Data Flow Panel

Data Flow Panel is the panel that turns the configuration of a vService on TR7 into a live traffic flow diagram. The path on which the request enters from the listener addresses and reaches the Backend Services by passing through the security layers, the rules and the decision points is read on a single screen and at a single glance, without navigating in the setting screens.

Complex application delivery and security configurations are no longer line-by-line setting lists: what is defined, what is running and where the traffic passes are seen in the same picture. Every box in the diagram is a gate; when it is clicked, its summary opens and from there it is possible to pass directly to editing.

The panel is present in four modules, each with the module's own point of view: Load Balancer - ADC draws the whole application delivery path, WAF - WAAP the web application protection, Bot/DDoS the layered threat defense, and AGS - AAM the authentication and access control.

The name of the panel

The panel is the preview panel that stays open on the right side of the vService screens and it does not carry a separate title in the interface. So that it can be referred to easily in the documentation, it is described under the name Data Flow Panel; the technical description of every module is on the Dashboard page of that module.

4 Modules

One language, four views

Load Balancer - ADC · WAF - WAAP · Bot/DDoS · AGS - AAM

Live

Instant configuration

Every element in the diagram reflects the settings and the working status at that moment

Dynamic

A self-building diagram

An element that is not defined is not drawn; every vService carries its own diagram

One Click

Editing from the diagram

The boxes, the pencils and the gears open the related setting directly

Cluster

Two devices together

The status dot and the listeners show the status of the two devices side by side

3 Tabs

Diagram · Log · Status

The Details, Log and Status Logs tabs in the same panel

What Is the Data Flow Panel?

The behavior of a vService consists of dozens of settings together with its listeners, certificates, rules, security modules, distribution algorithm and Backend Services. These settings are defined on different screens; but the traffic passes through all of them along a single path. The Data Flow Panel draws this path: it lines up the settings not according to the screens on which they are defined, but according to the order in which the traffic meets them.

The result is a picture that can be read by the technical team and the management at the same time. The operator finds the failure point within seconds, the security team verifies which traffic passes through which check, and the architecture team explains with a single drawing behind which layers the application stands.

How Is It Read?

The diagram of the four panels speaks the same visual language; it follows the journey of the traffic from top to bottom:

01 · The LB StripEntryThe vService type, the listener addresses and the SSL / HTTP/3 badges

02 · The GateEntry to the moduleThe whitelist gate, the waiting room or the AGS gate

03 · The CardsConfigurationThe rules, the policies and the checks of the module, each in its own card

04 · The DecisionThe shield nodeThe result strips: blocked, monitored, clean, challenged traffic

05 · The TargetThe Backend ServicesThe Backend Services that the passing traffic reaches

The decision node carries its own identity in every module: in WAF - WAAP there is an artificial intelligence chip inside the shield, in Bot/DDoS a virus icon, and in AGS - AAM a key. The Load Balancer - ADC panel, on the other hand, places the security modules into the flow as their own strips and, at the end of the path, shows the distribution algorithm and the Backend Services one by one. The icon strip under the diagram summarizes in a single row the settings that do not have a box on the traffic path (such as logs, reports, notifications, the blocking page and quarantine).

The Four Panels Together

Panel	The path it describes	Decision and results	The tabs on which it appears
Load Balancer - ADC	The whole application delivery path from the listeners to the Backend Services, with the certificate, rule and security module strips, the cache, the compression and the distribution algorithm	The distribution algorithm, persistence and the conditional Backend Service branches	Dashboard · Load Balancer Management
WAF - WAAP	The web application protection from the whitelist gate to the decision point, with the learning methods, the host groups, the OWASP level and the checks	Blocked · Clean · Monitor / Teacher; the WHITELISTED and LEARNING paths	Dashboard · WAF Management
Bot/DDoS	The threat protection from the waiting room to the three defense lines consisting of the L7 DDoS, IP Reputation and Bot protections	Monitor · Blocked · Clean · Challenge · Quarantine; the QUARANTINE path	All the tabs
AGS - AAM	The authentication from the AGS gate to the access decision, with the sign-in flow, the bot and lockout protections and the session policy	Denied · Signed In · Challenged; the SIGN-IN path	Dashboard · AGS Management

Common Features

Only what really existsThe diagram builds itself according to the configuration of the vService; a card, a row or a path that is not defined is not drawn at all. Every element seen on the screen really exists on that vService.

Live with status colorsThe listener addresses carry the color of their working statuses on that device; in the Load Balancer - ADC panel, a path that is up is also drawn with a flowing line and one that has stopped with a straight line.

The combined status dotThe dot in the panel title shows the combined status of the vService: OK, Error, Warning, Evaluating or Disabled.

Cluster awarenessIn cluster setups, the status dot and the listener rows show the status of the two devices side by side, with master / slave marks.

A single step from the diagram to the settingBy clicking the boxes, the gears and the pencils, it is possible to pass directly to the summary of the related setting and to its editing window.

Description with sentencesThe information icons summarize the rules, the policies and the profiles not with technical field names but with readable sentences.

Change and status historyThe Log tab lists who changed what and when, specifically for the module, and the Status Logs tab lists the status transitions with their reasons.

Always at handThe panel is collapsed and expanded and is resized from its edge; its width and its state are remembered per user.

The Panels

Load Balancer - ADC Data Flow Panel

The whole application delivery path from the listener to the Backend Service; the security modules within the flow.

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WAF - WAAP Data Flow Panel

The whitelist gate, the learning paths, the OWASP strength and the decision node with the artificial intelligence icon.

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Bot/DDoS Data Flow Panel

Three defense lines, five decision results and the quarantine path stopped at the gate.

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AGS - AAM Data Flow Panel

The sign-in flow, the protection and session policies and the access decision in a single diagram.

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