Elements in Topology
This topic represents the different elements operating that are displayed in Topology. The following table represents the type of elements represented in Topology:
Element | Description | Metadata |
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 | This icon represents Cloud applications or SaaS. | Click the cloud icon to view the following details:
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 | This icon represents a defined service. Examples:
| Click this icon to view the following details:
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 | This icon represents a container. A container is computed element or a ‘program’. | Click this icon to view:
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 | This icon represents a Pod. A Pod is an atomic unit of deployment in Kubernetes. A Pod can contain multiple containers. | Click this icon to view:
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 | This icon represents a public or private internet connection that interacts with the application environment. | Click this con to view:
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 | This icon represents an interaction/communication link between two vertices | Click this icon to view:
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Note
Note:
In the Filter bar, you can filter the type of Nodes, Labels, Pods, SaaS, Containers and Namespace to monitor and observe specifically in Topology.
In the top bar, to save any current page filtered as per your requirement, click Save.
Click Clear to remove the filtered options as per your requirement.
Click Refresh or select the Enable Auto-Refresh checkbox by choosing the desired time interval so that previous filtered items will be refreshed.
Containers and Pods in Apps Map
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The two icons labeled server are containers. A Pod is an orchestrator construct that is a unit of deployment and can contain one or more containers.
Containers hosted in a Pod communicate with other Pods. Container Observability provides the configuration and performance of containers and their resources like CPU, Memory, and Disk usage.
Processes (in VMs)
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Traditional VMs run programs whose running instances are called Processes. This icon represents a process on a VM in the application estate.