Efficient Cloud-Based Discovery of Computing Resources

An example embodiment may involve requesting and receiving, from a distributed computing platform, resource indicators that specify a set of resources provided by the distributed computing platform, wherein the set of resources is associated with a user identifier; parsing the resource indicators to locate datacenter indicators in the set of resources, wherein the datacenter indicators identify in-use datacenters of the distributed computing platform; and performing pattern-based discovery, within the in-use datacenters, of computing resources of the distributed computing platform that are associated with the user identifier.