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Prerequisites for Discovery connection
Before creating a Discovery connection in SolarWinds Service Desk (SWSD):
- Review Best practices.
- Confirm you have a scanner up and running in your local environment, scanning data and collecting information from your local network.
- After you decide you would like to expand the data collected to include information stored on Entra Cloud, you must create a dedicated user including credentials via the Azure console at: azure.microsoft.com.
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Setup > Discovery & Assets > Connections.
Azure Cloud Configuration
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Navigate to Setup > Discovery & Assets > Connections.
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From the All Connections index page, click the Add
icon and select Azure Cloud from the dropdown. -
In the Azure Cloud Discovery dialog, follow the instructions provided.
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Use the guidance below to provide information required to configure your connection.
Field Description Cloud identification - Subscription ID
- Tenant ID (found in the Azure portal under Azure Active Directory)
Authentication credentials - Client ID (Azure Portal > Azure Active Directory> App Registration > Add New Registration)
- Client Secret (Inside the app registration added > Certificates and Secrets > Create new client secret)
Permissions required Reader permissions (Add Inside specific subscription > Access Control (IAM) > Role Assignments > Add Role Assignment > Reader) -
Click Create on the top right of the screen to save the connection.
Secure connection
After you have established a secure connection between the selected scanner and Azure Cloud, you can retrieve the following information.
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| Field | Example |
| Instance ID (VM ID) | eb982846-4594-4a66-afe5-dfb49f66 |
| Name | Win10-API-1 |
| User (Admin Username) | Discovery |
| Operating System (OS) | windows/linux |
| Cloud Details | |
|---|---|
| Field | Example |
| Location | (US) East US |
| VM Size | Standard_B1ls |
| Memory and CPU | |
|---|---|
| Field | Example |
| Memory | 0.5 GB |
| Number of CPUs | 1 |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Field | Example (from cloud) |
| Name | CentOS-API-1_DataDisk_0 |
| Size | 1024 GB |
| Type | Microsoft.Compute/disks |
More information about Discovery connections
See Connections for information about:
- Scanned ports and a list of the default ports scanned via Nmap
- How to run an on-demand scan
- How to pull a Last Scan Report
- What data is pulled during Discovery through connections
- Pulling fields from a mobile device via Intune
- Obtaining management data from remote computers via WMI