Dragon's Eye

See everything. Control everything.

Dragon’s Eye

Dragon’s Eye is the unified management interface for Tophan. One dashboard for every Scale, every node, every workload in your cluster.

Features

Feature	Description	Status
VM Management	Create, configure, snapshot, migrate, and destroy VMs	Beta
Resource Monitoring	Real-time CPU, memory, storage, and network metrics per node	Beta
Scale Marketplace	Browse, install, and configure Scales from a single interface	Beta
Vault Integration	Manage secrets, certificates, and trust chains without leaving the UI	Beta
SPICE Console	Full graphical console access to VMs directly in the browser	Beta
Network Visualisation	Interactive topology maps of virtual networks and traffic flow	Planned
Module Status	Health, version, and configuration status for every Scale	Beta
Cluster View	Multi-node overview with resource aggregation and placement visibility	Planned

Design

Dragon’s Eye is built for speed and clarity:

Dark theme — designed for operations teams who live in terminals
Axum backend — Rust, naturally. Sub-millisecond API responses.
Vanilla JS frontend — no framework churn, no build toolchain, no 200MB node_modules
Progressive disclosure — summary views by default, full detail on demand

The UI loads fast because there’s nothing unnecessary in it. No telemetry, no analytics scripts, no third-party dependencies.

Architecture

┌─────────────┐
│   Browser    │
└──────┬──────┘
       │ HTTPS
┌──────▼──────┐
│ Dragon's Eye│  Axum web server
│   (Rust)    │
└──────┬──────┘
       │ Unix socket / API
┌──────▼──────┐
│   tophand   │  System orchestrator
└──────┬──────┘
       │ Scale APIs
┌──────▼──────┐
│ Scale APIs  │  Hypervisor, Storage, Network, etc.
└─────────────┘

Dragon’s Eye never talks to Scales directly. All operations flow through tophand, which enforces permissions, validates requests, and maintains a consistent view of system state.

This means Eye is stateless — it renders what tophand reports. If Eye crashes or restarts, nothing is lost. If you prefer CLI or API access, tophand serves the same endpoints Eye uses.