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Topology

The Topology view draws the relationships between your resources as a graph: which Deployment owns which ReplicaSet owns which Pods, what Service selects them, what ConfigMaps and Secrets they mount. Sometimes a picture is the fastest way to understand what's wired to what.

The topology graph The topology graph
Resources as nodes, ownership and references as edges.

Two ways in

  • Full page: open Topology from the nav (or Ctrl+K → Go to Topology) for a graph of the current namespace/cluster scope.
  • Focused: the Map tab in any details drawer shows a graph centred on that one object and its immediate neighbours.

Reading the graph

  • Nodes are resources; edges are ownership or references.
  • The namespace filter scopes what's drawn.
  • Toggle hide disconnected to drop isolated resources and focus on what's actually connected.
  • Click a node to open its details drawer and dig in.

Tracing a problem

Start from a failing pod's Map tab and walk outward through its owner, its service and its config until you find where the chain breaks.

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