Methods for automated key-value tagging for visibility in platform-as-a-service environments and devices thereof

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for automated configuration item key-value tagging for mapping tag-based application service infrastructure in platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environments comprising executable code that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the processors to:

• automatically generate and output to a user device for display a tag generation graphical user interface in response to a request received from the user device for a new tag definition, wherein the request is received via one or more communication networks including an enterprise network associated with an enterprise;
• store in a storage device the new tag definition received via the tag generation graphical user interface and from the user device, wherein the new tag definition comprises a first indication of a table of a configuration management database (CMDB), a tag key, and a script;
• execute the script against the table to identify one or more configuration items, wherein the CMDB is associated with a platform instance associated with the enterprise and hosted within a PaaS environment, the configuration items correspond to information technology infrastructure (IT) associated with one of a plurality of application services within the platform instance, and at least one of the configuration items corresponds to a physical device of the IT infrastructure;
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• update one or more entries, corresponding to the configuration items. in a tag store, maintained by a service mapping plugin executed by the PaaS server device, to include a key-value pair comprising the tag key and a tag value comprising a string returned by the script based on the execution, wherein the configuration items are mapped to the IT infrastructure of the one of the application services based on the key-value pair.

A platform-as-a-service (PaaS) server device, comprising memory comprising instructions stored thereon, for automated configuration item key-value tagging for mapping tag-based application service infrastructure in platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environments, and one or more processors configured to execute the stored instructions to:

• automatically generate and output to a user device for display a tag generation graphical user interface in response to a request received from the user device for a new tag definition, wherein the request is received via one or more communication networks including an enterprise network associated with an enterprise;
• store in a storage device the new tag definition received via the tag generation graphical user interface and the user device, wherein the new tag definition comprises a first indication of a table of a configuration management database (CMDB), a tag key, and a tag value;
• apply the new tag definition against the table to identify one or more configuration items, wherein the CMDB is associated with a platform instance associated with the enterprise and hosted within a PaaS environment, the configuration items correspond to information technology infrastructure (IT) associated with one of a plurality of application services within the platform instance, and at least one of the configuration items corresponds to a physical device of the IT infrastructure;
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• update one or more entries, corresponding to the configuration items, in a tag store, maintained by a service mapping plugin executed by the PaaS server device, to include a key-value pair comprising the tag key and the tag value, wherein the configuration items are mapped to the IT infrastructure of the one of the application services based on the key-value pair.