A container view allows you to zoom-in to the software system shown on a system context view, to see the applications and data stores (what the C4 model refers to as "containers") that reside inside it.
workspace {
model {
u = person "User"
s = softwareSystem "Software System" {
webapp = container "Web Application"
database = container "Database"
}
u -> webapp "Uses"
webapp -> database "Reads from and writes to"
}
views {
container s {
include *
autoLayout lr
}
}
}
This DSL defines a container view for the software system s, and include * includes the default set of model elements for the view.
Container views can be rendered using the Structurizr cloud service/on-premises installation or exported to a number of other formats via the Structurizr CLI export command.