Cloud Map
Visualize and analyze the connectivity and flows of your cloud-native resources with Cloud Map in Illumio Segmentation for the Cloud .
The Cloud Map in Illumio Segmentation for the Cloud is an interactive connectivity map of cloud-native resources. It helps your organization visualize and analyze your cloud resources and their traffic flows across hybrid, multi-cloud environments.
Because Illumio Segmentation for the Cloud understands the relationships between cloud resources, Cloud Map displays resources using cloud-native construct such as region, cluster, account, and more.
Tip
Unsure whether to use Cloud Map or Global Map?
Use Cloud Map to view cloud-native resources only. Use Global Map to view cloud and non-cloud resources together. Learn more.
Benefits of Cloud Map
View inventory from all onboarded cloud accounts. View resources from all onboarded cloud accounts as a network topology map.
Visualize with cloud-native resources. Use the Cloud Map to view resources as cloud-native constructs, such as cloud providers, regions, and accounts. Choose between cloud and Kubernetes views.
Browse cloud topology hierarchically. Choose between different views of your cloud topology. Drill into the resource hierarchy, from cloud to regions to accounts and more.
Filter viewable resources and traffic flows. Display only resources and traffic flows that match specified attributes.
Overview of Using Cloud Map
Cloud Map displays your cloud resources on an interactive canvas.
At the top left is a view selector (Cloud or Kubernetes) and view filter (magnifying glass icon).
At the bottom left are zoom controls.
The rest of the canvas displays the resources of your selected view and filter.
You can interact with Cloud Map by:
Selecting between different views (Cloud or Kubernetes).
Dragging and panning the canvas.
Zoom in, zoom out, or zoom to fit all resources within your page.
Double-clicking on a resource to view its contained resources.
Filtering visible resources by searching for specific resource attributes.
Filtering visible traffic flows by configuring the time frame of traffic to capture.
Filtering displayed resources and traffic
You can configure Cloud Map to display only resources and traffic flows that match specified attributes.
To specify resource attributes and filter Cloud Map:
Click the magnifying glass icon to open the filter modal.
Select attributes to filter with.
For traffic flows, select both the attributes to filter with and the historical time frame of traffic to capture.
Click Apply.
Cloud Map loads and displays the resources and traffic flows allowed by your filters.
Examining resources
You can interact with each resource displayed in Cloud Map by single-clicking, double-clicking, or hovering over it.
A resource may contain a group of nested resources. You can double-click or right-click on a resource to expand its group and display its contained resources (down one nesting level). You can also hover-over or right-click on a group to collapse the display (up one nesting level).
Examining traffic flows
Cloud Map displays traffic flows as solid lines linking resources. You can interact with traffic links by single-clicking or hovering over a link .
Traffic links are directed to represent flow direction and color-coded to represent flow statuses.
Traffic Link Color | Traffic Flow Status |
|---|---|
Green | Allowed |
Orange | Mixed (both Allowed and Denied) |
Red | Denied |
Comparing Cloud Map and Global Map
In addition to the Cloud Map, Illumio Platform provides the Global Map for visualizing resources. The following table compares the features of both:
Feature | Cloud Map | Global Map |
|---|---|---|
Availability | Illumio Segmentation for the Cloud | Illumio Platform |
Supported Views | Cloud Infrastructure view Label view Kubernetes view | Label view |
Displayed resources | Cloud-native constructs | Labeled |
Limitations of Cloud Map
Maximum limit of loadable objects
Cloud Map has maximum limits on the number of loadable objects:
Resources: 1,000 objects
Traffic: 10,000 flows
These limits are not configurable. Cloud Map sets these limits to maintain UI performance.
When exceeding these limits, Cloud Map displays a note recommending that you refine the filters to decrease the number of objects.
Collapsed display by default
When the Cloud Map loads more than 100 objects, by default it collapses the view for usability rather than displaying all objects.
Startup latency for traffic flow
Next steps
Learn how to navigate the Cloud view and Kubernetes view.
For a list of viewable resources, see Illumio visibility for resource types.
For a list of policy-enforceable resources, see Policy enforcement and resource types.