Resource Topology

The Topology view renders an interactive ownership graph for any resource, making it easy to understand relationships between Kubernetes objects at a glance.

Opening the Topology View

1. Open any resource detail page (Deployment, Service, Pod, etc.)
2. Click the Topology tab

The graph renders immediately using data already in the Informer cache — no additional API calls.

Ownership Relationships

KubeVision traces ownership via metadata.ownerReferences and well-known label selectors:

Deployment ──owns──▶ ReplicaSet ──owns──▶ Pod
                                           │
CronJob ──owns──▶ Job ──owns──▶ Pod        │
                                           │
Service ──selects──▶ Endpoints ──▶ Pod ◀──┘
                                           │
PersistentVolumeClaim ──bound──▶ PersistentVolume

Supported Relationship Types

Source	Relationship	Target
Deployment	owns	ReplicaSet
ReplicaSet	owns	Pod
StatefulSet	owns	Pod
DaemonSet	owns	Pod
Job	owns	Pod
CronJob	owns	Job
Service	selects	Pod
Ingress	routes to	Service
PVC	bound to	PV

Graph Interaction

Interaction	Action
Click a node	Open the resource detail panel on the right
Scroll	Zoom in / out
Drag background	Pan the viewport
Drag node	Reposition a node (layout is not saved)
Double-click node	Navigate to the full resource detail page

Node Color Coding

Color	Status
Green	Running / Available / Bound
Yellow	Pending / Progressing
Red	Failed / Error / Terminating
Grey	Unknown or no status condition

Use Cases

• Debug a failing Deployment — instantly see which Pods are in error state without navigating each one
• Trace traffic path — follow Ingress → Service → Pod to verify routing
• Audit storage — confirm PVC/PV binding across a namespace

tip

For large deployments with many replica Pods, the graph groups them and shows a count badge to keep the view readable.

Related

• Resource Management — List and edit resources
• Cross-Cluster Diff — Compare topology across environments