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    Edit a diagram in the diagram editor

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    Outpost includes a diagram editor, so you can change a documented network diagram in the console without exporting it, editing it elsewhere, and uploading it again. The editor is draw.io, served by your Outpost. It works the way draw.io does, and adds libraries of Outpost devices and link styles.

    The editor runs isolated from the rest of the console and makes no requests outside your Outpost. Your drawing is not sent to draw.io or anyone else.

    Before you begin

    Section titled “Before you begin”

    Open the editor

    Section titled “Open the editor”
    1. On Endpoints > Network map, select the Diagrams tab and open the diagram.
    2. Optional: select Show live values to load today’s status, addresses, VLANs, and ports onto the devices and links linked to the network.
    3. Optional: enter a Note for the next save.
    4. Select Open in editor.

    The editor opens over the whole console, with the diagram’s title, Save, and Close in the bar along its top.

    Draw

    Section titled “Draw”

    Draw as you would in draw.io. The shape panel has these libraries:

    LibraryHolds
    Outpost devicesOne shape per device kind, and one per custom icon in your map style.
    Outpost linksOne connector per kind of link, styled as your map style draws it, such as single-mode fiber or a VPN.
    draw.io’s ownGeneral, network, Cisco, and rack shapes.

    Devices and links on a diagram made from the live map are linked to what they stand for. A linked shape carries its device’s details, and Outpost uses that link to check the diagram. Move, restyle, and relabel linked shapes as you like. If you delete one and draw it again, the new shape is not linked, and Outpost matches it to a device by its name and addresses instead.

    Save or close

    Section titled “Save or close”
    • Save writes the drawing as a new revision, with a picture of it for the diagram’s page and for PNG, SVG, and PDF exports. The bar shows Saved, and the diagram’s page shows Saved as revision and its number. Outpost checks the new revision against the network within a few minutes.
    • Close leaves the editor. With changes not saved, it asks Close without saving your changes? Select Discard changes to leave, or Keep editing to go back.

    The bar shows Unsaved changes while you have changes not saved yet.

    Verify

    Section titled “Verify”

    On the diagram’s page, Revisions lists the new revision at the top with Current, and Current revision shows its picture.

    If something goes wrong

    Section titled “If something goes wrong”
    MessageFix
    The editor did not load. Close it and try again.Select Close, then Open in editor again. If it still fails, reload the console page.
    The editor settings could not be loaded.Check your connection to your Outpost, then close the editor and open it again.
    This Depot was built without the diagram editor.Your Outpost does not include the editor. This happens only on a self-hosted deployment. See Self-hosted and air-gapped deployments.
    The diagram could not be saved. Your drawing is still open; try Save again.Your changes are still in the editor. Select Save again.
    You do not have permission to do that.Ask an owner to add network_map:edit to your role.

    Next steps

    Section titled “Next steps”

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