JSON Output Example: Exporting Inventory
To give an idea of Firefly's data, here's an example of a JSON output from exporting the Inventory (simplified for illustration):
Explanation:
This JSON array has two entries: one for an EC2 instance, one for an EBS volume.
Each entry has id, type, etc. Note how the volume has status: Unmanaged (meaning no IaC), and AttachedInstance: null (meaning it's unattached, likely orphaned).
The instance shows managed_by: Terraform and an iac_stack name, indicating Firefly knows it's in the Terraform stack "prod-web-stack" and thus Codified.
Encrypted is an example property Firefly tracks (volume is encrypted true, instance shows maybe root volume encryption false if that property is applicable).
This is the kind of data you might get if you use Firefly's API or export function. You can then feed this to other tools or scripts.
Usage:
You could use a script in Python to load this JSON and, for instance, find all unmanaged volumes (if item["type"] == "AWS::EC2::Volume" and item["status"] == "Unmanaged": ...).
Or generate a compliance report: list of all EC2 with Encrypted:false (you see the instance has Encrypted false – meaning its root volume likely not encrypted – a violation that Firefly would also flag).
This raw data is powerful for integration with CMDBs, or if you want to do custom queries not (yet) convenient in UI.
Note: The exact fields and structure can differ; refer to Firefly's API docs for precise output. But this gives a flavor of how data is represented.
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