Using the Mesh console

View topology

• Visualize application resources and infrastructure resources through the canvas view.
• View the details of the resources such as locations, applications, services, and edge gateways at a glance, through corresponding side panels.
• Understand the connections between resources and diagnose problems by visualizing the network's topology and relationships through the topology view.
• View metrics for application-to-service traffic, including total bytes.

Manage resources

• View applications, services, and registered locations so that Mesh can manage their connectivity.
• View deployment environments and choose the environments for which Mesh manages the network connectivity.
• Create resource groups to set access for all the resources in a group by a single action.
• View details of applications, services, deployment environments, locations, and clouds in the list or card view.
• View managed and unmanaged resources.
• Filter applications by labels.
• Filter deployment environments by:
  • Cloud
  • Location
  • Type
  • Labels
• Filter locations by:
  • Cloud
  • Type
  • City
  • Country
  • Labels
• Filter clouds by the provider

Manage connection policies

• Create, view, edit, delete connection policies to control the network connectivity access between applications and services.
• Filter the connection policies by application, service, and labels.

Viewing network traffic metrics in Grafana

• Visualize real-time application network traffic through Grafana.
• View charts of outgoing bytes and packets for an app, and incoming bytes and packets for a service.
• View the gateway incoming or outgoing rate that corresponds to the tenant.

Logging in to the Mesh console

Follow these steps to log in to the Mesh console with Single Sign-On (SSO):

1. Using a supported web browser, browse the https://app.hybridcloudmesh.ibm.com.
2. Click Login to log in to Mesh.
3. Enter your IBMid on the IBM login page and click Continue.
4. Sign in with your identity provider login credentials.

Mesh console home page

The Mesh console home page contains the elements that are listed in the following table.

Element	Description
Navigation panel	Displays the navigation options available to the logged-in user. For more information, see Mesh console navigation panel.
Manage drop-down	Displays the secrets, identities, roles, resource groups, and subscription usage options. Click to view the various options.
User drop-down	Displays the user list. Click to select a user.
Get started link	Click Getting started to view the documentation on getting starting steps.
Register cloud link	Click Register cloud to register a new cloud.
Network topology	Displays the interconnected pattern of network elements. Click View topology to view the Network topology map that displays the locations, deployment environments, associated applications and services, and established connections within your enterprise network.
Applications	Displays the number of applications on the user's enterprise network and a list of application names and the last update date. Click View all to view all the applications and services that are listed on the Applications page. You can also click on the name of an application to view the application details on the Application details page.
Policies	Displays the number of connection policies on the user's enterprise network and list of policy names and the last update date. Click View all to view the connection policies you created, listed on the Connection access policies page. You can also click the name of a connection policy to view or edit the policy details on the Policy details page.
Deployment environments	Displays the number of Environments on the user's enterprise network and a list of environment names and the last update date. Click View all to view all the deployment environments listed on the Deployment environments page. You can also click the name of a deployment environment to view the deployment environment details on the Deployment environment details page.
Gateways	Displays the number of registered gateways. Click View all to view all the gateways listed on the Gateways page. You can also click the name of a gateway to view the cloud details on the Cloud details page.
Clouds	Displays the number of registered clouds. Click View all to view all the clouds listed on the Clouds page. Click Register cloud to register a new cloud. You can also click the name of a cloud to view the cloud details on the Cloud details page.
Locations	Displays the number of registered locations. Click View all to view all the locations listed on the Locations page. You can also click the name of a location to view the location details on the Location details page.

Mesh console navigation panel

The following table describes the navigation options available on the Mesh console.

Element	Description
Home	Click to navigate to the Mesh console home page.
Topology	Click to navigate to the Mesh console Topology list page to view the interconnected pattern of network elements across clouds.
Policies	Click to navigate to the Mesh console Connection access policies list page, listing the connection policies that define the connection access between applications, services, and deployment groups.
Applications & Services	Click to navigate to the Mesh console Applications list page, listing all the applications and services on the user's enterprise application network. Services can be cluster or external.
Environments	Click to navigate to the Mesh console Deployment environments list page, listing the Kubernetes clusters, virtual private clouds (VPCs), hosts and other targets where applications run.
Cloud	Click to navigate to the Mesh console Clouds list page to view the registered clouds.
Locations	Click to navigate to the Mesh console Locations list page to view cloud locations.
Gateways	Click to navigate to the Mesh console Gateways list page to view all the registered gateways along with the associated deployment environments.
Network segments	Click to navigate to the Mesh console Network segments list page to view all the registered network segments. You can then click a network segment. The Network segment details page displays all the resources, such as gateways, applications, namespaces, and policies. This page makes it easier to view and troubleshoot the resources in a network segment.
Events	Click to navigate to the Mesh console Events list page to view events created by Mesh.