Cluster Overview

The whole cluster at a glance. The one to draw first.

Format.puml
Length27 lines
LibraryKubernetes icons

The source

27 lines of PlantUML, and pulls in Kubernetes icons. Copy it, or open the template inside Gnomon and render it as it is.

@startuml
!define KubernetesPuml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dcasati/kubernetes-PlantUML/master/dist
!include KubernetesPuml/kubernetes_Common.puml
!include KubernetesPuml/kubernetes_Simplified.puml
!include KubernetesPuml/OSS/KubernetesMaster.puml
!include KubernetesPuml/OSS/KubernetesNode.puml
!include KubernetesPuml/OSS/KubernetesPod.puml
!include KubernetesPuml/OSS/KubernetesSvc.puml
!include KubernetesPuml/OSS/KubernetesEtcd.puml

title Kubernetes — Cluster overview

KubernetesMaster(master, "control-plane", "")
KubernetesEtcd(etcd, "etcd", "cluster store")
KubernetesNode(node1, "node-1", "")
KubernetesNode(node2, "node-2", "")
KubernetesPod(pod1, "api", "")
KubernetesPod(pod2, "worker", "")
KubernetesSvc(svc, "api-svc", "ClusterIP")

master --> etcd
master --> node1
master --> node2
node1 --> pod1
node2 --> pod2
svc --> pod1
@enduml

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