Differences between Google Cloud and AppNeta

This page describes key differences between Google Cloud and AppNeta by Broadcom.

If you already have an AppNeta instance as part of your network monitoring implementation, you can't combine your current AppNeta monitoring solution with Cloud Network Insights. Cloud Network Insights is associated with a unique AppNeta instance and can't be associated with a different instance.

Differences in identity and access management

Google's Identity and Access Management is used to grant roles in AppNeta. Roles and permissions granted in Google Cloud automatically map and grant roles in your AppNeta instance.

The following table lists the predefined Google Cloud roles and permissions that grant the corresponding AppNeta roles. Users can be granted either the Google Cloud role or the permission.

Predefined Google Cloud Role and Permissions AppNeta Role

Cloud Network Insights Admin
(roles/networkmanagement.CloudNetworkInsightsAdmin)

Permissions:

  • productrequirementsservice.requirements.record
  • networkmanagement.googleapis.com/providers.create
 Admin

Cloud Network Insights Editor
(roles/networkmanagement.CloudNetworkInsightsEditor)

Permissions: networkmanagement.providers.create

 Editor

Cloud Network Insights Viewer
(roles/networkmanagement.CloudNetworkInsightsViewer)

Permissions: networkmanagement.providers.list

 Viewer

Differences between alarms and alerts

In Cloud Network Insights, AppNeta uses alarms and alarm rules to generate events and logs that are sent to Cloud Monitoring. Those logs can then be used to create alerts and notifications in Cloud Network Insights.

Some of Google Cloud's logs and AppNeta's logs are different. The following table maps the difference between alarm log severity.

Google AppNeta
Notice Warning
Warning Minor
Error Major
Critical Critical