---
id: "aws-application-discovery-service"
type: "component"
kind: "data-catalog"
provider: "aws"
category: "data"
aliases: "ADS"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/userguide/what-is-appdiscovery.html"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-application-discovery-service"
---

# AWS Application Discovery Service

Collects configuration, utilisation and network dependency data about on-premises servers and databases.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [aws](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=aws) |
| Kind | [Data catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/data-catalog) |
| Category | Data |
| Official docs | [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/userguide/what-is-appdiscovery.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/userguide/what-is-appdiscovery.html) |
| Also known as | ADS |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `accessPolicyEnforcement` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `classification` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `discoveryMode` | enum | `agentless-collector`, `agent-based`, `file-import` | no | — | inherited |
| `homeRegionRequired` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `lineage` | boolean | — | no | — | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `openToNewCustomers` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `scanSchedule` | enum | `manual`, `daily`, `weekly` | no | — | inherited |
| `sourceCount` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 23

- [Amazon DataZone](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-datazone.md) `aws-datazone` — aws
- [AWS Glue Data Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-glue-data-catalog.md) `aws-glue-data-catalog` — aws
- [Azure API Center](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-api-center.md) `azure-api-center` — azure
- [Microsoft Purview](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-purview.md) `azure-purview` — azure
- [R2 Data Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-r2-data-catalog.md) `cloudflare-r2-data-catalog` — cloudflare
- [Alation](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alation.md) `alation` — default
- [Amundsen](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/amundsen.md) `amundsen` — default
- [Apache Atlas](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/atlas.md) `atlas` — default
- [Collibra](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/collibra.md) `collibra` — default
- [Generic data catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/data-catalog.md) `data-catalog` — default
- [DataHub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/datahub.md) `datahub` — default
- [OpenMetadata](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/openmetadata.md) `openmetadata` — default
- [Apache Polaris](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/polaris.md) `polaris` — default
- [Unity Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/unity-catalog.md) `unity-catalog` — default
- [Agent Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-agent-registry.md) `google-agent-registry` — gcp
- [BigQuery sharing (Analytics Hub)](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-analytics-hub.md) `google-analytics-hub` — gcp
- [BigLake](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-biglake.md) `google-biglake` — gcp
- [Cloud API Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-cloud-api-registry.md) `google-cloud-api-registry` — gcp
- [Cloud Asset Inventory](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-cloud-asset-inventory.md) `google-cloud-asset-inventory` — gcp
- [Dataplex Universal Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-dataplex.md) `google-dataplex` — gcp
- [Dataproc Metastore](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-dataproc-metastore.md) `google-dataproc-metastore` — gcp
- [IBM Data Product Hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ibm-data-product-hub.md) `ibm-data-product-hub` — ibm
- [OCI Data Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-data-catalog.md) `oci-data-catalog` — oci

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "aws-application-discovery-service", component: "aws-application-discovery-service" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# AWS Application Discovery Service: inventories on-premises servers and databases and their utilisation and
# network connections ("What is AWS Application Discovery Service?"). Discovery is agentless, agent-based or
# file import; all data is stored in the Migration Hub home Region. Maintenance mode since 7 October 2025.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "aws-application-discovery-service"
kind: "data-catalog"
provider: "aws"
docs: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/userguide/what-is-appdiscovery.html"
aliases: ["ADS"]
defaults:
  managed: true
properties:
  discoveryMode:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["agentless-collector", "agent-based", "file-import"]
  homeRegionRequired:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
  openToNewCustomers:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-application-discovery-service