Observability Accelerator
Your Architecture Map. Built Automatically. Always Accurate.
Topology Builder discovers your service dependencies from live Elasticsearch data — so your architecture diagram reflects production reality, not last quarter's sprint.
The Architecture Problem Every Platform Team Knows
Most engineering organizations have architecture documentation that was accurate once. Here's what happens next.
The Diagram That Lied
Your architecture doc was accurate once. Then deployments happened. Now engineers trust the diagram until an incident proves them wrong. On-call runbooks say "check the architecture diagram." The diagram is nine months stale.
Two Months to Learn the Map
New engineers spend their first month in topology archaeology — reading APM traces, asking Slack, guessing. Every new hire compounds the documentation debt. Day-one architecture visibility stays a goal, not a reality.
Shadow Integrations
A service calls a deprecated endpoint. In production. You discover it mid-incident. It wasn't in any diagram because nobody documented it when it was added. These undocumented dependencies are your next outage.
Four Steps. Zero Manual Documentation.
Connect once. Topology Builder reads your existing Elasticsearch data and builds a living map — no new infrastructure, no manual maintenance.
Connect to Elasticsearch
Points at your existing cluster. Reads logs, APM traces, and metrics. No new agents. No new network probes. No new data collection infrastructure.
Auto-Discovery Runs
Dependency inference algorithms identify service-to-service call patterns from your production signals. Physical, network, compute, and service layers processed simultaneously.
Topology Map Generated
An interactive multi-layer topology graph renders across all layers. Nodes represent services. Edges show call relationships. Color-coded by layer. Always current.
Map Stays Current
Refreshes on your configurable schedule — hourly, daily, or on-demand. Exports to Lucidchart, Miro, Confluence, and draw.io automatically. Feeds Blast Radius for pre-deployment impact analysis.
What Topology Builder Does
Auto-Discovery from Live Data
Service dependencies inferred from Elasticsearch APM and log correlation. No agents, no network probes, no manual mapping. If the data is in your Elasticsearch cluster, Topology Builder finds the relationships.
Multi-Layer Topology View
Physical, network, compute, and service layers in a single interactive visualization. Switch between layers. See where services live and what they depend on. Full-stack dependency clarity.
Dependency Drift Detection
Alerts when new dependencies appear that weren't previously documented. Catches shadow integrations before they cause incidents. The first time you get this alert, you'll understand exactly why it matters.
Custom Boundary Configuration
Define service group clusters by team, business unit, or deployment zone. Organize the topology to match how your org thinks about ownership — not just how services are technically connected.
Export and Integration
Push topology maps to Lucidchart, Miro, Confluence, or draw.io automatically. Architecture documentation lives where your team already works. No custom tooling required.
Blast Radius Feed
Native integration with Blast Radius accelerator. Your topology becomes the foundation for pre-deployment impact analysis. Know which services will be affected before you deploy.
From Months to Hours. From Guesswork to a Map You Can Trust.
One e-commerce platform team mapped 200+ microservices in 48 hours. The same work done manually — interviewing engineers, reviewing traces, maintaining documentation — would have taken three months. And those three months of documentation would have started going stale on day one.
Topology Builder produces a living map: it refreshes on a schedule, catches new dependencies as they appear, and exports to the tools your team already uses. No ongoing documentation overhead. No architecture diagram that lies.
Topology Builder Powers Your Observability Stack
Topology Builder is the foundation layer for SquareShift's observability accelerator stack. Its dependency graph feeds directly into the tools that prevent incidents and reduce alert noise.
Topology Builder
The living architecture map
Blast Radius
Pre-deployment impact analysis powered by topology data. Know which services a change will affect before you deploy.
Alarm Noise Suppression
Alert correlation informed by service topology context. Route alerts to the right team. Suppress noise from expected cascade patterns.
Observability Modernization Sprint
Topology Builder is a primary deliverable in this engagement. Your team leaves with a live dependency map, not a static document.
Customer Results
"Generated an accurate topology map of 200+ microservices in 48 hours. Manual documentation would have taken months."Head of Platform, E-commerce Company
Common Questions
Does Topology Builder require network agents or probes?
No. Topology Builder reads from your existing Elasticsearch APM and log data. No new agents, no network probes, no additional data collection infrastructure required. If you're already using Elasticsearch for observability, you have everything Topology Builder needs.
How often does the topology map refresh?
Configurable: hourly, daily, or on-demand. Production changes are reflected in the next scheduled refresh. For teams with frequent deployments, hourly refresh captures new dependencies as they appear.
Can we export the topology to our existing documentation tools?
Yes. Native exports to Lucidchart, Miro, Confluence, and draw.io. Topology maps can be pushed automatically on each refresh cycle — no manual export steps. Your architecture documentation stays current without engineering effort.
Does it work with hybrid environments?
Yes. Topology Builder maps across physical data centers, cloud VPCs, and containerized environments. Physical, network, and service layers are all surfaced in the multi-layer visualization.
Is Topology Builder standalone or part of an engagement?
Both. Topology Builder is included in SquareShift's Observability engagements — specifically as a primary deliverable in the Observability Modernization Sprint. It's also available as a standalone implementation. Standalone pricing is custom — contact us to discuss your environment. All demo requests receive a 24-hour response.
Map Your Architecture. Automatically. Always Current.
Schedule a 15-minute demo. See what Topology Builder produces from your Elasticsearch data.