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Views and Modes

Views​

The different network usage Views are different ways to aggregate the usage.

Current ones are:

  • NLS - Network Logical Structure
    • Displays a logical view of the cluster:
    • Namespaces
    • Parent workloads: Deployments, Daemonsets, Statefulsets, Cronjobs.
  • NPS - Network Physical Structure
    • Displays a physical view of the cluster
    • Nodes
    • Namespaces
    • Real workloads: Pods

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Changing View is done in the menu.

  • it impacts all data elements: timeline, map, grid…
  • it clears currently selected filters

Modes​

The Modes are different ways to work with the data in Spider.
The following modes are available for Network Usage:

  • Top Panel modes
    • Cluster Map - Aggregated visual view of the cluster
    • Dashboard - Set of widgets show key metrics
  • Bottom Panel modes
    • Stats - Allows computing statistics on various axes and combined axes
    • List - Displays aggregated usages over the selected period

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Cluster Map view options​

The Cluster Map View options are accessible directly aside the menu.
They filter what is displayed on the map.

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In the order:

  • Kube - Show calls to or from unidentified internal cluster IPs
  • Cloud - Show calls to or from external IPs
  • Node - Show calls to or from cluster nodes IPs
  • Namespace - Show internal calls of namespaces

👉 Now, select the NLS View, with Map and Grid modes, and let's see how to launch capture on a specific workload.