name: asset-inventory description: Maintain IT asset inventory and configuration management database. Track hardware, software, and cloud resources. Use when managing IT assets. category: security risk: safe source: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills source_repo: BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills source_type: community date_added: '2026-09-20' license: MIT license_source: https://github.com/BagelHole/DevOps-Security-Agent-Skills/blob/main/LICENSE compatibility: Checklist and framework guidance; no privileged tooling required. Apply controls through your own change process. metadata: author: devops-skills version: '1.0'

Asset Inventory

Maintain comprehensive IT asset inventory using automated discovery, AWS Config rules, cloud asset discovery scripts, CMDB integration, and tagging enforcement for compliance and operational visibility.

Asset Categories and Schema

asset_categories:
  compute:
    cloud:
      - EC2 instances / Azure VMs / GCE instances
      - Lambda functions / Azure Functions / Cloud Functions
      - ECS/EKS clusters and tasks
      - Container images in registries
    on_premise:
      - Physical servers
      - Virtual machines (VMware, Hyper-V)

  storage:
    - S3 buckets / Azure Storage / GCS buckets
    - EBS volumes / Managed Disks / Persistent Disks
    - RDS instances / Azure SQL / Cloud SQL
    - DynamoDB tables / Cosmos DB / Firestore
    - EFS / Azure Files / Filestore

  network:
    - VPCs / VNets / VPC Networks
    - Load balancers (ALB, NLB, Azure LB, GCP LB)
    - DNS zones and records
    - VPN gateways and connections
    - CDN distributions

  security:
    - IAM users, roles, and policies
    - KMS keys / Key Vault keys
    - Certificates (ACM, Key Vault, Certificate Manager)
    - Security groups / NSGs / Firewall rules
    - WAF configurations

  applications:
    - SaaS subscriptions
    - Licensed software
    - Custom applications
    - APIs and integrations

  endpoints:
    - Laptops and desktops
    - Mobile devices
    - Printers and peripherals

asset_record_schema:
  required_fields:
    asset_id: "Unique identifier (auto-generated)"
    name: "Human-readable name"
    type: "Category from above taxonomy"
    provider: "AWS / Azure / GCP / On-Premise / SaaS"
    account_or_subscription: "Cloud account ID"
    region: "Deployment region/location"
    owner: "Team or individual responsible"
    data_classification: "Public / Internal / Confidential / Restricted"
    environment: "Production / Staging / Development / Sandbox"
    status: "Active / Decommissioning / Retired"
    created_date: "When the asset was provisioned"
    last_seen: "Last automated discovery timestamp"

  optional_fields:
    cost_center: "For cost allocation"
    compliance_scope: "SOC2 / HIPAA / PCI / None"
    backup_policy: "Backup schedule reference"
    dr_tier: "Critical / Essential / Standard / Non-essential"
    expiration_date: "For time-limited resources"
    tags: "Key-value pairs from cloud provider"
    dependencies: "Upstream and downstream services"

AWS Resource Discovery Script

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# aws-asset-discovery.sh - Discover and inventory all AWS resources

OUTPUT_DIR="./asset-inventory/aws/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"
ACCOUNT_ID=$(aws sts get-caller-identity --query Account --output text)

echo "=== AWS Asset Discovery for Account $ACCOUNT_ID ==="

# EC2 Instances
echo "--- EC2 Instances ---"
aws ec2 describe-instances \
  --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].{
    InstanceId:InstanceId,
    Type:InstanceType,
    State:State.Name,
    AZ:Placement.AvailabilityZone,
    VpcId:VpcId,
    PrivateIP:PrivateIpAddress,
    PublicIP:PublicIpAddress,
    LaunchTime:LaunchTime,
    Name:Tags[?Key==`Name`].Value|[0],
    Owner:Tags[?Key==`Owner`].Value|[0],
    Environment:Tags[?Key==`Environment`].Value|[0]
  }' --output json | jq 'flatten' > "$OUTPUT_DIR/ec2-instances.json"

# RDS Databases
echo "--- RDS Instances ---"
aws rds describe-db-instances \
  --query 'DBInstances[*].{
    DBInstanceId:DBInstanceIdentifier,
    Engine:Engine,
    EngineVersion:EngineVersion,
    Class:DBInstanceClass,
    Status:DBInstanceStatus,
    MultiAZ:MultiAZ,
    Encrypted:StorageEncrypted,
    Endpoint:Endpoint.Address,
    BackupRetention:BackupRetentionPeriod
  }' --output json > "$OUTPUT_DIR/rds-instances.json"

