CloudSecure Search

This topic explains how to work with the following search features in CloudSecure:

  • Context-based search
  • Filter-based search

What is Context-based Search?

This feature provides a quick way to view Inventory-based filtered information on a number of pages in CloudSecure. Context-base search shows resources in the context of what is being searched. For example, if you were to select AWS instead of Azure in a filter on a given page, a subsequent search would give results for only your AWS cloud resources but not your Azure cloud resources.

Pages with the Feature

  • Inventory
  • Traffic
  • Cloud Map
  • Application > Inventory tab
  • Application > Traffic tab

Using Context-based Search

  • Use the dropdown search field dropdown to select filters, such as Cloud: AWS, Cloud: Azure, Region: ap-east-1, or Status: Allowed in the case of the Traffic or Cloud Map pages. Other pages will offer filters relevant to the context of those pages. They are too numerous to list here.
  • You may also have the option of using a time-frame dropdown, depending on which page you are viewing
  • When you are ready to activate the search with your selected parameters, click GO

Context-based Search Caveats

  • The Inventory page search feature accepts limited types of filters (in other words, these search values narrow down all inventory supplied metadata values bar tags):
    • Cloud
    • Account ID
    • Region
    • Resource Type
    • VPC/VNET ID
    • Subnet ID
    • Cloud Tags
    • Labels
    • Categories
    • Resource Group
    • Resource Name
  • CSP id, VPC id, VNET id, subnet id,, cloud tag, Resource Group, and Resource Name metadata types are supplied by Inventory, but are not accepted as metadata list filters, so the selection of these values has no impact on context-based search
  • Account IDs are supplied by integrations, and support only cloud context
  • Labels are supplied by the labeling service and support no context

What is Filter-based Search?

This feature provides a quick way to view filtered policy information on the Policies, Onboarding, Application Discovery, Tag to Label Mapping pages and their child tabs.

Policies Page Tabs with the Feature

The following example shows what is available on the Policies page. Other pages will offer filters relevant to the context of those pages. They are too numerous to list here.

  • Organization Policies, which has the following filter terms:
    • Name, Status, Provision Status
  • Application Policies, which has the following filter terms:
    • Name, Environment, Status
  • Services, which has the following filter terms:
    • Name, Ports, Protocol
  • IP Lists, which has the following filter terms:
    • Name, Provision Status

Using Filter-based Search

Use the dropdown search field dropdown to select filters, such as Provision Status: Added in the case of the Organization Policies tab. Other tabs offer filters relevant to the context of those tabs, as shown in the preceding list.

Filter-based Search Caveats

  • This search makes no API calls
  • This search is strictly a client side filter