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Utility to generate a visualization of the relationships in a microservice based system
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Sprawl

NOTE: This library is no longer maintained, please check out https://gitlab.com/fortitudetec/elucidation-project as this was built off of this initial work

One challenge in the microservice world is tracking service relationships as an application grows.

Enter Sprawl!

Sprawl is a simple tool that generates a relationship map or diagram of the microservice components that make up an application based on a simple set of description files.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'sprawl'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install sprawl

Usage

CLI

Usage: sprawl [options]
    -d, --directory=DIRECTORY        Locate definition files in given directory
    -gREPOSITORIES,                  Locate definition files across many git repositories (SPRAWL files)
        --group-of-repositories
    -h, --help                       Prints this help
    -o, --output-type=OUTPUTTYPE     Format of output (SVG, PNG, Text, HTML)
    -sREPOSITORY,                    Locate all definition files in a single git repository
        --single-repository
    -v, --[no-]verbose               Runs verbosely

Service description

In order to define a service you need a yaml file created with the following structure:

name: first-service
description: This is our first service
language: Java
datastores:
  - Postgres
messageTypesProduced:
  - HelloThere
  - Status
messageTypesConsumed:
  - ByeBye
  - DoIt
restDependencies:
  - second-service
  - third-service
Field Description
name The name of the current service (REQUIRED)
description A short description of the purpose of the service
language The programming language that the service is written in
datastores An array of any datastores that the service uses
messageTypesProduced If the service utilizes asyncronous messaging, an array of message types that the service produces for the system
messageTypesConsumed If the service utilizes asyncronous messaging, an array of message types that the service consumes from the system
restDependencies An array of other services that this service communicates over REST

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/fortitudetec/sprawl. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.