1. A method of automating monitoring of a computing resource in a cloud-based data center, comprising: identifying a computing resource requiring monitoring for a security purpose in the cloud-based data center during creation of a service template involving the computing resource; depicting, by a processor, the identified computing resource in the service template; and in response to receipt of a request for creating a service instance based on the service template, creating the service instance based on the service template and simultaneously monitoring, by the processor, the identified computer resource depicted in the service template for the security purpose, including monitoring log messages generated by the identified computer resource and scanning the log messages to identify a security threat or attack.