docker-compose-viz

How to use

Docker

Considering the current working directory is where your docker-compose.yml file is located:

docker run --rm -it --name dcv -v $(pwd):/input pmsipilot/docker-compose-viz render -m image docker-compose.yml

# PowerShell
docker run --rm -it --name dcv -v ${pwd}:/input pmsipilot/docker-compose-viz render -m image docker-compose.yml

This will generate the docker-compose.png file in the current working directory.

PHP

Before you start, make sure you have:

• Composer installed,
• PHP 7.2 (at least) installed,
• GraphViz installed (see below for a guide on how to install it)

Self-Compiled

git clone https://github.com/pmsipilot/docker-compose-viz.git

make vendor

Via Composer

composer install --prefer-dist

bin/dcv

Install GraphViz

• On MacOS:

  brew install graphviz

• On Debian:

  sudo apt-get install graphviz

Usage

Usage:
  render [options] [--] [<input-file>]

Arguments:
  input-file                         Path to a docker compose file [default: "./docker-compose.yml"]

Options:
      --override=OVERRIDE            Tag of the override file to use [default: "override"]
  -o, --output-file=OUTPUT-FILE      Path to a output file (Only for "dot" and "image" output format) [default: "./docker-compose.dot" or "./docker-compose.png"]
  -m, --output-format=OUTPUT-FORMAT  Output format (one of: "dot", "image", "display") [default: "display"]
      --only=ONLY                    Display a graph only for a given services (multiple values allowed)
  -f, --force                        Overwrites output file if it already exists
      --no-volumes                   Do not display volumes
  -r, --horizontal                   Display a horizontal graph
      --ignore-override              Ignore override file

How to read the graph

Links

Links (from services.<service>.links) are displayed as plain arrows pointing to the service that declares the link:

If we look at the link between mysql and ambassador, it reads as follow: "mysql is known as mysql in ambassador." If we look at the link between ambassador and logs, it reads as follow: "ambassador is known as logstash in logs."

External links are displayed using the same shapes but are grayed:

Volumes

Volumes (from services.<service>.volumes_from) are displayed as dashed arrows pointing to the service that uses the volumes:

If we look at the link between logs and api, it reads as follow: "api uses volumes from logs."

Volumes (from services.<service>.volumes) are displayed as folders with the host directory as label and are linked to the service that uses them dashed arrows.

If we look at the link between ./api and api, it reads as follow: "the host directory ./apiis mounted as a read-write folder on /src in api." Bidirectional arrows mean the directory is writable from the container.

If we look at the link between ./etc/api/php-fpm.d and api, it reads as follow: "the host directory ./etc/api/php-fpm.dis mounted as a read-only folder on /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d in api." Unidirectional arrows mean the directory is not writable from the container.

Dependencies

Dependencies (from services.<service>.depends_on) are displayed as dotted arrows pointing to the service that declares the dependencies:

If we look at the link between mysql and logs, it reads as follow: "mysql depends on logs."

Ports

Ports (from services.<service>.ports) are displayed as circle and are linked to containers using plain arrows pointing to the service that declares the ports:

If we look at the link between port 2480 and orientdb, it reads as follow: "traffic coming to host port 2480 will be routed to port 2480 of orientdb." If we look at the link between port 2580 and elk, it reads as follow: "traffix coming to host port 2580 will be routed to port 80 of elk."

Extends

Extended services (from services.<service>.extends) are displayed as components (just like normal services). The links between them and the extending services are displayed as inverted arrows:

If we look at the link between mysql and db, it reads as follow: "mysql extends service db".

Networks

Networks (from networks.<network>) are displayed as pentagons. The links between them and services are displayed as plain arrows pointing to the network:

If we look at the link between mysql and the global network, it reads as follow: "mysql is known as mysql, db and reldb in the global network.

The legacy network is an external so it's displayed as a grayed pentagon.

Examples

dot renderer

digraph G {
  graph [pad=0.5]
  "front" [shape="component"]
  "http" [shape="component"]
  2380 [shape="circle"]
  "ambassador" [shape="component"]
  "mysql" [shape="component"]
  "orientdb" [shape="component"]
  "elk" [shape="component"]
  "api" [shape="component"]
  "piwik" [shape="component"]
  "logs" [shape="component"]
  "html" [shape="component"]
  2580 [shape="circle"]
  2480 [shape="circle"]
  "http" -> "front" [style="solid"]
  2380 -> "front" [style="solid" label=80]
  "mysql" -> "ambassador" [style="solid"]
  "orientdb" -> "ambassador" [style="solid"]
  "elk" -> "ambassador" [style="solid"]
  "api" -> "http" [style="solid"]
  "piwik" -> "http" [style="solid"]
  "logs" -> "http" [style="dashed"]
  "piwik" -> "http" [style="dashed"]
  "html" -> "http" [style="dashed"]
  "ambassador" -> "api" [style="solid" label="graphdb"]
  "ambassador" -> "api" [style="solid" label="reldb"]
  "logs" -> "api" [style="dashed"]
  "ambassador" -> "logs" [style="solid" label="logstash"]
  2580 -> "elk" [style="solid" label=80]
  "ambassador" -> "piwik" [style="solid" label="db"]
  2480 -> "orientdb" [style="solid"]
}

image renderer

display renderer

Troubleshooting

Getting "failed to open stream: Permission denied"?

Make sure the target directory is writeable by the user in the Docker container. Or create a writeable directory first. See workaround #41

License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright ® 2020 PMSIpilot