CloudNetDraw Is Now Live as a Hosted Service 🚀
A few weeks ago, I introduced CloudNetDraw — a side project I built to automate Azure network diagrams and eliminate the pain of drawing HUB/spoke topologies by hand.
The early feedback was fantastic — and now I'm excited to share that CloudNetDraw is available as a hosted service.
🟦 What’s New
You can now:
- Log in directly to the CloudNetDraw portal
- Authenticate with Azure (your own tenant)
-
Generate
.drawionetwork diagrams instantly:- HUB & spoke layout
- vNet peerings
- Subnets (with CIDRs)
- NSG and UDR flags
No need to deploy anything. Just authenticate, run, download.
👉 Try it now: https://cloudnetdraw.com
🧠 Why a Hosted Version?
While some users prefer to run everything locally or inside their own tenant, many just want to plug in credentials and go.
This hosted version is perfect for:
- Consultants doing one-time Azure assessments
- Infra or security engineers documenting their environment
- Anyone tired of hand-drawing vNets and peerings
🔍 How It Works
CloudNetDraw:
- Uses read-only Azure API access (you authenticate using your browser)
- Pulls your network topology (no data stored)
- Generates a
.drawiodiagram you can edit, export, or embed
No telemetry, no tracing, no hidden analytics.
👉 Watch the quick demo: How to use the user login in CloudNetDraw
📬 What’s Next?
Over the coming weeks:
- I’ll improve layout logic and draw subnet details more cleanly
- Add HLD support for multiple address space within one vNet
- Possibly build a ServiceNow/Confluence integration for the self-hosted version
🙏 Call for Feedback
If you try the hosted version, I’d love to hear:
- What features you’re missing
- Whether you prefer SaaS or self-hosted
- Would you pay for a usage-based or flat-rate version?
Thanks again to everyone who tested the early version and helped shape this tool — you’re awesome 💙
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