Container workload monitoring and topology visualization in data centers

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:

• determining, by a management component in a data center, a network topology of the data center, wherein the network topology includes a plurality of physical servers;
• identifying, by the management component, a plurality of containers executing in the data center, wherein the plurality of containers are distributed across a plurality of clusters;
• determining, for each respective container of the plurality of containers, a respective server from the plurality of physical servers that is executing the respective container;
• and
• generating, by the management component, an augmented network topology by correlating the network topology and the determined server executing each container, wherein:
• the augmented network topology indicates relationships among the plurality of clusters and physical resources in the data center, and
• communication links in the data center are colored in the augmented network topology to indicate, for each respective communication link, a respective consumed bandwidth of the respective link as a percentage of a respective maximum bandwidth of the respective link;
• and
• upon receiving a selection of a first cluster of the plurality of clusters:
• identifying a set of containers, from the plurality of containers, included in the first cluster;
• updating a visualization of the augmented network topology to display the set of containers;
• and
• updating the visualization of the augmented network topology to display a set of connected components for the first cluster, comprising:
• visually emphasizing, in the visualization, all connected components north of the first cluster to a spine node;
• visually emphasizing, in the visualization, an immediately-adjacent component south of the first cluster;
• and
• hiding, in the visualization, at least one component that is unconnected to the first cluster.

A system, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a memory containing a program which when executed by the one or more computer processors performs an operation, the operation comprising:
• determining, by a management component in a data center, a network topology of the data center, wherein the network topology includes a plurality of physical servers;
• identifying, by the management component, a plurality of containers executing in the data center;
• determining, for each respective container of the plurality of containers, a respective server from the plurality of physical servers that is executing the respective container;
• and
• generating, by the management component, an augmented network topology by correlating the network topology and the determined server executing each container, wherein:
• the augmented network topology indicates relationships among the plurality of clusters and physical resources in the data center, and
• communication links in the data center are colored in the augmented network topology to indicate, for each respective communication link, a respective consumed bandwidth of the respective link as a percentage of a respective maximum bandwidth of the respective link;
• and
• upon receiving a selection of a first cluster of the plurality of clusters:
• identifying a set of containers, from the plurality of containers, included in the first cluster;
• updating a visualization of the augmented network topology to display the set of containers;
• and
• updating the visualization of the augmented network topology to display a set of connected components for the first cluster, comprising:
• visually emphasizing, in the visualization, all connected components north of the first cluster to a spine node;
• visually emphasizing, in the visualization, an immediately-adjacent component south of the first cluster;
• and
• hiding, in the visualization, at least one component that is unconnected to the first cluster.