The request
“A REST API network with an external user laptop connected wirelessly to the Internet, then a next-generation firewall, an API server, and a PostgreSQL database.”
Then tryAdd a load balancer before the API server.Add a second API server.
What is in this drawing
Read the decisions behind it.
01
Use tiered layout to separate access, edge, and server layers.
02
Include an internet cloud and firewall to model security boundaries.
03
Annotate link types (wireless, 10G, 1G) to indicate connection characteristics.
Use this structure whenever documenting server-database connectivity in network diagrams, especially for web applications with an API tier and database backend.
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