Rule 2 - GCP CI-to-CI Relationships

Rule Synopsis

These are the rule/s that automatically determine and create the CI-to-CI relationships (dependencies) for each GCP Resource/CI Type.

Rule Details and Default

The default rule/s are described by the table below which show the default CI-to-CI Relationships per Resource/CI Type.

Resource/CI Types	Relationships
App Engine Applications	App Engine Application Hosted on Region App Engine Application Contains Service App Engine Application Uses Storage Bucket App Engine Application Contained by Project
Big Query Datasets	Big Query Dataset Hosted on Region Big Query Dataset Contains Big Query Model Big Query Dataset Contained by Project
Cloud SQL Database	Cloud SQL Database Hosted on Region Cloud SQL Database Contained by Consumer Network Cloud SQL Database Contained by Private Network Cloud SQL Database Contained by Project
Cloud Functions	Cloud Function Hosted on Region Cloud Function Provisioned From Storage Bucket Cloud Function Contained by Project
Networks	Network IP Connection Network (Peerings) Subnet Contained by Network Subnet Hosted on Region Network Contained by Project Subnet Contained by Project
Organizations	See other resource types for relationships to Organizations
Projects	See other resource types for relationships to Organizations
Redis	Redis Hosted on Region Redis Contained by Project
Regions	Region Contains Zone
Storage Buckets	Storage Bucket Hosted on Region Storage Bucket Contained by Project
VM Instances	VM Instance Contained by Zone VM Instance Hosted on Region VM Instance Contained by Network VM Instance Instantiates Computer^#1 VM Instance Contained by Project

^#1 Please read the Additional Information section for more information about this relationship.

Override Options

Context

Customers may be seeking more CI-to-CI relationships (dependencies) than those shown above.

Options

Additional Relationships can be added (if the source system offers additional ones).

Overriding via Connection Settings

N/A

Additional Information

Syncfish recommend the following FAQ article that explains the difference between Virtual Machine Instance objects/CIs and Virtual Machine objects/CIs.

The FAQ explains each object type, why the exist as separate objects, where they exist in the CMDB and how they relate to one another (i.e. the standard CI-to-CI Relationships or Dependencies created for these objects.

We suggest you read FAQ - Overview of Virtual Machine Instance objects and Virtual Machine objects and the associated CIs.

N/A

Support Model for Rule Overrides

Question: Can overrides be performed by customers without a Syncfish Extended Implementation and Support Plan?

Answer: No (a plan is needed - see below)

Question: Which Syncfish Extended Implementation and Support Plan is required to obtain overrides of this rule

Answer: Either a Silver Plan or Gold Plan