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Managing Items in CAS

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Overview

When items are created or imported into the itopia Cloud Automation Stack (CAS), CAS retains a "management" reference of the item. Depending on the item type, the references contains a minimal set of attributes to allow CAS to unique identify the object in Google Cloud or the Active Directory instance and allow management tasks to be performed against the item. The table below provides a sample of the attributes retained by CAS for common item types.

CAS Item Type Attributes
VM Instance
  • Google Cloud unique identifier
  • Name
  • Description
  • Instance type
  • GCP region and zone
  • Private IP
  • Public IP
  • Labels
User
  • AD GUID (objectGuid)
  • Display name (displayName)
  • First name (givenName)
  • Last name (sn)
  • Email address (email)
  • Phone number (telephoneNumber)
  • User principal name (userPrincipalName)
  • Department (department)
Security Group
  • AD GUID (objectGuid)
  • Display name (displayName)
  • Members (member)
VM Snapshot
  • Google Cloud unique identifier
Images
  • Google Cloud unique identifier
  • Name
  • Base operating system
  • Image family
  • Image disk size
  • Description
  • Associated VM instance (if the image is not finalized)

Certain items exist only in CAS, such as Server Uptime Schedules and Snapshot Plans. Other items are not stored in CAS, such as VPN tunnels or Network Shares; although these can be created or deleted in the CAS Admin Console, CAS enumerates these items directly from Google Cloud or your infrastructure servers and does not create a management reference for them.

Removing Items from CAS

When removing an item from CAS, the behavior differs depending on the item type. For items with a management reference, you have the option to also delete the actual item. If you do not explicitly choose to delete the item, only the management reference is removed from CAS; if you choose to delete the item, the object will be deleted from Google Cloud or Active Directory.

The table below describes the removal behavior in CAS for different item types.

CAS Item Type CAS Category Removal Options Details
Application Management Reference

Remove from CAS

 Applications will not be uninstalled from Session Hosts
Collection Pool CAS Item

Delete from CAS

 Session Host VMs for the Collection Pool will be deleted in Google Cloud
File Share Management Reference

Remove from CAS

 Share data will not be deleted from the file server
Image Management Reference Delete in GCP Deleting an image in CAS will also delete the image in Google Cloud
Security Group Management Reference

Remove from CAS

Delete group in Active Directory (optional)

 Groups imported from a trusted Active Directory forest cannot be deleted, only removed
Server Uptime CAS Item Delete from CAS  
Snapshot CAS Item No option in CAS Snapshots are created in Google Cloud by Snapshot Plans. CAS retains a copy of each snapshot created by a Snapshot Plan, but snapshots must be managed directly in Google Cloud
Snapshot Plan CAS Item Delete from CAS  
User Management Reference

Remove from CAS

Delete user in Active Directory (optional)

 Users imported from a trusted Active Directory forest cannot be deleted, only removed
VM Instance Management Reference

Remove from CAS

Delete VM in Google Cloud (optional)

  
VPN GCP Item Delete in GCP VPNs are enumerated directly from GCP. Deleting a VPN in CAS will delete the VPN in Google Cloud

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