Topology

This section provides the purpose, elements, and actions performed on the Topology pages.

Overview
Builder
Replay

Purpose

The Overview page shows the entire network topology of the following across all onboarded cloud environments:

Transit Gateway VPC/VNets
Spoke gateway VPC/VNets
Transit gateway and Spoke gateway subnets
Virtual Machines(VMs)
External Connections (S2C)

Elements

Topology canvas: An interactive map that shows the logical and physical views of the Multi-Cloud Network Architecture (MCNA)
Legend button: Toggles legend information for nodes and connections on the topology canvas
Truncate Labels selector: Sets how resource labels appear on the canvas. Choose Show Labels, Truncate Labels, or Hide Labels
Filter panel: Side drawer that filters the topology canvas in Network View
Note: At the bottom-left of the canvas, switch from Geo View to Network View to open the filter panel and logical topology layout
- View selector (Default View / Modified View): Loads the saved default view or your current modified filter layout
- Save View button: Saves the current topology view with applied filters for future reference
- Search box: Searches for resources by name, ID, type, and so on
- Connection Latency toggle: Shows or hides average latency for attachments on the canvas (for example, Off)
- Filters / Details tabs: Switch between filter controls and metadata for the selected node
- Reset Filters button: Clears filter selections on the Filters tab
- Resources: Toggle Managed, Unmanaged, or Both to filter managed and unmanaged resources on the canvas
- Cloud Regions/Sites: Filters resources based on the CSP, regions, and edge sites
- Types dropdown: Filters resources based on VPC/VNets, subnets, gateways, VMs, and connections
- SmartGroups dropdown: Filters resources based on available SmartGroups
- Match Conditions: Use All or Any match mode and add rules with Condition

Node details panel: Displays the metadata of the selected node on the Topology canvas

Actions

Viewing Topology Overview

To view the topology overview, in Aviatrix CoPilot, click Cloud Fabric > Topology > Overview. The Overview page appears.The following parameters are available on the Details panel when a virtual machine node is selected on the Overview page. Other node types (for example, gateways or VPC/VNets) show different metadata.

Parameter Details

CoPilot Parameter Name	Description
Instance ID	Unique identifier for the virtual machine instance.
Name	Name of the virtual machine instance.
Public IP	Public IP address assigned to the virtual machine instance.
Private IP	Private IP address assigned to the virtual machine instance.
Public DNS Name	Public DNS hostname for the virtual machine instance.
Private DNS Name	Private DNS hostname for the virtual machine instance.
Launch Time	Timestamp indicating when the virtual machine instance was launched.
Image ID	Identifier of the machine image (AMI/VM image) used to launch the instance.
Instance Size	Compute instance size or type (e.g., t3.medium, Standard_D2s_v3).
Cloud	Cloud provider where the virtual machine is deployed (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
Account	Cloud account name associated with the virtual machine.
Region	Cloud region where the virtual machine is deployed.
VPC/VNet	VPC or VNet ID where the virtual machine resides.
Subnet ID	Subnet identifier where the virtual machine instance is located.
Tags	Key-value pairs of resource tags associated with the virtual machine.

Purpose

The Builder page builds and deploys Aviatrix gateways based on your design and build constructs plotted visually on a Topology map.

Elements

Preview info alert: Shows the message Topology Builder is in Preview. with a Learn More link. The alert does not block access to the Builder canvas.
Builder canvas: Shows the Select Cloud Region button and build progress visualisation canvas
Select Cloud Region button: Opens a pane to select cloud provider, account, and region to build gateways
Add Transit button: Opens a pane to input the Transit gateway details to build
Add Spoke button: Opens a pane to input the Spoke gateway details to build
Deploy button: Starts the deploy process for the built topology
Generate Terraform Script button: Generates a Terraform script to deploy the built topology
Reset button: Clears the current build on the Builder canvas

Actions

Building Topology

To build a topology:

In Aviatrix CoPilot, click Cloud Fabric > Topology > Builder. The Topology: Builder page appears.
Click the Select Cloud Region button to open the Select Cloud Region pane.
Select the cloud provider, account, and region to build the topology.
Click Save.
Click the + Transit or + Spoke button to add a Transit or Spoke gateway to the topology.
Provide the information in the following Parameter Details section.
Click Save.
Click the Deploy button to start the deploy process for the topology.
Click the Generate Terraform Script button to generate a Terraform script to deploy the topology.

A notification appears confirming the deployment of the topology.

Parameter Details

CoPilot Parameter Name	Description
Select Cloud Region
Cloud provider	Selects the cloud provider for the Gateway deployment.
Account	Specifies the cloud account linked to the selected provider.
Region	Selects the region where the Gateway is deployed.
+ Transit/+Spoke
Transit Gateway VPC	Selects or creates a VPC or VNet for the Gateway.
Gateway name	Specifies the name of the Gateway.
Gateway size	Selects the instance size for the Gateway.
High performance encryption	Enables or disables high performance encryption for the Gateway.
Instance CIDR	Defines the CIDR block for the Gateway instance.
Transit peers	Selects Transit Gateways for peering connections.

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