The Inspector
This article describes the Inspector, the panel that shows a Resource’s identity. The Inspector answers “what is this Resource”: the facts that name and address it. It does not show behavior: logs, metrics, and configuration live in the Resource workspace tabs, covered below.
The Inspector opens when you select a node on the Board or a Resource in the Explorer.
Identity fields
Rename
The Name field is editable in place. Renaming a Resource changes how it is
addressed: the endpoint follows the name, so api renamed to orders is served
at https://orders--acme.hyjal.cloud. Relations that reference the Resource are
updated to the new name. Names are lowercase alphanumerics and single dashes,
with no leading or trailing dash; the -- sequence is reserved for the
URL grammar and is not allowed in a name.
Description
The Description is a short note on what the Resource does. It appears in the
Inspector and travels with the Resource across the Console. Use it to record the
role of a Resource that is not obvious from its name: for example, that worker
drains a queue on a schedule.
Tags
Tags are labels you attach to a Resource. Use them to group Resources that share a concern (an environment, a team, a subsystem) and to filter the Explorer and Board to that set. A Resource can carry several tags.
Relations
Relations list the Resources this one is connected to: the paths it
mounts to a backend, and the allowlist grants that
let it call or be called by others. Each relation is the same wiring you would
draw as an edge on the Board or declare as mounts and allowlist in
hyjal.toml. The Inspector shows the relations; the Board
is where you draw them.
Endpoint, status, and digest
The Endpoint is the Resource’s served HTTPS surface. Status reports
whether it is serving. Digest is the exact artifact that is live: the
sha256: content address of the built wasm component. When you need to confirm
which artifact a Resource is running, or which Resources call a given Resource,
the Inspector is the source of truth.
Identity versus workspace
The Inspector is deliberately identity-only. To operate a Resource, use its workspace in the bottom tab, organized into sub-tabs:
Next steps
- Where relations are drawn: Use the Board
- The Config tab in depth: Security model
- The Tables surface: Tables view