Welcome to Netris Documentation

Learn how to get started with Netris VPC Networking for your network environment.

You are welcome to join our Slack channel to get additional support from our engineers and community.

Tutorials

• Netris Generic Tutorials
  • Installing a Netris Controller
  • Netris Upgrade and Rollback Procedures
• VPC Anywhere Getting Started Guide
  • VPC Anywhere Overview
  • Install a Netris Controller
  • Check Default Site Settings
  • SoftGate Installation
  • Connecting VPC to upstream networks (use one of two options)
• Netris VPC for Equinix Metal
  • Installing a Netris Controller on Equinix Metal on-demand server
  • Enable Equinix Metal API integration
  • Provisioning Netris SoftGate nodes in Equinix Metal Project
  • Activating BGP on Equinix Metal Project
  • Enabling services (NAT, V-Net, Load Balancer, IP pools)
  • Using V-Net (isolated virtual network) services in Equinix Metal Project
  • Using on-demand (elastic) L4 Load Balancer service
• Netris VPC for phoenixNAP BMC
  • Installing a Netris Controller on phoenixNAP BMC server
  • Enable phoenixNAP BMC API integration
  • Provisioning Netris SoftGate nodes in phoenixNAP BMC
  • Enabling services (NAT, Load Balancer)
  • Using V-Net (isolated virtual network) services in phoenixNAP BMC

Cloud Native Tools

• Kubernetes Integration
  • Install Netris Operator
    • Helm Chart Method
    • Regular Manifest Method
  • Using Type ‘LoadBalancer’
  • Using Netris Custom Resources
    • Introduction to Netris Custom Resources
    • L4LB Custom Resource
    • V-Net Custom Resource
    • BGP Custom Resource
    • Importing existing resources from Netris Controller to Kubernetes
    • Reclaim Policy
  • Calico CNI Integration
    • Disabling Netris-Calico Integration
• Terraform: Netris provider
  • Install Terraform
  • Create a directory for Terraform files
  • Configure a provider
  • Prepare an infrastructure plan
  • Create resources
  • Delete resources

Netris Fundamentals

• Introduction to Netris
• Netris Architecture
  • Netris Controller
  • Netris Switch Agent
  • Netris SoftGate
• Reference Network Architectures
  • Unmanaged Switch & Netris SoftGate
  • Unmanaged Switch & SoftGate (HA)
  • Netris Managed Switch & SoftGate (HA)
  • Netris Managed Switch & SoftGate scalable data center (HA)

Detailed Installation

• Controller Installation
  • Netris Controller installation on a generic Linux host
  • Helm Chart Installation
• Switch Agent Installation
  • Prerequisite Steps
  • Install the Netris Agent
• SoftGate Installation
  • Minimum Hardware Requirements
  • Provision Netris SoftGate software
• SoftGate PRO Installation
  • Minimum Hardware Requirements
  • BIOS Configuration
  • Install the Netris Agent

Switch-fabric Configuration

• Definitions
• IP Address Management
  • Allocations and Subnets
  • Add an Allocation
  • Add a Subnet
• Inventory
  • Inventory Profiles
  • Adding Switches
  • Adding SoftGates
  • Viewing Inventory
• Topology Manager
  • Adding Links
  • Hairpin Links (Nvidia Cumulus only)
• Switch Ports

Network Policies

• Basic BGP
  • Adding BGP Peers
• Advanced BGP
  • BGP Objects
    • IPv4 Prefix
    • IPv6 Prefix
    • Community
  • BGP route-maps
• Static Routing
• NAT
  • Enabling NAT
  • Defining NAT rules
• SiteMesh
• Looking Glass

Network Services

• V-Net
  • V-Net Fields
• L3 Load Balancer (Anycast LB)
  • Creating an L3 Load Balancer
• L4 Load Balancer (L4LB)
  • Enabling L4LB service
  • Consuming L4LB service
• Access Control Lists (ACL)
  • ACL Default Policy
  • ACL Rules
  • ACL Approval Workflow
  • ACL Processing Order
• ROH (Routing on the Host)
  • Adding ROH Hosts

Operations

• Visibility (Telescope)
  • Graph Boards
  • API Logs
  • Dashboard
• Accounts
  • Users
  • Tenants
  • Permission Groups
  • User Roles

Updates

• Release notes
• SoftGate Performance

Lab Scenarios

• Learn Netris Operations with Kubernetes
  • Intro
  • Install Netris Operator
  • Deploy an Application with an On-Demand Netris Load Balancer
  • Using Netris Custom Resources
    • Introduction to Netris Custom Resources
    • L4LB Custom Resource
    • V-Net Custom Resource
    • BGP Custom Resource
    • Importing Existing Resources from Netris Controller to Kubernetes
    • Reclaim Policy
  • Netris Calico CNI Integration
    • Disabling Netris-Calico Integration