Data model for Microsoft Azure

This extension enriches iTop's CMDB by modelizing a set of objects commonly used within Microsoft Azure. Together with the Data collector for Azure, it enables administrators to automatically feed iTop with relevant and accurate Azure cloud computing information.

When installed on iTop, the extension creates a set of different classes that represent Azure objects. These classes are displayed in a field set of the Configuration Management / Overview menu where they can, then, be accessed in a standard way.

At this stage, no IP addresses have been documented within the different Azure classes.

The extension can only be installed on iTop 2.7.0 and above, including iTop 3, of course.

Use the Standard installation process for this extension. Note that it alters the “Overview” dashboard of the “Configuration Management” menu.

The extension brings configuration parameters that enable a direct access from an iTop Azure object to the detailed page of that object within Microsoft Azure environment where more information can be found.

Configuration

      'combodo-azure-datamodel' => array (
                'direct_access' => array (
                  'label' => 'Azure',
                  'url' => 'https://portal.azure.com/#@$azuretenant$/$azureid$/overview',
                  'icon' => 'fas fa-cloud-upload-alt',
                  'tooltip' => 'Lookup directly in Azure',
                ),
        ),

Parameter	Meaning	Default
label	Name of the action displayed in the “Other Actions” menu of objects	Azure
url	URL to access Azure details page for the object, based on the customer Tenant ID and the ID of the object within Azure	https://portal.azure.com/#@$azuretenant$/$azureid$/overview
icon	Font Awesome icon associated to the action label	fas fa-cloud-upload-alt, that appears as
tooltip	Tool tip associated to the action	Lookup directly in Azure

The link toward Microsoft described here above will appear in the “Other Actions” menu, as show here in the detailed screen of a Disk.

The Azure page will, of course, only open after appropriate credentials are given. It may look as follows:

This chapter lists and describes all Azure objects brought by the extension.

This class represents the organizational objects that can be defined within Microsoft Azure.

Azure Subscriptions are a logical unit of Azure services that are linked to an Azure account.

The “Discover objects” parameter enables the subscription to be discovered through the Data collector for Azure. When set to no, the collector will just ignore all objects from that belong to the subscription.

Locations defined in Azure are mapped to standard iTop location objects. For that purpose, the attribute “code” is added to the standard datamodel.

Azure Resource Groups are nothing but logical containers where Azure resources can be created and maintained.

An Azure App Service is an HTTP-based service for hosting web applications, REST APIs, and mobile back ends.

In Azure, a database server is a logical construct that acts as a central administrative point for a collection of databases.

Azure Database for MariaDB is a relational database service in the Microsoft cloud. It is based on the MariaDB community edition (available under the GPLv2 license) database engine.

Azure Database for MySQL is a relational database service in the Microsoft cloud based on the MySQL Community Edition (available under the GPLv2 license) database engine

Azure Database for PostgreSQL is a relational database service in the Microsoft cloud based on the PostgreSQL open source relational database.

Azure managed disks are block-level storage volumes that are managed by Azure and used with Azure Virtual Machines.

Azure Kubernetes Service is a managed container orchestration service based on the open source Kubernetes system, which is available on the Microsoft Azure public cloud.

Azure Load balancers evenly distribute load (incoming network traffic) across a group of backend resources or servers.

A Network Interface Card (NIC) is an interconnection between a Virtual Machine and the underlying software network.

An Azure storage account provides a unique namespace for your Azure Storage data. It contains all of your Azure Storage data objects, including blobs, file shares, queues, tables, and disks.

An Azure Virtual Machine (VM) is one of several types of on-demand, scalable computing resources that Azure offers.

Azure Virtual Network (VNet) is the fundamental building block for your private network in Azure. It enables many types of Azure resources, such as Azure VMs, to securely communicate with each other, the internet, and on-premises networks.

The virtual network data gateway helps you to connect from Microsoft Cloud services to your Azure data services within a VNet without the need of an on-premises data gateway. The VNet gateway securely communicates with the data source, executes queries, and transmits results back to the service.