AWS Infrastructure Composer console visual overview
This section provides a visual overview of the AWS Infrastructure Composer console.
Home page
The following image is of the home page in the Infrastructure Composer console:
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Documentation – Go to Infrastructure Composer documentation.
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Canvas – Go to the canvas and create or load a project.
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Demo – Open the Infrastructure Composer demo application.
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Create project – Create or load a project.
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Start building – Quick links to start building an application.
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Feedback – Go here to submit feedback.
Visual designer and visual canvas
The following image is of Infrastructure Composer's visual designer and visual canvas:
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Resource palette – Displays cards that you can design with.
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Resource search bar – Search for cards that you can add to the canvas.
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List – Displays a tree view of your application resources.
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Home – Select here to go to the Infrastructure Composer homepage.
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Save status – Indicates whether Infrastructure Composer changes are saved to your local machine. States include:
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Autosave – Local sync is activated and your project is being automatically synced and saved.
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Changes saved – Your application template is saved to your local machine.
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Unsaved changes – Your application template has changes that are not saved to your local machine.
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Resources – Displays the resource palette.
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Canvas – Displays the canvas view of your application in the main view area.
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Template – Displays the template view of your application in the main view area.
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Arrange – Arranges your application architecture in the canvas.
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Undo and redo – Perform undo and redo actions when supported.
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Template name – Indicates the name of the template you are designing.
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Main view area – Displays either the canvas or template based on your selection.
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Resource properties panel – Displays relevant properties for the card that’s been selected in the canvas. This panel is dynamic. Properties displayed will change as you configure your card.
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Menu – Provides general options such as the following:
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Create a project
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Open a template file or project
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Save a template file
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Get support
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Keyboard shortcuts
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Card – Displays a view of your card on the canvas.
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Line – Represents a connection between cards.
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Group – Groups selected cards together for visual organization.
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Card actions – Provides actions you can take on your card.
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Details – Brings up the resource property panel.
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Group – Group selected cards together.
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Delete – Deletes the card from your canvas.
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Port – Connection points to other cards.
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Resource property fields – A curated set of property fields to configure for your cards.
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Re-center – Re-center your application diagram on the visual canvas.
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Zoom – Zoom in and out on your canvas.
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Feedback – Go here to submit feedback.