Getting Started with Designs
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Kanvas Documentation
Kanvas aims to simplify the complexity of Kubernetes and make it accessible to more users, similar to how Figma democratized design tools for web and mobile applications.
Understanding the Meshery Ecosystem
Layer5 Cloud (docs) is an identity provider and global console for Meshery deployments with an extensible and highly flexible authorization framework, tenant entitlement services, service provider-grade organizational hierarchy, team workspace management and a content catalog for public and private hosting of cloud native architectures. Layer5 Cloud is available as a service or self-hosted.
Meshery (docs) is a cloud native manager that enables the design and management of Kubernetes-based infrastructure and applications. It is an extensible developer platform that seamlessly integrates with all CNCF projects, and various monitoring, CI/CD, and security tools.
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Kanvas (docs) provides a visual interface that allows users to create and edit Kubernetes manifests, charts and pipelines, as well as monitor the performance and health of their clusters. Kanvas aims to simplify the complexity of Kubernetes and make it accessible to more users, similar to how Figma democratized design tools for web and mobile applications.
What is Kanvas?
Kanvas is a web-based application that allows you to create and share diagrams of cloud native infrastructure for Kubernetes. You can draw shapes, lines, text, and icons to represent the components and relationships of your Kubernetes clusters. Kanvas supports freestyle design, meaning that you can customize the appearance and layout of your diagrams without any constraints. Kanvas also enables real-time collaboration, meaning that you can invite others to join your sessions and edit the diagrams together. Kanvas is a simple and intuitive tool for designing and communicating cloud native infrastructure for Kubernetes.
Choose your mode
Choose your mode of operation for Kanvas.
Designer
Designer mode is for those who want to create their own Kanvas, using the palette of components provided by Meshery.
Drag-and-drop your cloud native infrastructure using a palette of thousands of versioned Kubernetes components.
Use context-aware relationships configure your infrastructure intuitively.
Operator
Operator mode is for operating your Kubernetes clusters and cloud native infrastructure.
Bring all your Kubernetes clusters under a common management. Deploy designs, apply patterns, manage and operate your deployments and services in real-time.
Interactively connect to pods and containers to debug and troubleshoot.
Exploring Designer
Designer mode is for those who want to create their own Kanvas, using the palette of components provided by Meshery.
Working with Components
Meshery Designs are descriptive, declarative characterizations of how your Kubernetes infrastructure should be configured.
Navigating Operator
Operator mode is for operating your Kubernetes clusters and cloud native infrastructure.
Core Tasks
Navigate your way around Kanvas with these common tasks.
Reference
APIs, Keyboard Shortcuts, Model Schemas
Recent Discussions on Kanvas
- Oct 14 | Explore Meshery's Published Relationship Design Examples by Awani Alero
- Oct 03 | Design Review RFC: Kanvas Empty State Enhancement by Lee Calcote
- Jul 19 | [For Discussion] Visual indication of semantically vs non-semantically meaningful Meshery components by Lee Calcote
- Jun 07 | What are the conditions for a "System is unhealthy" warning? by James
- May 30 | Looking for a meshmate to help with first PR by Faisal Imtiyaz123
- Feb 28 | For Discussion: Capturing potential, but unrealized Relationships in Design Snapshots by Lee Calcote
- Feb 12 | Hint on Scaling & Verifying Cronjob in Playground by Sandra Ashipala
- Sep 28 | Trying to add screenshots of Containerd & Curiefense integration by Raman Thakur