Class: AWS.Discovery
- Inherits:
-
AWS.Service
- Object
- AWS.Service
- AWS.Discovery
- Identifier:
- discovery
- API Version:
- 2015-11-01
- Defined in:
- (unknown)
Overview
Constructs a service interface object. Each API operation is exposed as a function on service.
Service Description
AWS Application Discovery Service helps you plan application migration projects by automatically identifying servers, virtual machines (VMs), software, and software dependencies running in your on-premises data centers. Application Discovery Service also collects application performance data, which can help you assess the outcome of your migration. The data collected by Application Discovery Service is securely retained in an AWS-hosted and managed database in the cloud. You can export the data as a CSV or XML file into your preferred visualization tool or cloud-migration solution to plan your migration. For more information, see AWS Application Discovery Service FAQ.
Application Discovery Service offers two modes of operation:
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Agentless discovery mode is recommended for environments that use VMware vCenter Server. This mode doesn't require you to install an agent on each host. Agentless discovery gathers server information regardless of the operating systems, which minimizes the time required for initial on-premises infrastructure assessment. Agentless discovery doesn't collect information about software and software dependencies. It also doesn't work in non-VMware environments.
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Agent-based discovery mode collects a richer set of data than agentless discovery by using the AWS Application Discovery Agent, which you install on one or more hosts in your data center. The agent captures infrastructure and application information, including an inventory of installed software applications, system and process performance, resource utilization, and network dependencies between workloads. The information collected by agents is secured at rest and in transit to the Application Discovery Service database in the cloud.
We recommend that you use agent-based discovery for non-VMware environments and to collect information about software and software dependencies. You can also run agent-based and agentless discovery simultaneously. Use agentless discovery to quickly complete the initial infrastructure assessment and then install agents on select hosts.
Application Discovery Service integrates with application discovery solutions from AWS Partner Network (APN) partners. Third-party application discovery tools can query Application Discovery Service and write to the Application Discovery Service database using a public API. You can then import the data into either a visualization tool or cloud-migration solution.
Application Discovery Service doesn't gather sensitive information. All data is handled according to the AWS Privacy Policy. You can operate Application Discovery Service offline to inspect collected data before it is shared with the service.
This API reference provides descriptions, syntax, and usage examples for each of the actions and data types for Application Discovery Service. The topic for each action shows the API request parameters and the response. Alternatively, you can use one of the AWS SDKs to access an API that is tailored to the programming language or platform that you're using. For more information, see AWS SDKs.
This guide is intended for use with the AWS Application Discovery Service User Guide .
Sending a Request Using Discovery
var discovery = new AWS.Discovery();
discovery.associateConfigurationItemsToApplication(params, function (err, data) {
if (err) console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
else console.log(data); // successful response
});
Locking the API Version
In order to ensure that the Discovery object uses this specific API, you can
construct the object by passing the apiVersion
option to the constructor:
var discovery = new AWS.Discovery({apiVersion: '2015-11-01'});
You can also set the API version globally in AWS.config.apiVersions
using
the discovery service identifier:
AWS.config.apiVersions = {
discovery: '2015-11-01',
// other service API versions
};
var discovery = new AWS.Discovery();
Constructor Summary
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new AWS.Discovery(options = {}) ⇒ Object
constructor
Constructs a service object.
Property Summary
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endpoint ⇒ AWS.Endpoint
readwrite
An Endpoint object representing the endpoint URL for service requests.
Properties inherited from AWS.Service
Method Summary
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associateConfigurationItemsToApplication(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Associates one or more configuration items with an application.
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batchDeleteImportData(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Deletes one or more import tasks, each identified by their import ID.
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createApplication(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Creates an application with the given name and description.
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createTags(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Creates one or more tags for configuration items.
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deleteApplications(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Deletes a list of applications and their associations with configuration items.
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deleteTags(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Deletes the association between configuration items and one or more tags.
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describeAgents(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Lists agents or connectors as specified by ID or other filters.
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describeConfigurations(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves attributes for a list of configuration item IDs.
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describeContinuousExports(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Lists exports as specified by ID.
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describeExportConfigurations(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
DescribeExportConfigurations is deprecated.
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describeExportTasks(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieve status of one or more export tasks.
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describeImportTasks(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Returns an array of import tasks for your account, including status information, times, IDs, the Amazon S3 Object URL for the import file, and more.
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describeTags(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves a list of configuration items that have tags as specified by the key-value pairs, name and value, passed to the optional parameter filters.
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disassociateConfigurationItemsFromApplication(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Disassociates one or more configuration items from an application.
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exportConfigurations(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Deprecated.
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getDiscoverySummary(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves a short summary of discovered assets.
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listConfigurations(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves a list of configuration items as specified by the value passed to the required paramater configurationType.
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listServerNeighbors(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves a list of servers that are one network hop away from a specified server.
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startContinuousExport(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Start the continuous flow of agent's discovered data into Amazon Athena.
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startDataCollectionByAgentIds(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Instructs the specified agents or connectors to start collecting data.
