nwdiag

nwdiag has been created by Takeshi Komiya and allows to quickly draw network diagrams. So we thank him for his creation!

Since the syntax is clear and simple, this has been integrated as beta version within PlantUML. We reuse here the examples that Takeshi has documented.

This is currently only working with the last beta or with the online server

Simple diagram

@startuml
nwdiag {
  network dmz {
	  address = "210.x.x.x/24"

	  web01 [address = "210.x.x.1"];
	  web02 [address = "210.x.x.2"];
  }
  network internal {
	  address = "172.x.x.x/24";

	  web01 [address = "172.x.x.1"];
	  web02 [address = "172.x.x.2"];
	  db01;
	  db02;
  }
}
@enduml

define multiple addresses

@startuml
nwdiag {
  network dmz {
	  address = "210.x.x.x/24"

	  // set multiple addresses (using comma)
	  web01 [address = "210.x.x.1, 210.x.x.20"];
	  web02 [address = "210.x.x.2"];
  }
  network internal {
	  address = "172.x.x.x/24";

	  web01 [address = "172.x.x.1"];
	  web02 [address = "172.x.x.2"];
	  db01;
	  db02;
  }
}
@enduml

grouping nodes

Not fully implemented yet

@startuml
nwdiag {
  network Sample_front {
	address = "192.168.10.0/24";

	// define group
	group web {
	  web01 [address = ".1"];
	  web02 [address = ".2"];
	}
  }
  network Sample_back {
	address = "192.168.20.0/24";
	web01 [address = ".1"];
	web02 [address = ".2"];
	db01 [address = ".101"];
	db02 [address = ".102"];

	// define network using defined nodes
	group db {
	  db01;
	  db02;
	}
  }
}
@enduml

@startuml
nwdiag {
  // define group at outside network definitions
  group {
	color = "#FF7777";

	web01;
	web02;
	db01;
  }

  network dmz {
	web01;
	web02;
  }
  network internal {
	web01;
	web02;
	db01;
  }
}
@enduml

Extended Syntax

@startuml
nwdiag {
  network Sample_front {
	address = "192.168.10.0/24"
	color = "red"

	// define group
	group web {
	  web01 [address = ".1", shape = "node"]
	  web02 [address = ".2"]
	}
  }
  network Sample_back {
	address = "192.168.20.0/24"
	web01 [address = ".1"]
	web02 [address = ".2"]
	db01 [address = ".101", shape = database ]
	db02 [address = ".102"]

	// define network using defined nodes
	group db {
	  db01;
	  db02;
	}
  }
}
@enduml

peer networks

@startuml
nwdiag {
  inet [shape = cloud];
  inet -- router;

  network {
	router;
	web01;
	web02;
  }
}
@enduml