ec2Instance::name The name of the Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
Availability zone aws_ec2Instance::Placement_AvailabilityZone The availability zone of the instance.
Creation Date aws_ec2Instance::CreationDate The date and time the resource was created.
Description aws_ec2Instance::Description The description of the image.
Image type aws_ec2Instance::imageType The type of image:

  • machine

  • kernel

  • ramdisk
Instance type aws_ec2Instance::InstanceType The instance type.
Key name aws_ec2Instance::KeyName The name of the key pair.
Launch time aws_ec2Instance::LaunchTime The date and time the resource was launched.
Name host::name The name of the host.
Operating system computeHost::os The operating system running on the instance.
OS version computeHost::osVersion The version of the operating system running on the instance.
Owner ID aws_ec2Instance::OwnerId The account ID of the image owner.
Private DNS Name aws_ec2Instance::PrivateDnsName The private DNS name.
Private IP address aws_ec2Instance::PrivateIpAddress The private IP version 4 address.
Public DNS Name aws_ec2Instance::PublicDnsName Fully qualified public DNS hostname.
Public IP address aws_ec2Instance::PublicIpAddress The public IP version 4 address.
Region cloudResource::region The region where the instance exists.
Security groups aws_ec2Instance::SecurityGroups The security group associated with the instance.
State aws_ec2Instance::Monitoring_State Indicates whether monitoring is enabled:

  • disabled

  • disabling

  • enabled

  • pending
Status cloudResource_status The current status of the instance.
State transition reason aws_ec2Instance::StateTransitionReason Describes the state change.
Subnet ID aws_ec2Instance::SubnetId The ID of the subnet.
Tags tags::name

tags::value

 The tag assigned to the AWS resource.
Uptime computeHost::uptime The uptime for the instance, in seconds.
VM Image vm::image The image identification number.
VM key name vm::keyName The unique identifier for the file in storage.
VM virtualization type vm::virtualizationType The virtualization type:

  • pv

  • hvm
VPC ID aws_ec2Instance::VpcId The identification for the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).

Microsoft Azure

Discover compute instances running on your Azure account, including instance attributes, packages, and containers.

Attribute Facet::attribute Description
Created at azure_computeInstance::Created The date and time the resource was created.
Data disks azure_computeInstance::DataDisks The parameters used to add the data disk to the virtual machine.
ID azure_computeInstance::ID The resource ID.
Image azure_computeInstance::Image The virtual machine image.
Instance type azure_computeInstance::InstanceType The type of instance.
IP address host::privateIPv4 The private IP version 4 address.
Key name azure_computeInstance::KeyName The keypair name.
Last scan The Last scan of the host represented by the data platform timestamp in UTC.
Location azure_computeInstance::Location The location of the resource.
MAC address azure_computeInstance::MacAddress The MAC address assigned to the resource.
Name host::name The name of the host.
Operating system computeHost::os The operating system running on the host.
OS disk azure_computeInstance::OSDisk The name of the operating system used by the virtual machine.
OS version computeHost::osVersion The version of the operating system running on the host.
Puppet version computeHost::puppetVersion The version of Puppet installed.
Resource group azure_computeInstance::ResourceGroup The name of the resource group.
Size azure_computeInstance::VMSize The size type of the virtual machine.
Status azure_computeInstance::Status The status of the virtual machine.
Subscription ID azure_computeInstance::SubscriptionID The subscription ID.
Tags azure_computeInstance::Tags A list of tags relevant to the content of the image.
Uptime computeHost::Uptime The uptime for the host, in seconds.

OpenStack

Discover hosts running on your OpenStack account, including host attributes, packages, and containers.

Attribute Facet::attribute Description
Server ID os_compute::ServerID The UUID of the server.
Name host::hostname
IP address host::privateIPv4 The private IP version 4 address.
Operating system computeHost::os The operating system running on the host.
OS version computeHost::osVersion The version of the operating system running on the host.
Uptime computeHost::uptime The uptime for the host, in seconds.
Last scan The Last scan of the host represented by the data platform timestamp in UTC.
Puppet version computeHost::puppetVersion The version of Puppet installed.
Created on os_compute::ServerCreated The date and time the resource was created.
Server Name os_compute::ServerName The server name.
Flavor os_compute::FlavorName The display name of the flavor.
Image name os_compute::ImageName The display name of the image.
Status os_compute::ServerStatus The current server state.
Security groups os_compute::security_groups The security group names.
VCPUs os_compute::vcpus The number of virtual CPUs in use.
RAM (MB) os_compute::ram The RAM (MB) on the virtual machine.
Disk (GB) os_compute::disk The disk size (GB) on the virtual machine.
Key name os_compute::key_name The keypair name.
IP addresses os_compute::ServerAddresses The IP addresses assigned to the virtual machine.
Metadata os_compute::ServerMetadata Custom server metadata at server launch time.

Google Cloud Platform

Discover compute engine instances running on your GCP account, including instance attributes, packages, and containers.

