philippemerle/KubeDiagrams
KubeDiagrams
KubeDiagrams is a Kubernetes architecture visualizer and diagram generator that transforms manifests, Helm charts, and live cluster states into visual resource maps. It serves as a resource mapper that defines visual relationships between pods, services, and custom resources using labels and annotations.
The system supports the resolution of templated charts and the mapping of custom resource types to specific visual representations via external configuration. It enables the addition of manual clusters, nodes, and edges to generated visuals through declarative extensions, and can export graph structures as JSON for use in a web-based interactive viewer.
The tool provides capabilities for relationship mapping, resource clustering based on namespaces or labels, and multi-format vector export. It is available as a command-line plugin and can be integrated into continuous integration and deployment pipelines to automate infrastructure documentation.
Features
- System Architecture Visualizers - Transforms manifests, Helm charts, and live cluster states into comprehensive visual representations of the system architecture.
- Kubernetes Architecture Visualization - Transforms Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and live cluster states into visual architecture diagrams.
- Architecture Visualization - Transforms Kubernetes manifests and live states into visual architecture diagrams as code.
- Namespace Grouping - Organizes resource nodes into visual clusters based on Kubernetes namespaces or labels.
- Cluster Resource Mapping - Maps out namespaces and resource dependencies to visualize logical boundaries and communication paths.
- Diagram Generation - Generates architecture diagrams by templating Helm charts using specific values and version constraints.
- Infrastructure Relationship Mapping - Converts structured Kubernetes resource definitions into a node-and-edge model to represent infrastructure dependencies.
- Kubernetes Diagram Generation - Produces automated resource maps and network topology diagrams from declarative Kubernetes configurations.
- Kubernetes Resource Mapping - Defines visual relationships between pods, services, and custom resources using labels and annotations.
- Resource Relationship Mapping - Represents connections between resources using distinct visual edges for references, selectors, ownership, or communication.
- Diagramming Engines - Converts Kubernetes manifest files into various image and vector formats using an automated diagramming engine.
- Data-Driven Diagram Generators - Generates architecture diagrams from manifests or charts as part of automated CI/CD workflows.
- Custom Resource Mappings - Defines visual representations for non-standard cluster resources through external configuration files.
- Custom Resource Visual Modeling - Defines how non-standard Kubernetes resources appear in diagrams for a complete system overview.
- Resource-to-Visual Mappings - Translates custom resource types into specific visual representations using a predefined mapping layer.
- Documentation Automation - Automatically generates up-to-date architecture diagrams within CI/CD pipelines to synchronize documentation with code.
- Chart Template Resolution - Processes Helm-style charts and value files into flat manifests before generating architectural diagrams.
- Kubectl Plugins - Integrates with standard cluster management workflows by providing a kubectl command line plugin.
- Visual Resource Clustering - Groups resources into visual clusters based on namespaces, labels, or annotations to represent logical boundaries.
- Graph JSON Output Renderers - Exports graph structures as JSON payloads for use in an interactive web-based viewer.
- Multi-Format Image Exports - Translates internal graph representations into various vector and image formats for documentation.
- CI/CD Integrations - Integrates architecture imagery generation into continuous integration and deployment workflows.
- Diagram Viewers - Provides a web-based viewer for exploring, zooming, and manipulating exported JSON diagram structures.
- Infrastructure Explorers - Exports system layouts to interactive formats for zooming and analyzing complex components in a web browser.
- Dashboards And Portals - CLI tool for generating architecture diagrams from manifests.
- Monitoring and Visualization - Generates architecture diagrams from manifests and charts.
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