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Dependency Graph

Almost every resource detail view has a Graph tab showing how it connects to other resources in the cluster - upstream traffic sources, owners, dependents, and sidecar configuration.

What the graph shows

Pick any resource and the graph walks both directions:

  • Upstream - what sends traffic here? (Gateways → HTTPRoutes / Ingresses → Services)
  • Owners - what manages this? (Deployment → ReplicaSet → Pod)
  • Downstream - what does this contain or schedule? (Pod → Node, ConfigMaps, Secrets, ServiceAccount)
  • Cloud annotations - GKE-specific (BackendConfig, FrontendConfig, ManagedCertificate, GCPBackendPolicy, HealthCheckPolicy); AWS (IRSA via eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn)

Layout

Two orientations, toggled in the top-right:

  • Horizontal - flows left → right (Gateway on the left, Pod on the right)
  • Vertical - flows top → bottom

Kubius picks a sensible default per resource type. Your last choice is remembered globally.

The focus resource is highlighted with a thicker dashed border. Layout uses a force-directed algorithm with sensible default columns per resource - it avoids overlap, keeps related nodes close, and stays stable as the underlying data updates.

Interaction

  • Click a node - single-click opens the detail in the current panel; right-click opens in a new window or opens the resource
  • Double-click a node - opens it in a new window
  • Drag the canvas - pan
  • ⌘ scroll or pinch - zoom in / out
  • + / - in the toolbar - zoom buttons
  • Focus button - recenters and resets zoom to 1×
  • Double-click empty canvas - quick zoom in

Status colours

Node opacity reflects activity:

  • Full opacity - running / ready / has traffic
  • 35% opacity - stopped, scaled to zero, or no ready replicas

This lets you spot dead branches at a glance - a Deployment with five stale ReplicaSets shows the inactive ones faded out.

Export

The Export Image menu offers three formats:

  • PNG (Transparent) - high-DPI raster
  • PNG (White Background) - same but white-backed
  • SVG (Vector) - true vector with proper text and curves

PNG export uses the same ImageRenderer flow as metric charts. SVG export emits <rect> for nodes and <path> for edges (cubic bezier for cross-column edges, straight lines for same-column connections).

What you’ll find in the graph for…

  • Pod - owning ReplicaSet / Deployment / StatefulSet / DaemonSet / Job, scheduled Node, exposing Services, mounted ConfigMaps / Secrets / PVCs, ServiceAccount, IRSA (AWS) link
  • Deployment - ReplicaSets, backing Pods, exposing Services, HPAs, PDBs, NetworkPolicies, upstream Ingresses / HTTPRoutes / Gateways, GCP backend policies, ConfigMaps / Secrets / PVCs / SA
  • Service - upstream Ingresses / HTTPRoutes / Gateways, backing Pods, GKE cloud annotations (BackendConfig, ManagedCert, FrontendConfig, TargetGroupBinding for AWS)
  • Node - every pod scheduled on it
  • Gateway - attached HTTPRoutes → backend Services → Pods → Node
  • PVC - mounting Pods → Node, bound PersistentVolume
  • ServiceAccount - bound RoleBindings / ClusterRoleBindings → Roles / ClusterRoles, pods using the SA