Exploring the Inventory

The Inventory displays all of your assets with detailed information.

Filtering the Inventory

To view detailed information about your assets, use the filters and tables below:

Inventory filter

FilterDescription

Data Source

Integrated service provider

Location

Region (AWS), Namespace (K8s)

Asset Type

Type of service or object provided

Tags

Label created in your cloud provider

Owner

  • AWS CloudTrail shows Event Owner, Event Name and Event Date

  • Cloud providers using Terraform show Code Owner and Commit Date (if your Git is integrated)

IaC Type

Type of IaC tool

Creation Year

Year the asset was created

Policies that improve the configuration of your assets to increase performance, usefulness, and security

Assets that are excluded from the Inventory according to custom or built-in rules

Deleted Assets

Assets that no longer exist as resources in your cloud. When selected in the filter, the table shows only those assets

Asset category

ButtonDescription

Assets

View assets without categorization

Types

View assets categorized by group

Live

View active assets

Deleted

View deleted assets

Asset flags

The asset flags filter (located in the upper right corner) highlights specific characteristics or properties of your asset. Categorize your assets according to the following pre-defined flags:

ButtonDescription

Misconfiguration, Reliability, and Optimization

Asset History

Compare different revisions of your asset and view detailed revision information

Comments

Add, edit, or delete comments about your asset

Git

List of assets in which the Terraform code is in an integrated Git and the code trace feature is available

Inventory table

Table columnDescription

Data Source

  • Integrated service provider

  • To view Child Assets, select the Plus icon on the left side of the asset. The number next to the asset indicates how many children the asset contains

Type

Type of service or object provided

Name

Name the provider gives to the asset

How the actual asset compares to the IaC state file of the asset

Location

Region (AWS), Namespace (K8s)

Properties

Characteristics of the asset as currently configured

Owner

  • AWS CloudTrail shows Event Owner, Event Name and Event Date

  • Cloud providers using Terraform show Code Owner and Commit Date

Created On

When the asset was created

Flags

Asset properties identified by Firefly

Additional asset actions

  • To codify (generate IaC) one or multiple assets, select the desired asset(s) and select Codify.

  • To remove the asset code (delete the IaC stack) of managed assets, select the desired assets and select the trash icon.

  • To delete unmanaged assets, select the desired unmanaged assets, and select the trash icon.

Viewing asset details

To open the asset window, select the row of the asset.

TabDescription

Information

  • Info: Summarized information about your asset

  • IaC Stacks: Type and name of IaC tool Select the link to open the IaC Explorer

  • Git: Integrated VCS

Configuration

View the IaC stack of your asset

Asset History

  • Compare different revisions of your asset and view detailed revision information

  • To rollback to a previous revision, select Codify Revision

Event Viewer

  • Displays AWS CloudTrail events with the option to search for specific events

  • Select the plus sign to view the request-response of each event

  • Each graph bar displays the top three events according to the selected time point

Code Trace (only for Terraform)

Displays the modules and submodules used to create your asset

Comments

Add, edit, or delete comments about your asset

Buttons

IconDescription

Delete

Delete assets

Jira

Create a new Jira issue

Jump to Code

If your Git is integrated with Firefly, this link opens your repository to the IaC file implementation

Jump to Console

Opens the AWS console to view your resource

Searching the Inventory

To do a full text search on all your assets and their configurations, use the Search bar. For example, you can search for an IP address such as 0.0.0.0/0 and see if you have any matching assets, such as Security Groups (can be used in conjunction with the other filters).

Saving custom views

Create and save custom views for easy access. You can also save as default and share with colleagues.

Procedure

  1. Using the Inventory filter, select the assets you want to see in the table.

  2. Select Save Current View.

  3. Enter a descriptive name in the box.

    • Optional: set as Default view.

  4. Select Save view.

  5. To see your custom views, select Views.

Exporting search results

After filtering the Inventory, you can export up to 10,000 results.

Procedure

2. Select the file type: CSV or JSON > Export.

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