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Entity Types Overview

Causely automatically discovers over 25 different Entity types from your cloud native environment. These entity types are discovered through data sources like eBPF, Cloud APIs, OpenTelemetry and used to build topologies, identify defects, and infer root causes.


Applications

Software programs designed to perform specific tasks or functions for end-users or other systems

Compute

Servers or cloud resources to execute tasks, run applications, or perform calculations.

Databases

Systems for storing, organizing, and managing structured or unstructured data.

DataPipeline

Series of processes that move and transform data between systems for analysis, storage, or further processing.

Messaging

Platforms that facilitate communication between distributed applications or services via queues or topics.

Services

Services are self-contained units of functionality within a system that perform specific tasks or provide specific capabilities, often accessible through defined interfaces or APIs.