# S3 Buckets
echo "--- S3 Buckets ---"
aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[*].{Name:Name,Created:CreationDate}' --output json | \
  jq -c '.[]' | while read -r bucket; do
    name=$(echo "$bucket" | jq -r '.Name')
    region=$(aws s3api get-bucket-location --bucket "$name" --query 'LocationConstraint' --output text 2>/dev/null)
    encryption=$(aws s3api get-bucket-encryption --bucket "$name" 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration.Rules[0].ApplyServerSideEncryptionByDefault.SSEAlgorithm' 2>/dev/null)
    versioning=$(aws s3api get-bucket-versioning --bucket "$name" --query 'Status' --output text 2>/dev/null)
    echo "{\"Name\":\"$name\",\"Region\":\"${region:-us-east-1}\",\"Encryption\":\"${encryption:-none}\",\"Versioning\":\"${versioning:-Disabled}\"}"
  done | jq -s '.' > "$OUTPUT_DIR/s3-buckets.json"

# Lambda Functions
echo "--- Lambda Functions ---"
aws lambda list-functions \
  --query 'Functions[*].{
    Name:FunctionName,
    Runtime:Runtime,
    MemorySize:MemorySize,
    Timeout:Timeout,
    LastModified:LastModified,
    CodeSize:CodeSize
  }' --output json > "$OUTPUT_DIR/lambda-functions.json"

# VPCs and Security Groups
echo "--- VPCs ---"
aws ec2 describe-vpcs \
  --query 'Vpcs[*].{
    VpcId:VpcId,
    CidrBlock:CidrBlock,
    State:State,
    IsDefault:IsDefault,
    Name:Tags[?Key==`Name`].Value|[0]
  }' --output json > "$OUTPUT_DIR/vpcs.json"

echo "--- Security Groups ---"
aws ec2 describe-security-groups \
  --query 'SecurityGroups[*].{
    GroupId:GroupId,
    GroupName:GroupName,
    VpcId:VpcId,
    Description:Description,
    IngressRuleCount:length(IpPermissions),
    EgressRuleCount:length(IpPermissionsEgress)
  }' --output json > "$OUTPUT_DIR/security-groups.json"

# IAM Users and Roles
echo "--- IAM Users ---"
aws iam list-users \
  --query 'Users[*].{UserName:UserName,Created:CreateDate,PasswordLastUsed:Pass…[redacted]}' \
  --output json > "$OUTPUT_DIR/iam-users.json"

echo "--- IAM Roles ---"
aws iam list-roles \
  --query 'Roles[*].{RoleName:RoleName,Created:CreateDate,LastUsed:RoleLastUsed.LastUsedDate}' \
  --output json > "$OUTPUT_DIR/iam-roles.json"

# EKS Clusters
echo "--- EKS Clusters ---"
aws eks list-clusters --query 'clusters' --output json | jq -r '.[]' | while read -r cluster; do
  aws eks describe-cluster --name "$cluster" \
    --query 'cluster.{Name:name,Version:version,Status:status,Endpoint:endpoint,Created:createdAt}'
done | jq -s '.' > "$OUTPUT_DIR/eks-clusters.json" 2>/dev/null

# KMS Keys
echo "--- KMS Keys ---"
aws kms list-keys --query 'Keys[*].KeyId' --output text | tr '\t' '\n' | while read -r key_id; do
  aws kms describe-key --key-id "$key_id" \
    --query 'KeyMetadata.{KeyId:KeyId,Description:Description,State:KeyState,Created:CreationDate,Manager:KeyManager}' 2>/dev/null
done | jq -s '.' > "$OUTPUT_DIR/kms-keys.json"

# Generate summary
echo "=== Inventory Summary ==="
echo "EC2 Instances: $(jq 'length' "$OUTPUT_DIR/ec2-instances.json")"
echo "RDS Instances: $(jq 'length' "$OUTPUT_DIR/rds-instances.json")"
echo "S3 Buckets: $(jq 'length' "$OUTPUT_DIR/s3-buckets.json")"
echo "Lambda Functions: $(jq 'length' "$OUTPUT_DIR/lambda-functions.json")"
echo "VPCs: $(jq 'length' "$OUTPUT_DIR/vpcs.json")"
echo "Security Groups: $(jq 'length' "$OUTPUT_DIR/security-groups.json")"
echo "IAM Users: $(jq 'length' "$OUTPUT_DIR/iam-users.json")"
echo "IAM Roles: $(jq 'length' "$OUTPUT_DIR/iam-roles.json")"

echo "Inventory saved to $OUTPUT_DIR"

