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https://github.com/ljacobsson/cfn-diagram
CLI tool to visualise CloudFormation/SAM/CDK stacks as visjs networks, draw.io or ascii-art diagrams.
https://github.com/ljacobsson/cfn-diagram
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CLI tool to visualise CloudFormation/SAM/CDK stacks as visjs networks, draw.io or ascii-art diagrams.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ljacobsson/cfn-diagram
- Owner: ljacobsson
- Created: 2020-05-13T22:06:49.000Z (about 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-19T10:32:58.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-19T10:41:23.982Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: aws-tools, cloudformation, sam, visualisation
- Language: JavaScript
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- Size: 7.87 MB
- Stars: 929
- Watchers: 15
- Forks: 71
- Open Issues: 33
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# cfn-diagram
CLI tool to visualise CloudFormation/SAM/CDK templates as diagrams.
## Installation
`npm i -g @mhlabs/cfn-diagram`
## Usage
```
Usage: cfn-dia [options] [command]
Options:
-v, --vers Output the current version
-h, --help Display help for command
Commands:
draw.io|d [options] Generates a draw.io diagram from a CloudFormation template
html|h [options] Generates a vis.js diagram from a CloudFormation template
browse|b [options] Browses and generates diagrams from your deployed templates
help [command] Display help for command
Draw.io Options:
-t, --template-file [templateFile] Path to template or cdk.json file
-c, --ci-mode Disable terminal/console interactivity
-o, --output-file [outputFile] Name of output file
-co, --cdk-output [outputPath] CDK synth output path
-s, --skip-synth Skips CDK synth
-e, --exclude-types [excludeTypes] List of resource types to exclude when using CI mode
Html Options:
-t, --template-file [templateFile] Path to template or cdk.json file
-c, --ci-mode Disable terminal/console interactivity
-o, --output-path [outputPath] Name of output file
-co, --cdk-output [outputPath] CDK synth output path
-s, --skip-synth Skips CDK synth
```
## Output formats
### Draw.io
```
Usage: cfn-dia draw.io|d [options]
Generates a draw.io diagram from a CloudFormation template
Options:
-t, --template-file [templateFile] Path to template or cdk.json file (default: "template.yaml or
cdk.json")
-c, --ci-mode Disable terminal/console interactivity (default: false)
--stacks [stacks] Comma separated list of stack name(s) to include. Defaults to
all.
-o, --output-file [outputFile] Name of output file (default: "template.drawio")
-co, --cdk-output [outputPath] CDK synth output path (default: "cdk.out")
-s, --skip-synth Skips CDK synth (default: false)
-e, --exclude-types [excludeTypes...] List of resource types to exclude when using CI mode
-h, --help display help for command
```
Use it in combination with the [Draw.io Integration](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hediet.vscode-drawio) for VS Code to instantly visualise your stacks.
#### Example
```
cfn-dia draw.io -t template.yaml
```
#### Features
* Select only the resource types you want to see. This lets you skip granlar things like roles and policies that might not add to the overview you want to see
* Navigate through a new differnet layouts
* Works for both JSON and YAML templates
* Filter on resource type and/or resource names
* Works with CloudFormation, SAM and CDK
### HTML
```
Usage: cfn-dia html|h [options]
Generates a vis.js diagram from a CloudFormation template
Options:
-t, --template-file [templateFile] Path to template or cdk.json file (default: "template.yaml or
cdk.json")
--stacks [stacks] Comma separated list of stack name(s) to include. Defaults to all.
-all --render-all If set, all nested stacks will be rendered. By default only root
template is rendered (default: false)
-c, --ci-mode Disable terminal/console interactivity (default: false)
-o, --output-path [outputPath] Name of output file (default: "/tmp/cfn-diagram")
-co, --cdk-output [outputPath] CDK synth output path (default: "cdk.out")
-s, --skip-synth Skips CDK synth (default: false)
-h, --help display help for command
```
The HTML output uses [vis.js](https://github.com/visjs/vis-network) to generate an interactive diagram from your template.
#### Example
```
cfn-dia html -t template.yaml
```
or, for CDK stacks, go to project directory (where cdk.json is located) and enter
```
cfn-dia html
```
Large stacks, in particular multi-stack CDK projects, tend to generate huge diagrams. You can pass the stack names you want to render using the `--stacks` argument followed by a comma separated list of stack names.
### Ascii-art
```
Usage: cfn-dia ascii-art|a [options]
Generates an ascii-art diagram from a CloudFormation template
Options:
-t, --template-file [templateFile] Path to template or cdk.json file (default: "template.yaml or cdk.json")
--stacks [stacks] Comma separated list of stack name(s) to include. Defaults to all.
-co, --cdk-output [outputPath] CDK synth output path (default: "cdk.out")
-s, --skip-synth Skips CDK synth (default: false)
-w, --watch Watch for changes in template and rerender diagram on change (default: false)
-e, --exclude-types [excludeTypes...] List of resource types to exclude when using CI mode
-h, --help display help for command display help for command
```
Renders a simple Ascii-art diagram of your template directly in the console. Useful to gain a quick overview of smaller stacks.
Video demo of using the `--watch` option:
[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V3zimGWTcU)
### Mermaid
```
Usage: cfn-dia mermaid|m [options]
Generates a mermaid graph from a template
Options:
-t, --template-file [templateFile] Path to template or cdk.json file (default: "template.yaml or cdk.json")
-all --render-all If set, all nested stacks will be rendered. By default only root template is rendered (default: false)
-o, --output-path [outputPath] Name of output file
-co, --cdk-output [cdkOutputPath] CDK synth output path (default: "cdk.out")
-s, --skip-synth Skips CDK synth (default: false)
-h, --help display help for command
```
Renders a [mermaid](https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/#/) diagram of your template directly in the console or to a file. Useful to gain a quick overview of smaller stacks and to generate as part of your CI/CD flow for up-to-date documentation.
### CI-mode
This functionality lives in its own CLI, [cfn-diagram-ci](https://github.com/mhlabs/cfn-diagram-ci). This is beacuse it requires headless Chromium to be installed which makes the package size very large
It uses [pageres](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pageres) to generate a screenshot of a HTML diagram. This can be used in a CI/CD pipeline to keep an always up-to-date diagram in your readme-file.
#### Installation
```
npm install -g @mhlabs/cfn-diagram-ci
```
#### Example
```
cfn-dia-ci html -t template.yaml
```
## Known issues
* Some icons are missing. Working on completing the coverage.
* When using WSL you might experience `Error: spawn wslvar ENOENT` when trying to use HTML output. To resolve, install [wslu](https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu). See issue #9.