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<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>The following table will give you a starting place for understanding how you might structure your documentation in IT Glue to document the full IT architecture.</p> <table><tbody><tr style="background-color: DCDCDC;"><td><strong>If the asset is...</strong></td> <td><strong>Then document it in...</strong></td> </tr><tr><td>Active Directory</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004940198">Active Directory</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Active Directory security groups</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004936397">Security Groups</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Anti-Virus</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004936857">Security</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Application</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004940378">Applications</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Backup</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004936677">Backup</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Carrier/ISP</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004940598">Internet/WAN</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Circuit Aggregation</td> <td>Internet/WAN</td> </tr><tr><td>DNS</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004940518">LAN</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Domain</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004935637">Domain Tracker</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Domain Registrar</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004939678">General Password</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Email</td> <td>Email</td> </tr><tr><td>Facility Information</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004936157">Site Summary</a></td> </tr><tr><td>File Sharing</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004936537">File Sharing</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Internal Domain/DNS</td> <td>Active Directory</td> </tr><tr><td>Internet/WAN/Circuit</td> <td>Internet/WAN</td> </tr><tr><td>Intranet Site</td> <td>Applications</td> </tr><tr><td>IP Addressing</td> <td>LAN</td> </tr><tr><td>LOB Application</td> <td>Applications</td> </tr><tr><td>Local Area Network (Subnets, VPNs)</td> <td>LAN</td> </tr><tr><td>Network Cabling</td> <td>LAN</td> </tr><tr><td>Phone System/PBX</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004940778">Voice/PBX</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Printers, Scanners, Plotters</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004936577">Printing</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Remote Access (VPN, Webmail)</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004936897">Remote Access</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Server Topology</td> <td>LAN</td> </tr><tr><td>Software Licensing</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004940078">Licensing</a></td> </tr><tr><td>SPAM filter</td> <td>Email, Security</td> </tr><tr><td>SSL Certificate</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004935797">SSL Tracker</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Vendors</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004940018">Vendors</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Virtual Private Network (VPN)</td> <td>Security, Remote Access</td> </tr><tr><td>Virtualization/VMware/Hyper-V</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004936957">Virtualization</a></td> </tr><tr><td>Wireless</td> <td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004936817">Wireless</a></td> </tr></tbody></table><h3 data-id="relationship-mapping-tables">Relationship mapping tables</h3> <p>The following tables list the assets that should be related to each other for functional reasons. For more information about using related items/tagging to map relationships between the different assets, see our <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004935137">Relationship mapping (related items/tagging)</a> article.</p> <table><tbody><tr style="background-color: DCDCDC;"><td><strong>If device is...</strong></td> <td><strong>Then relate it to...</strong></td> </tr><tr><td>Physical Servers</td> <td>Applications, LAN</td> </tr><tr><td>Virtual Servers</td> <td>Applications, LAN</td> </tr><tr><td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004934797">Firewall</a></td> <td>Security, Remote Access</td> </tr><tr><td><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004939258">Switch</a></td> <td>LAN</td> </tr><tr><td>WAP</td> <td>Wireless</td> </tr><tr><td>Printer/Scanner</td> <td>Printing</td> </tr><tr><td>NAS/SAN/DAS*</td> <td>File Sharing</td> </tr></tbody></table><p>* Network-attached storage (NAS), storage area networks (SAN), and direct-attached storage (DAS).</p> <table><tbody><tr style="background-color: DCDCDC;"><td><strong>If flexible asset is...</strong></td> <td><strong>Then relate it to...</strong></td> </tr><tr><td>Active Directory</td> <td>Configurations</td> </tr><tr><td>Applications</td> <td>Configurations, Contacts, Passwords, Vendors</td> </tr><tr><td>Backup</td> <td>Configurations, Applications, Documents</td> </tr><tr><td>Email</td> <td>Configurations, Applications, Documents, Domains, Passwords and more</td> </tr><tr><td>File Sharing</td> <td>Configurations, Applications, Contacts, Documents, Security</td> </tr><tr><td>Internet/WAN</td> <td>Firewalls, Security</td> </tr><tr><td>LAN</td> <td>Configurations</td> </tr><tr><td>Licensing</td> <td>Applications, Contacts, Vendors</td> </tr><tr><td>Printing</td> <td>Configurations</td> </tr><tr><td>Remote Access</td> <td>Configurations, Security</td> </tr><tr><td>Security</td> <td>Configurations, Contacts, Vendors</td> </tr><tr><td>Virtualization</td> <td>Configurations</td> </tr><tr><td>Voice/PBX</td> <td>Configurations, Applications, Vendors</td> </tr><tr><td>Wireless</td> <td>Configurations, Security, LAN</td> </tr></tbody></table><div>If you have any questions about where to document other assets, a great place to <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Fcommunity%2Ftopics">ask them is in our community</a>! There is a whole section just for flexible asset questions and ideas.</div> <p><strong>Related articles</strong></p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fkaseya.vanillacommunities.com%2Fkb%2Farticles%2Faliases%2Fitglue%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360004933637">Quick guide for flexible assets</a></li> </ul> </article> </main>