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Cloudaware CMDB

CMDB is the core Cloudaware module that provides a system of record for cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem infrastructure.

Cloudaware CMDB collects and reconciles data from sources such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, VMware, and supported third‑party integrations. The resulting configuration items (CIs), relationships, ownership metadata, and history provide shared context for cost management, security, compliance, monitoring, reporting, and automation workflows.

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  • Audience: Cloudaware administrators, cloud and platform teams, operations teams, security and compliance owners, FinOps teams, and SRE teams
  • Outcome: A shared CMDB-backed inventory and relationship model that Cloudaware modules and downstream tools can use consistently

Use Cloudaware CMDB when you need to:

  • Build a unified inventory across accounts, regions, providers, and environments.
  • Understand dependencies between infrastructure, applications, services, and owners.
  • Identify and close gaps in monitoring, backup, vulnerability scanning, patching, or other operational coverage.
  • Enforce ownership and tagging standards across applications and business units.
  • Track configuration changes and lifecycle events.
  • Query, report on, and export infrastructure data.
  • Provide asset and change evidence for operational reviews and audits.

Core Capabilities​

Cloudaware CMDB provides:

  • Continuous multi‑source discovery – inventory and configuration data from cloud providers, Kubernetes, VMware, on‑prem systems, and third‑party tools consolidated into a single source of truth.
  • Normalized objects and relationships – provider-specific resources represented as configuration items (CIs), with dependencies modeled for topology and impact analysis.
  • Change tracking and history – configuration changes and key events recorded over time for drift detection, troubleshooting, and audit trails.
  • Rich querying and reporting – Navigator, list views, reports, and dashboards for analyzing CMDB data by owner, environment, application, risk, and cost.
  • Tagging and ownership governance – tags, CaTags, Tag Analyzer, and Virtual Applications used to maintain consistent scopes across modules and organizational structures.
  • Extensibility and enrichment – custom objects, calculated attributes, and enrichment rules for aligning CMDB with business concepts and external data sources.

How Cloudaware CMDB Works​

Cloudaware CMDB ingests inventory and configuration data from connected sources and maps it into a shared data model. The CMDB:

  1. Discovers resources. Cloud providers, agents, infrastructure platforms, and third-party integrations supply inventory and configuration data.
  2. Normalizes objects. Provider-specific resources such as instances, databases, networks, storage, load balancers, and applications are represented as CMDB objects.
  3. Builds relationships. Connections between CIs are modeled to support dependency analysis, topology views, and change impact assessment.
  4. Adds organizational context. Tags, ownership, environments, applications, accounts, regions, and business metadata help teams scope and interpret resources.
  5. Tracks changes. History and event data record selected configuration and lifecycle changes over time.
  6. Makes data available for use. Users and Cloudaware modules access CMDB data through list views, Navigator, reports, dashboards, APIs, exports, automation, and module-specific workflows.

Relationship to Other Modules​

Other Cloudaware modules build on CMDB as their inventory and context layer:

Treat CMDB as the shared source of truth for assets and relationships, and use its scopes consistently across modules.

Explore the CMDB Documentation​

Use these guides together as the Cloudaware CMDB documentation set.

Establish the CMDB​

  1. Review requirements. Confirm prerequisites for integrations, permissions, network connectivity, tagging, expected scale, and operations.

  2. Configure ingestion. Connect cloud providers, Breeze Agent, and other data sources.

  3. Understand the data model. Review CMDB objects, attributes, relationships, and modeling concepts.

Explore and Use CMDB Data​

  • UI & Navigation: Browse objects, use CMDB Navigator, work with list views, search, tabs, and CI detail pages.
  • Queries & Reporting: Create searches, filters, saved views, reports, dashboards, exports, and KPIs.
  • Reference: Review schema reference and supported Virtual Application-attachable objects.

Adapt CMDB to Your Organization​

  • Customization: Create custom objects, calculated attributes, and enrichment rules.
  • Operations: Manage access, performance, data quality, lifecycle processes, tagging, and governance.
  • Change Tracking: Configure and review CMDB history, events, and change notifications.

Apply CMDB Workflows​

  • Playbooks: Follow practical workflows for inventory baselines, metadata completeness, coverage analysis, and change impact.
  • FAQ: Review common questions about CMDB scope, refresh frequency, relationships, exports, and extensibility.