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Explorer Dashboard

This is a multi-cluster Kubernetes dashboard that allows you to browse through the resources of all clusters connected to the Akuity Platform, even those not managed by Argo CD, without the restriction of viewing one application at a time.

Explorer

The Cluster, Namespace, Kind dropdowns, as well as the Spotlight Search button on the right top allow you to quickly find specific resources based on your needs. When you find the resource that you are looking for, click the entry to gather more information:

Resource details

Each tab provides specific insights into the resource's behavior and status:

  • Event Timeline: Provides a time series view of events related to the selected resource, helping to understand its lifecycle and correlation with other events.
  • Manifest: Displays the YAML definition of the resource, allowing inspection of its configuration.
  • Logs: Aggregates live logs from all containers within the resource, providing real-time insights into application behavior.
  • Events: Lists all Kubernetes events associated with the resource (e.g., creation, updates, errors), offering a detailed audit trail.
  • Audit Logs: Provides a record of all actions performed on the resource, including who initiated the action and when, crucial for security and compliance.

Tree View​

The Tree View enables you to see all of the services and how they relate to each other. It provides a real-time dependency graph of your Kubernetes resources and visualizes the complex relationships between them.

It displays each object—such as a Deployment, Service, or Pod—as an interactive card, with lines connecting them to show how they are managed and related. This allows you to instantly understand your application's architecture and trace dependencies.

You can easily navigate your environment using the filters at the top to narrow the view by cluster, namespace, resource kind, or health status.

Tree View

Event Timeline View​

Click the Namespace button in the top-right corner to open the detailed timeline view. The Namespace Event Timeline provides a powerful, correlated view of all activities and health changes for the resources within a specific namespace. This feature is designed to simplify root cause analysis by visualizing the sequence of events over time.

Timeline

The timeline consolidates and displays a wide range of events in a single, chronological view, including:

  • Resource Health Changes: Tracks the health status of individual resources like Deployments, showing transitions between states such as Healthy, Progressing, and Degraded.
  • Spec Changes: Pinpoints the exact moment a resource's specification was modified.
  • Audit Logs: Displays audit trail events related to resource changes.
  • Sync Operations: Shows when Argo CD sync operations were initiated.
  • Kargo Promotions: Marks when promotions between Kargo stages occurred.
  • Node Events: Correlates cluster-level node events with application behavior.