Documentation

Guides and reference for setting up, using, and administering Legend.

Getting Started

New to Legend? Start here to learn the basics.

What Legend is, the map metaphor behind it, and who gets the most out of it.

Stand up an instance, create your first Agents and Landmarks, connect them, and run your first search.

The building blocks of a Legend map: Agents, Landmarks, relationships, and the map itself, in depth.

Everything you need for day to day work in Legend.

Represent people and teams, record who is responsible for what, and keep it accurate over time.

A detailed, step-by-step guide to adding services, assets, documents, and processes, with types, ownership, and metadata.

Connect Agents and Landmarks so the map answers ownership, dependency, and documentation questions.

Find entities quickly, filter results, follow relationships, and understand impact before you act.

Attach documentation to the things it describes, keep it current, and make it discoverable.

Move around the map, switch between list and map views, and orient yourself quickly.

Install, configure, and look after your instance.

Deploy a self-hosted Legend instance with Docker Compose, a reverse proxy, and TLS, and create the first admin account.

Environment variables, instance settings, email, and storage for a self-hosted deployment.

Local accounts and a full, standards-based procedure for configuring OIDC single sign-on.

Invite users, assign roles, and keep access aligned with who is actually doing the work.

Protect a self-hosted instance by backing up the database and uploaded files, with example commands and a restore procedure.

The Community, Starter, and Business tiers, applying a self-hosted license key, and upgrading.

Keep a self-hosted instance current with a safe upgrade procedure and routine maintenance.