4.2. Viewing the topology of your application
You can navigate to the Topology view using the left navigation panel in the Developer perspective. After you deploy an application, you are directed automatically to the Graph view where you can see the status of the application pods, quickly access the application on a public URL, access the source code to modify it, and see the status of your last build. You can zoom in and out to see more details for a particular application.
The Topology view provides you the option to monitor your applications using the List view. Use the List view icon (
) to see a list of all your applications and use the Graph view icon (
) to switch back to the graph view.
You can customize the views as required using the following:
- Use the Find by name field to find the required components. Search results may appear outside of the visible area; click Fit to Screen from the lower-left toolbar to resize the Topology view to show all components.
Use the Display Options drop-down list to configure the Topology view of the various application groupings. The options are available depending on the types of components deployed in the project:
Expand group
- Virtual Machines: Toggle to show or hide the virtual machines.
- Application Groupings: Clear to condense the application groups into cards with an overview of an application group and alerts associated with it.
- Helm Releases: Clear to condense the components deployed as Helm Release into cards with an overview of a given release.
- Knative Services: Clear to condense the Knative Service components into cards with an overview of a given component.
- Operator Groupings: Clear to condense the components deployed with an Operator into cards with an overview of the given group.
Show elements based on Pod Count or Labels
- Pod Count: Select to show the number of pods of a component in the component icon.
- Labels: Toggle to show or hide the component labels.
The Topology view also provides you the Export application option to download your application in the ZIP file format. You can then import the downloaded application to another project or cluster. For more details, see Exporting an application to another project or cluster in the Additional resources section.