Attribute Description
createTime The date and time the resource was created.
hostname The name of the host.
id The ID of the instance.
image The image identification number used by your cloud source.
name The resource name.
os The operating system running on the host.
osKernel The type of kernel running in the operating system: Linux or Windows.
osVersion The version of the operating system running on the host.
preemptible Indicates whether it is an instance that can be temporarily interrupted: true or false.
privateIPv4 The private IP version 4 address.
provider The name of the cloud provider: Google Cloud Platform.
publicIPv4 The IP version 4 address.
puppetInstalled The indicator on whether Puppet is installed.
puppetVersion The version of Puppet installed.
region The region where the host exists.
status The current status of the host.
tags The tags, containing metadata, assigned to the instance.
uptime The uptime for the host, in seconds.

VMware vSphere

Discover ESXi nodes running on your VMware vSphere account, including node attributes, packages, and containers.

Field Facet::attribute Description
Annotation vmware_computeInstance::Config_Annotation Description for the virtual machine.
Disk vmware_computeInstance::Disk Guest information about disks; used space and total space available.
Fault tolerance state vmware_computeInstance::Runtime_FaultToleranceState Defines a set of states for a fault tolerant virtual machine:

  • disabled

  • enabled

  • needSecondary

  • notConfigured

  • running

  • starting
Guest full name vmware_computeInstance::GuestFullName The full name of the guest operating system for the virtual machine.
Guest hostname vmware_computeInstance::HostName The FDQN of the guest host.
Guest heartbeat status vmware_computeInstance::QuickStats The current status of the guest operating system:

  • gray - VMware tools not installed or running.

  • red - No heartbeat.

  • yellow - Intermittent heartbeat.

  • green - Guest operating system responding normally.
Guest state vmware_computeInstance::GuestState Operation mode of the guest operating system:

  • running

  • shuttingdown

  • resetting

  • standby

  • notrunning

  • unknown
ID vmware_computeInstance::ID The guest operating system identifier.
IP address host::privateIPv4 The private IP version 4 address.
IP stack vmware_computeInstance::IpStack Guest information about the IP networking stack:

  • DomainName

  • IpAddress
Last scan The last scan of the host represented by the data platform timestamp in UTC.
Max memory usage (MB) vmware_computeInstance::Runtime_MaxMemoryUsage The maximum memory usage based on the memory configuration of the virtual machine, as well as limits configured on the virtual machine, or any parent resource pool.
Memory size (MB) vmware_computeInstance::Config_MemorySizeMB The memory size of the virtual machine, in megabytes.
Name host::name The name of the host.
Net vmware_computeInstance::Net Guest information about network adapters:

  • Network

  • MacAddress

  • IpAddress
Number of CPU's vmware_computeInstance::Config_NumCpu The number of processors in the virtual machine.
Number of virtual disks vmware_computeInstance::Config_NumVirtualDisks The number of virtual disks attached to the virtual machine.
Operating system computeHost::os The operating system running on the host.
OS version computeHost::osVersion The version of the operating system running on the host.
Overall status vmware_computeInstance::OverallStatus The overall alarm status on this host.
Power state vmware_computeInstance::Runtime_PowerState Defines a set of states for a virtual machine:

  • poweredOff

  • poweredOn

  • suspended
Tools running status vmware_computeInstance::ToolsRunningStatus The current running status of VMware tools in the guest operating system.
Tools version vmware_computeInstance::ToolsVersion The VMware tools version.
Uptime computeHost::uptime The uptime for the instance, in seconds.

Network nodes

Discover nodes running on your network, including node attributes, packages, and containers.

Attribute Description
dnsName The private DNS name.
hostname The name of the host.
name The resource name.
os The operating system running on the host.
osKernel The type of kernel running in the operating system: Linux or Windows.
osVersion The version of the operating system running on the host.
privateIPv4 The private IP version 4 address.
privateIPv6 The private IP version 6 address.
publicDnsName Fully qualified public DNS hostname.
publicIPv4 The IP version 4 address.
puppetInstalled The indicator on whether Puppet is installed.
puppetVersion The version of Puppet installed.
uptime The uptime for the host, in seconds.

Package attributes

Discover various types of information about a package instance, its attributes, along with a list of hosts and containers it's installed on.

Discover attributes that describe the characteristics of the package. The UI queries the data platform to discover the name, version, and packageManager attributes.

Attribute Description
name The package name.
version The package version.
packageManager The name of the package manager:

  • apk

  • Chocolatey

  • dpkg

  • rpm

  • msi

Container attributes

Discover various types of information about a container image, its attributes, packages in use, and its label information.

Discover attributes that describe the characteristics of the container. The UI queries the data platform for the discovered container facet.

Attribute Description
name The container name for processes running inside the container.
dockerAPIVersion The version of the Docker Engine API.
dockerMinAPIVersion The minimum version of the Docker Engine API.
dockerVersion The version of Docker.
id The Docker container ID for processes running inside the container.
imageName The Docker image name for processes running inside the container.
Discover the container label names and values:

  • Label - the label name, derived from the name attribute.

  • Value - the label value, derived from the value attribute.