External Resource Types

Last updated on 08 August, 2022

External Resource Types (ERTs) are properties set on devices, instances, and services (collectively referred to as resources on the LogicMonitor platform) that allow resources to be recognized for inclusion in topology maps.

The following table provides you with the list of ERTs used for creating Topology maps:

Basic

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
Device
Instance
Interface
Endpoint
Member

Network

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
Firewall
Router
Switch
Virtual Switch
NIC
Virtual NIC
Load Balancer Collector

Services

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
Service Member
Services
Go
Jaeger
JAVA
NodeJS
Python
Ruby

Machines

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
Hypervisor
Physical Machine
Virtual Machines
Hypervisor Cluster
Windows Machine
Ubuntu Machine

Storage

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
Storage
Disk
Virtual Disk
Data Store
Virtual Data Store
Storage Volume
Storage LUN
Storage Aggregate
Storage Initiator

Cloud

AWS

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
AWSEC3
AWS Elastic Block Storage
AWS Elastic BeanStalk
AWS Elastic Load Balancer
AWSS3
AWS Virtual NIC
AWS MSK Cluster
AWS NAT Gateway
AWS Network ELB
AWS Opsworks
AWS RDS
AWS Redshift
AWS Route 53
AWS SageMaker
AWS SES
AWS SNS
AWS SQS
AWS Step Functions
AWS SWF Activity Type
AWS SWF Workflow Type
AWS Transit Gateway
AWS Virtual NIC
AWS VPN
AWS Workspace
AWS WorkSpace Directory

Azure

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
Azure Recovery Services
Azure Analysis Services
Azure API Management
Azure Application Gateway
Azure Applications Insights
Azure App Service Management
Azure App Service Plan
Azure App Services
Azure Automatic Counts
Azure Batch Account
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Cognitive Search
Azure Cognitive Services
Azure Cosmos DB
Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Lake Analytics
Azure Event Grid
Azure Event Hub
Azure Express Route Circuit
Azure File Storage
Azure Firewall
Azure Front Doors
Azure Function
Azure HDInsight
Azure Iot Hub
Azure Logic Apps
Azure Maria DB
Azure ML Workspace
Azure MySQL
Azure Network Interface
Azure Notification Hubs
Azure PostgreSQL
Azure Public IP
Azure Queue Storage
Azure Redis Cache
Azure Relay Namespaces
Azure Service Bus
Azure Service Fabric Mesh
Azure Singular
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Elastic Pool
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure Storage Account
Azure Stream Analytics
Azure Traffic Manager
Azure Virtual Desktop
Azure Virtual Machine
Azure Machine Scale Set
Azure Virtual Network Gateway

GCP

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
GCP APP Engine
GCP Cloud AI Platform
GCP Cloud APIs
GCP Cloud Big Table
GCP Cloud Composer
GCP Cloud Data Flow
GCP Cloud Data Proc
GCP Cloud DLP
GCP Cloud DNS
GCP Cloud File Store
GCP Cloud Firestone
GCP Cloud Function
GCP Cloud Interonnect
GCP Cloud Iot
GCP Cloud Pub/Sub
GCP Cloud Redis
GCP Cloud Router
GCP Cloud Run
GCP Cloud Spanner
GCP Cloud SQL
GCP Cloud Storage
GCP Cloud Task
GCP Cloud TPU
GCP Cloud Trace
GCP Cloud Compute Engine Auto Scaler
GCP HTTPS Load Balancer
GCP Managed Service for Microsoft
GCP VPN Gateway

Kubernetes

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
Kubernetes Machine
Kubernetes Node
Kubernetes Container
KAFKA
Kubernetes Rabbitmq
Kubernetes Pod

Misc

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
Cluster
Database
Web
API
Group
JVM
HA Proxy
NGINX

Unknown

Map IconsExternal Resource Types
Unknown Device
Unmonitored Device

Status

Map IconsStatus
Unpinned
Unpinned Selected
Unpinned Critical
Unpinned Error
Unpinned Warning
Unpinned Dead
Pinned
Pinned Selected
Pinned Critical
Pinned Error
Pinned Warning
Pinned Dead

Example

When you hover over the resources in the Topology Map, you can see the ERTs mentioned in the parentheses.

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