Asset Inventory

Maintain comprehensive IT asset tracking.

Asset Categories

asset_types:
  hardware:
    - Servers
    - Network devices
    - Endpoints
    
  software:
    - Applications
    - Operating systems
    - Licenses
    
  cloud:
    - Compute instances
    - Storage
    - Databases
    
  data:
    - Databases
    - File shares
    - Backups

AWS Inventory

# List all resources
aws resourcegroupstaggingapi get-resources

# EC2 instances
aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].[InstanceId,InstanceType,State.Name]'

# AWS Config
aws configservice describe-configuration-recorders

Asset Database Schema

asset:
  id: unique identifier
  name: display name
  type: hardware/software/cloud
  owner: responsible team
  classification: public/internal/confidential
  location: physical/cloud location
  status: active/retired/decommissioned
  created: timestamp
  updated: timestamp
  tags: []

Best Practices

• Automated discovery
• Regular reconciliation
• Owner assignment
• Classification tagging
• Lifecycle tracking