Drawing a Deployment Architecture

Procedure

1. Go to the Architecture Design page and click the Architecture Design tab.
2. Click Create Deployment Architecture in the upper left corner. On the displayed page, select the architecture type, enter the architecture name, select the system type (no impact on drawing), enter a description about the architecture, and select the applicable platform (no impact on drawing).
   • Create a legacy architecture designed for mature O&M systems needing high stability, consistency, and compliance and deep customization.
   • Create a WAC architecture, which is recommended for all other scenarios.

3. Create a legacy architecture.
   1. The created legacy architecture is displayed in card view by default. Click the created architecture to go to its details page. Then click Architecture Drawings above the canvas to start drawing.

      

   2. On the left pane, view the basic diagram elements and cloud service diagram elements required for drawing.
   3. On the toolbar, click Auto Draw. Drag the Subnet diagram element to the canvas, click it, and then click Auto Draw in the properties panel.

      

   4. In the Auto Draw dialog box, select a region, VPC, and subnet, and click Start analysis. The system will identify resources within the subnet and display them by layer according to the logical structure. If VPC flow logs are enabled, the system can also identify the relationships between resources.

      

   5. In the drawing toolbar on the left, click Full-Link Cloud Services. The cloud services provided here support one-click full-link drawing.
      • Drag a cloud service diagram element (for example, Elastic Cloud Server) to the canvas.
      • Associating resources: Click the ECS diagram element. In the properties panel, click Instance Association. In the displayed dialog box, set the association method, select a target region and resource type to search for ECS resources in the region, select the desired resources, and click OK.

        

      • Full-link drawing: Click the ECS diagram element and click in the properties panel to draw a full-link diagram.
   6. In the toolbar on the left, click the Deployed as Instances tab. The cloud services displayed on this page support instance association.
      • Drag a cloud service diagram element (for example, Elastic Cloud Server) to the canvas.
      • Associating resources: Click the ECS diagram element. In the properties panel, click Instance Association. In the displayed dialog box, set the association method, select a target region and resource type to search for ECS resources in the region, select the desired resources, and click OK.

4. Creating a WAC architecture.
   1. By default, the created WAC architecture is displayed in card view. Click the created architecture to go to its details page.
   2. On the left pane, view the basic diagram elements, panels, and cloud service diagram elements required for drawing.
   3. The toolbar above the canvas provides multiple tools.
      

      1. : Use the default cursor mode.
      2. : Move the canvas.
      3. : Center the canvas.
      4. : Enter full screen.
      5. : Polish the drawings.
      6. : Import inventory resources. (This will clear the canvas and generate an architecture based on the selected resources.)

         After you click this icon, the page for adding resources is displayed. Set the cloud service, resource type, and region to search for resources. Select the required resources in the list, confirm the resource information on the right, and click OK. Then the system starts analysis.

         

   4. Click History in the upper right corner of the canvas to view, restore, and delete the operation records of the architecture.
   5. Click Save as Template in the upper right corner of the canvas to save the architecture to the template center. Then you can easily check data with the same search criteria.
   6. Click Export in the upper right corner of the canvas to view data in the export format.