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startExportTask(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Begins the export of discovered data to an S3 bucket.
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startImportTask(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Starts an import task, which allows you to import details of your on-premises environment directly into AWS without having to use the Application Discovery Service (ADS) tools such as the Discovery Connector or Discovery Agent.
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stopContinuousExport(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Stop the continuous flow of agent's discovered data into Amazon Athena.
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stopDataCollectionByAgentIds(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Instructs the specified agents or connectors to stop collecting data.
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updateApplication(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Updates metadata about an application.
Methods inherited from AWS.Service
makeRequest, makeUnauthenticatedRequest, waitFor, setupRequestListeners, defineService
Constructor Details
Property Details
Method Details
associateConfigurationItemsToApplication(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Associates one or more configuration items with an application.
batchDeleteImportData(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Deletes one or more import tasks, each identified by their import ID. Each import task has a number of records that can identify servers or applications.
AWS Application Discovery Service has built-in matching logic that will identify when discovered servers match existing entries that you've previously discovered, the information for the already-existing discovered server is updated. When you delete an import task that contains records that were used to match, the information in those matched records that comes from the deleted records will also be deleted.
createApplication(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Creates an application with the given name and description.
createTags(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Creates one or more tags for configuration items. Tags are metadata that help you categorize IT assets. This API accepts a list of multiple configuration items.
deleteApplications(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Deletes a list of applications and their associations with configuration items.
deleteTags(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Deletes the association between configuration items and one or more tags. This API accepts a list of multiple configuration items.
describeAgents(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Lists agents or connectors as specified by ID or other filters. All agents/connectors associated with your user account can be listed if you call DescribeAgents
as is without passing any parameters.
describeConfigurations(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves attributes for a list of configuration item IDs.
- server
- application
- process
- connection
describeContinuousExports(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Lists exports as specified by ID. All continuous exports associated with your user account can be listed if you call DescribeContinuousExports
as is without passing any parameters.
describeExportConfigurations(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
DescribeExportConfigurations
is deprecated. Use DescribeImportTasks, instead.
describeExportTasks(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieve status of one or more export tasks. You can retrieve the status of up to 100 export tasks.
describeImportTasks(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Returns an array of import tasks for your account, including status information, times, IDs, the Amazon S3 Object URL for the import file, and more.
describeTags(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves a list of configuration items that have tags as specified by the key-value pairs, name and value, passed to the optional parameter filters
.
There are three valid tag filter names:
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tagKey
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tagValue
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configurationId
Also, all configuration items associated with your user account that have tags can be listed if you call DescribeTags
as is without passing any parameters.
disassociateConfigurationItemsFromApplication(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Disassociates one or more configuration items from an application.
exportConfigurations(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Deprecated. Use StartExportTask
instead.
Exports all discovered configuration data to an Amazon S3 bucket or an application that enables you to view and evaluate the data. Data includes tags and tag associations, processes, connections, servers, and system performance. This API returns an export ID that you can query using the DescribeExportConfigurations API. The system imposes a limit of two configuration exports in six hours.
getDiscoverySummary(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves a short summary of discovered assets.
This API operation takes no request parameters and is called as is at the command prompt as shown in the example.
listConfigurations(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves a list of configuration items as specified by the value passed to the required paramater configurationType
. Optional filtering may be applied to refine search results.
listServerNeighbors(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Retrieves a list of servers that are one network hop away from a specified server.
startContinuousExport(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Start the continuous flow of agent's discovered data into Amazon Athena.
startDataCollectionByAgentIds(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Instructs the specified agents or connectors to start collecting data.
startExportTask(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Begins the export of discovered data to an S3 bucket.
If you specify agentIds
in a filter, the task exports up to 72 hours of detailed data collected by the identified Application Discovery Agent, including network, process, and performance details. A time range for exported agent data may be set by using startTime
and endTime
. Export of detailed agent data is limited to five concurrently running exports.
If you do not include an agentIds
filter, summary data is exported that includes both AWS Agentless Discovery Connector data and summary data from AWS Discovery Agents. Export of summary data is limited to two exports per day.
startImportTask(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Starts an import task, which allows you to import details of your on-premises environment directly into AWS without having to use the Application Discovery Service (ADS) tools such as the Discovery Connector or Discovery Agent. This gives you the option to perform migration assessment and planning directly from your imported data, including the ability to group your devices as applications and track their migration status.
To start an import request, do this:
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Download the specially formatted comma separated value (CSV) import template, which you can find here: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/templates-7cffcf56-bd96-4b1c-b45b-a5b42f282e46/import_template.csv.
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Fill out the template with your server and application data.
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Upload your import file to an Amazon S3 bucket, and make a note of it's Object URL. Your import file must be in the CSV format.
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Use the console or the
StartImportTask
command with the AWS CLI or one of the AWS SDKs to import the records from your file.
For more information, including step-by-step procedures, see Migration Hub Import in the AWS Application Discovery Service User Guide.
stopContinuousExport(params = {}, callback) ⇒ AWS.Request
Stop the continuous flow of agent's discovered data into Amazon Athena.