Introduction
This document is to position two different types of integration with a CMDB and Red Hat CloudForms.
We discuss the use of HP uCMDB because it supports both types of integration but also other CMDBs are available such as Service-Now.
The two types of integration are known as;
Pull – Where by the information/data is collected (Pulled) by the CMDB from the end points. CMDB Server initiated.
Push – Where by the information/data is sent (Pushed) to the CMDB server by the end point. Endpoint initiated.
Other CMDB servers may not support a PULL approach at which point you have only the PULL solution as the only option.
We shall now dive deep into each integration type.