AWS Config Rules for Inventory Compliance

# Enable AWS Config recorder
aws configservice put-configuration-recorder \
  --configuration-recorder name=default,roleARN=arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/aws-config-role \
  --recording-group allSupported=true,includeGlobalResourceTypes=true

# Start recording
aws configservice start-configuration-recorder --configuration-recorder-name default

# Enable required-tags Config rule
aws configservice put-config-rule --config-rule '{
  "ConfigRuleName": "required-tags",
  "Source": {
    "Owner": "AWS",
    "SourceIdentifier": "REQUIRED_TAGS"
  },
  "InputParameters": "{\"tag1Key\":\"Owner\",\"tag2Key\":\"Environment\",\"tag3Key\":\"CostCenter\",\"tag4Key\":\"DataClassification\"}",
  "Scope": {
    "ComplianceResourceTypes": [
      "AWS::EC2::Instance",
      "AWS::RDS::DBInstance",
      "AWS::S3::Bucket",
      "AWS::Lambda::Function"
    ]
  }
}'

# Config rule for encryption compliance
aws configservice put-config-rule --config-rule '{
  "ConfigRuleName": "encrypted-volumes",
  "Source": {
    "Owner": "AWS",
    "SourceIdentifier": "ENCRYPTED_VOLUMES"
  }
}'

aws configservice put-config-rule --config-rule '{
  "ConfigRuleName": "rds-storage-encrypted",
  "Source": {
    "Owner": "AWS",
    "SourceIdentifier": "RDS_STORAGE_ENCRYPTED"
  }
}'

aws configservice put-config-rule --config-rule '{
  "ConfigRuleName": "s3-bucket-server-side-encryption-enabled",
  "Source": {
    "Owner": "AWS",
    "SourceIdentifier": "S3_BUCKET_SERVER_SIDE_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED"
  }
}'

# Query AWS Config for all resources of a type
aws configservice list-discovered-resources --resource-type AWS::EC2::Instance
aws configservice list-discovered-resources --resource-type AWS::RDS::DBInstance

# Advanced query with AWS Config SQL
aws configservice select-resource-config \
  --expression "SELECT resourceId, resourceType, tags, configuration.instanceType
                WHERE resourceType = 'AWS::EC2::Instance'
                AND tags.tag('Environment') = 'production'"

# Get compliance summary
aws configservice get-compliance-summary-by-config-rule
aws configservice get-compliance-summary-by-resource-type

Tagging Enforcement

# AWS Tag Policy (applied via AWS Organizations)
tag_policy:
  tags:
    Owner:
      tag_key:
        "@@assign": "Owner"
      enforced_for:
        "@@assign":
          - "ec2:instance"
          - "rds:db"
          - "s3:bucket"
          - "lambda:function"

    Environment:
      tag_key:
        "@@assign": "Environment"
      tag_value:
        "@@assign":
          - "production"
          - "staging"
          - "development"
          - "sandbox"

    DataClassification:
      tag_key:
        "@@assign": "DataClassification"
      tag_value:
        "@@assign":
          - "public"
          - "internal"
          - "confidential"
          - "restricted"

    CostCenter:
      tag_key:
        "@@assign": "CostCenter"

# Terraform - Enforce tags on all resources with default_tags
provider "aws" {
  region = "us-east-1"

  default_tags {
    tags = {
      ManagedBy          = "terraform"
      Environment        = var.environment
      Owner              = var.team_name
      CostCenter         = var.cost_center
      DataClassification = var.data_classification
    }
  }
}

Multi-Cloud Discovery

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# multi-cloud-discovery.sh - Discover assets across AWS, Azure, and GCP

OUTPUT_DIR="./asset-inventory/multi-cloud/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"

echo "=== Multi-Cloud Asset Discovery ==="

# AWS - using Resource Groups Tagging API
echo "--- AWS Resources ---"
aws resourcegroupstaggingapi get-resources \
  --query 'ResourceTagMappingList[*].{ARN:ResourceARN,Tags:Tags}' \
  --output json > "$OUTPUT_DIR/aws-all-resources.json"
echo "AWS resources: $(jq 'length' "$OUTPUT_DIR/aws-all-resources.json")"

# Azure - using Resource Graph
echo "--- Azure Resources ---"
az graph query -q "Resources | project name, type, location, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, tags" \
  --output json > "$OUTPUT_DIR/azure-all-resource