Modeling AWS Structures with PlantUML and AsciiDoc

The AWS shapes are included in the PlantUML stdlib .. simply include them as shown here: example.puml @startuml !include <awslib/AWSCommon> !include <awslib/Analytics/ManagedStreamingforKafka> !include <awslib/Database/RDS> !include <awslib/General/Users> !include <awslib/General/InternetGateway> !include <kubernetes/k8s-sprites-labeled-25pct> skinparam linetype ortho title "AWS Context Diagram" package "EKS Kubernetes Cluster" as eks_cluster { component "<$pod>\napp1" as pod1 component "<$pod>\napp2" as pod2 } ManagedStreamingforKafka(kafka_pod, "Amazon MSK", "Apache Kafka") RDS(pg_rds, "PostgreSQL", "Sample Schema") Users(users, "AppUsers","editors, admins") InternetGateway(igw1, "Customer Gateway", "Customer access to internal services") users -> igw1 igw1 --> pod1 igw1 --> pod2 pod1 --> pg_rds pod1 --> kafka_pod pod2 --> pg_rds pod2 --> kafka_pod @enduml ...

November 8, 2022 · 1 min · 117 words · Micha Kops

C4 Modeling with PlantUML and AsciiDoc

C4 models allow us to visualize software architecture by decomposition in containers and components. Viewpoints are organized in hierarchical levels: Context Diagrams (Level 1) Container Diagrams (Level 2) Component Diagrams (Level 3) Code Diagrams (Level 4) C4-PlantUML offers a variety of macros and stereotypes that make modeling fun. An example in PlantUML: sample.puml @startuml !include <c4/C4_Context.puml> !include <c4/C4_Container.puml> left to right direction Person(user, "User") System_Ext(auth, "AuthService", "Provides authentication and authorization via OIDC") System_Boundary(zone1, "Some system boundary") { System(lb, "Load Balancer") System_Boundary(az, "App Cluster") { System(app, "App Servers") { Container(app1, "App1", "Docker", "Does stuff") Container(app2, "App1", "Docker", "Does stuff") ContainerDb(dbSess, "Session DB", "Redis") ContainerDb(db1, "RBMS 1", "AWS RDS Postgres") ContainerDb(db2, "RBMS 2", "AWS RDS Postgres") ' both app servers sync sessions via redis Rel(app1, dbSess, "Uses", "Sync Session") Rel(app2, dbSess, "Uses", "Sync Session") ' both app servers persist data in RDBMS Rel(app1, db1, "Uses", "Persist/query relational data") Rel(app2, db2, "Uses", "Persist/query relational data") } } } Rel(user, lb, "call") Rel(lb, app1, "delegate") Rel(lb, app2, "delegate") Rel(app1, auth, "Verify", "User auth") Rel(app2, auth, "Verify", "User auth") SHOW_FLOATING_LEGEND() @enduml ...

November 1, 2022 · 1 min · 207 words · Micha Kops

AsciiDoc Snippets

AsciiDoc Syntax and Features Using AsciiMath Include stem into document header :stem: Then use inline, e.g.: stem:[sqrt(4) = 2] or as block [stem] ++++ sum_(i=1)^n i^3=((n(n+1))/2)^2 ++++ AsciiMath Syntax Collapsible Blocks/Sections .Click to show the content [%collapsible] ==== Long content here... ==== Source: Asciidoctor Docs Tools and Ecosystem Docker / Podman Container Including stuff like: Asciidoctor Asciidoctor Diagram with ERD and Graphviz integration (supports plantuml and graphiz diagrams) Asciidoctor PDF Asciidoctor EPUB3 Asciidoctor FB2 Asciidoctor Mathematical Asciidoctor reveal.js AsciiMath Source highlighting using Rouge, CodeRay or Pygments Asciidoctor Confluence Asciidoctor Bibtex Asciidoctor Kroki Asciidoctor Reducer ...

May 10, 2019 · 1 min · 171 words · Micha Kops

Software Architecture Exploration and Validation with jqAssistant, Neo4j and Cypher

I have written about other software system analyzing and validation tools before but today I would like to introduce a new tool named jqAssistant that supports software architects, developers and analysts in a variety of tasks like analyzing given structures, validating architectural or quality constraints and generating reports. Therefore jqAssistant analyzes given projects or artifacts and stores the gathered information – that is enriched by a variety of existing plugin-ins – in a Neo4j graph database. ...

December 31, 2017 · 16 min · 3290 words · Micha Kops