Systems Design Studio / Architecture Lab.

4 Production Systems

LIVE ARCHITECTURE LAB

Deep-dive interactive topology, packet flow simulations, and declarative IaC manifests

Production Architecture Blueprints

Explore interactive system topologies engineered for enterprise scale. Inspect declarative Kubernetes manifests, Terraform modules, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementations with simulated live packet routing.

1. Select System Blueprint.

Active: IDP / GITOPS

Topology View• Interactive Nodes & Live Connections

Click node to inspect production specs & manifests

2. Deep-Dive Inspector: Backstage Developer Portal.

IDP Portal Layer

COMPONENT: BACKSTAGE DEVELOPER PORTAL

IDP Portal Layer

Protocol: HTTPS / REST

Self-service IDP UI enabling engineers to scaffold golden path microservices and trigger automated environments.

template.yamlyaml

apiVersion: scaffolder.backstage.io/v1beta3
kind: Template
metadata:
  name: microservice-golden-path
  title: Production Microservice Golden Path
  description: Scaffolds a production-ready Go/Python service with ArgoCD & Terraform
spec:
  owner: platform-engineering
  type: service
  parameters:
    - title: Service Configuration
      properties:
        serviceName:
          title: Name
          type: string
        cloudProvider:
          title: Target Cloud
          type: string
          enum: ["AWS EKS", "Azure AKS"]
  steps:
    - id: template
      name: Generate Skeleton
      action: fetch:template
      input:
        url: ./skeleton
        values:
          name: ${{ parameters.serviceName }}
    - id: publish
      name: Publish Repository
      action: publish:github
      input:
        repoUrl: github.com?repo=${{ parameters.serviceName }}&owner=org