Discovery Of Application Relationships In Clusters

A method comprising:

• executing a query to identify a set of components that implement one or more services or workloads;
• executing a trace operation to identify a plurality of network connections associated with respective pairs of objects;
• filtering out at least one network connection from the plurality of network connections to obtain a filtered plurality of network connections at least by:
• identifying a first network connection of the plurality of network connections, the first network connection being initiated by a first source object for connecting with a first destination object;
• responsive to determining that the first destination object does not comprise any of the set of components that implement at least one service of the one or more services:
• removing the first network connection from the plurality of network connections;
• identifying a second network connection of the plurality of network connections, the second network connection being initiated by a second source object for connecting with a second destination object;
• responsive to determining that the second destination object comprises a first component of the set of components that implement at least one service of the one or more services:
• retaining the second network connection in the plurality of network connections for including in the filtered plurality of network connections;
• and
• mapping relationships between the services and/or workloads in the one or more services or workloads based on the filtered plurality of network connections at least by:
• identifying a service or workload implemented by the first component comprised in the second destination object associated with the second network connection;
• and
• determining a relationship, between (a) the second source object and (b) the service or workload implemented by the first component, to include in the relationship map.

A system comprising:

• at least one device including a hardware processor
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing program instruction that, when executed by the hardware processor, configure the system to perform operations comprising:
• executing a query to identify a set of components that implement one or more services or workloads;
• executing a trace operation to identify a plurality of network connections associated with respective pairs of objects;
• filtering out at least one network connection from the plurality of network connections to obtain a filtered plurality of network connections at least by:
• identifying a first network connection of the plurality of network connections, the first network connection being initiated by a first source object for connecting with a first destination object;
• responsive to determining that the first destination object does not comprise any of the set of components that implement at least one service of the one or more services:
• removing the first network connection from the plurality of network connections;
• identifying a second network connection of the plurality of network connections, the second network connection being initiated by a second source object for connecting with a second destination object;
• responsive to determining that the second destination object comprises a first component of the set of components that implement at least one service of the one or more services:
• retaining the second network connection in the plurality of network connections for including in the filtered plurality of network connections;
• and
• mapping relationships between the services and/or workloads in the one or more services or workloads based on the filtered plurality of network connections at least by:
• identifying a service or workload implemented by the first component comprised in the second destination object associated with the second network connection;
• and
• determining a relationship, between (a) the second source object and (b) the service or workload implemented by the first component, to include in the relationship map.