Topology

The topology widget provides an overview of the entire topology of a tenant or business account.

1. Navigate to Trust Sight > Topology in the CMS left navigation pane. The tenant and discovered workloads/probes are displayed. Click here to upload the topology structure in JSON format
2. The unreachable workloads (Deleted Probes) are disabled
3. Only the workloads with active communication with CMS is enables
4. A few options to Hide Labels, Expand All and Collapse All are available
5. Standard search feature is available

Structure

A typical topology widget is depicted in the below diagram. It shows all the default nodes types - Cloud, Applications, Subnets, Workload Groups and Workloads. Trust Sight Topology provides the flexibility to represent any topological structure with a custom node type.

Upload Topology JSON

Topology JSON can be uploaded directly in CMS with all the nodes defined. This feature enables addition, deletion or modification of multiple nodes at the same time.

1. On the Trust Sight page, navigate to Change Topology > Upload Topology JSON
2. On the pop-up window, upload or update the JSON as required. Standard features of formatting, removal of white spaces and repair are available. The editor is available in two formats - Text and Form
3. Click SAVE

Add Node

Follow the below steps to add a node:

1. On the Trust Sight page, click Change Topology > Add Node
2. On the pop-up window, select the Parent Node, Node Name and Node Type. A customized Node Type can be defined by providing its name on this pop-up window
3. Click SAVE

Edit Node

Follow the below steps to modify an existing node:

1. On the Trust Sight page, navigate to Change Topology > Edit Node
2. On the pop-up window, Parent Node, Node name and Node Type can be modified
3. Click SAVE

Delete Node

Follow the below steps to modify an existing node:

1. On the Trust Sight page, navigate to Change Topology > Delete Node
2. On the pop-up window, select the node and whether the children of the node must be retained or deleted
   1. If the children nodes are retained, they are moved under the immediate parent of the deleted node
3. Click SAVE

Move Workloads

The parent node for multiple workloads can be modified at once using this feature:

1. On the Trust Sight page, click Move Workloads > Add Node
2. On the pop-up window, select the Source Parent Node and Destination Parent Node. Select the required workloads from the Select Workload(s) dropdown
3. Click SAVE