Cloud Explorer

Cloud Explorer, also known as Explorer, is designed to provide users with a graphical visualization of their cloud assets and their relationships. It offers a comprehensive view of the topology of a network, including components such as service VPCs, VPC/VNets, subnets, and instances. This visualization helps users understand and manage the structure and interconnections of their resources within a single interface. Explorer is beneficial for users who want to visualize their cloud infrastructure, manage these assets and their interconnections, and protect them. To manage large amounts of cloud infrastructure and connections, you can create them manually or use Terraform.

The key features of Cloud Explorer are:

• Graphical representation: Displays a clear, visual topology of cloud resources, making it easier to comprehend the relationships between assets.

• Interactive asset management: Enables users to interact with the graphical interface to manage and secure their resources effectively.

• Integrated security posture: Enables users to build and enhance their security posture by protecting assets directly within the Cloud Explorer interface.

The benefits of Cloud Explorer are:

• Enhanced visibility: Provides a unified view of all cloud assets and their interconnections, simplifying resource management.

• Improved security: Allows users to secure their assets by creating service VPCs and gateways, and by protecting resources through easy drag-and-drop actions and drawing lines to connect assets.

• Ease of use: Simplifies complex configurations with an intuitive interface, enabling users to take immediate actions on their assets.

• Scenario-based utility: Particularly useful in scenarios where users need to understand resource relationships or enhance their security posture dynamically.

To access Cloud Explorer, navigate to Home > Explorer.

To create an account or select acounts to add to the viewer, click the icon ( ).

Use these icons in the left pane to perform these actions :

• Move (): Move your assets between the swimlanes by drag-and-drop actions.

• Secure (): Secure your assets by forming connections between them and configuring them on the related screens. For example, click and drag on the Service VPC icon to form a line and connect it to the VPC in the next swimlane. Configure and protect the VPC in the relevant screen that opens up.

• Add SVPC (): Click the icon and drop a service VPC into the Service VPC swimlane. This opens a drawer for Create Service VPC where you can provide details.

• Add Gateway (): Click the icon and drop a gateway into the swimlane. This opens a drawer for Create Gateway where you can provide details.

• Add Tags (): Add tags to selected objects. Click to select up to 3 tags to view in the display.

The central area or canvas contains swimlanes for Service VPCs, VPC/VNets, subnets, and instances. The assets that you include are displayed in the swimlanes. Click the asset and perform actions such as adding a gateway, protecting the asset, or creating a policy for the asset. You can also click an asset to expand or collapse the view of all the asset's connections.