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General Information

  • Definitions
  • Introduction to Netris
  • Netris Supported Functionality & Platforms Matrix
    • Switch Fabric Management Functions
    • External Routing Functions
    • Cloud Networking Functions & Constructs
    • Overlay Network Features
    • AI Specific Functions
    • Security
    • Administration
    • Management Interfaces
    • Hypervisor/Worker node specific functionality
  • SoftGate Data Plane Variations
  • Netris and NOS versions compatibility matrix
  • Supported Switch Hardware
    • Nvidia
    • Dell
    • EdgeCore
  • Netris Architecture
    • Netris Controller
    • Netris Switch Agent
    • Netris SoftGate

Try & Learn Netris

  • Netris Try & Learn
    • Netris Infrastructure Simulation Platform
    • Netris Test Controller & Infrastructure Simulation
      • Web Console
      • SSH
      • Netris Init Modules
      • Start/Stop a Simulation
    • Lab Scenario: GPU-as-a-Service network with NVIDIA Spectrum-X architecture
      • Initialize the Netris controller
      • Start a simulation
      • Monitoring Dashboard
      • Topology
      • SSH to Switches
      • SSH to GPU servers
      • NHN (Netris host networking plugin)
      • Server Cluster Template
      • Server Cluster
      • Checking the connectivity
      • Cleanup the Controller

Tutorials

  • Netris VPC
    • Sites
    • IPAM
    • V-Nets
    • External connections
    • SiteMesh connections
    • NAT services
    • Load-balancing service
    • Access lists
    • Working with Netris VPC
  • Netris Generic Tutorials
    • Installing a Netris Controller
      • Security Matters
    • Upgrade and Rollback
      • Netris upgrade Procedure
        • Backup current database
        • Stop Netris Agents
        • Check your current version
        • Upgrade the Controller
        • Check the upgraded version
        • Upgrade Switches and SoftGate nodes
      • Rollback Procedure
        • Stop Netris Agents
        • Restore The Database
        • Downgrade the Controller Software
        • Downgrade Netris Agent Software
  • VPC Anywhere Getting Started Guide
    • VPC Anywhere Overview
      • Introduction
      • Concept
    • Install a Netris Controller
      • Requirements and Installation steps
      • Security Matters
    • Check Default Site Settings
    • SoftGate Installation
      • Minimum Hardware Requirements
      • SoftGate software provisioning
    • Connecting VPC to upstream networks (use one of two options)
      • Using a VLAN with public IP addresses (DMZ)
      • BGP Upstream
        • BGP Upstream: overview
        • BGP Upstream: configuration
    • IPAM Setup for Services
      • Create an allocation
      • Enable on-demand L4 (elastic) Load Balancer
      • Enable Network Address Translation (NAT)
    • Using NAT services
      • MASQUERADE
      • SNAT
      • DNAT
    • Using V-Net (isolated virtual network) services
      • Creating a V-Net
    • Using on-demand (elastic) L4 Load Balancer service
    • Using Multi-interface SoftGate
      • Creating a V-Net
      • SoftGate to SoftGate Link
  • Getting Started with Equinix Metal VPC
    • Installing a Netris Controller on Equinix Metal on-demand server
      • Installation Steps
      • Security Matters
    • 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)
      • 1) Requesting new Public IP address block
      • 2) Enable on-demand (elastic) Load Balancer
      • 3) Enable V-Net
      • 4) Enable NAT
    • Using V-Net (isolated virtual network) services in Equinix Metal Project
      • Tags
      • Unmanaged
    • Using on-demand (elastic) L4 Load Balancer service
  • Getting Started with PhoenixNAP VPC
    • Netris VPC for phoenixNAP BMC Overview
      • Introduction
      • Concept
    • Installing Netris on phoenixNAP BMC
    • IPAM Setup for Services
      • Option 1 - Separated allocation for each purpose
        • 1. Enable on-demand (elastic) Load Balancer
        • 2. Enable NAT
      • Option 2 - Splitting single allocation into different subnets
        • 1. Enable on-demand (elastic) Load Balancer
        • 2. Enable NAT
      • Note*
    • Using NAT services in phoenixNAP BMC
      • Option 1 - MASQUERADE
      • Option 2 - SNAT
      • DNAT
    • Using V-Net (isolated virtual network) services in phoenixNAP BMC
      • Adding Subnets for V-Net
      • Creating a V-Net
        • Deploy a new server w/ dynamic IP into an existing V-Net
        • Deploy a new server w/ static IP into an existing V-Net
        • Tags
        • Unmanaged
    • Using on-demand (elastic) L4 Load Balancer service in phoenixNAP BMC
  • Enabling Site Mesh with AWS
    • Site Mesh with AWS Overview
      • Introduction
      • Concept
    • Deploy a Softgate in AWS
      • Create an EC2 instance
      • Configure Netris Controller
        • Pre-Requisite Steps
        • Add AWS VPC Subnet into the Netris Controller
        • Static route for AWS VPC Subnet in Netris Controller
        • Create the Softgate in the Netris Controller
        • Netris SoftGate node provisioning
      • Configure AWS VPC
        • Adding routes
        • EC2 Source / destination check
      • Enabling Site Mesh
  • Enabling Site Mesh with GCP
    • Site Mesh with GCP Overview
      • Introduction
      • Concept
    • Deploy a Softgate in GCP
      • Create a VM instance
      • Configure Netris Controller
        • Pre-Requisite Steps
        • Create the Softgate in the Netris Controller
        • Add GCP VPC Subnet(s) into the Netris Controller
        • Static route for GCP VPC Subnet(s) in Netris Controller
        • Netris SoftGate node provisioning
      • Configure routing in GCP VPC
      • Enabling Site Mesh
  • Getting Started with Switch-Fabric Manager & VPC
    • Netris managed fabric Overview
      • Introduction
      • Concept
    • Install a Netris Controller
      • Requirements and Installation steps
      • Security Matters
    • New Site setup
    • VPC setup
    • IPAM setup
    • Inventory setup
    • Topology setup
    • SoftGate software provisioning
      • SoftGate PRO (100G) software provisioning
      • SoftGate (1G, 10G) software provisioning
    • Netris Switch Agent Installation
    • Connecting Netris managed fabric to an ISP
    • Connecting servers to the Netris managed fabric
    • Enabling NAT services
    • Enabling Load-balancing services
    • More features

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

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

Network Policies

  • VPC
    • Adding new VPC
  • IP Address Management
    • Allocations and Subnets
    • IPAM Tree View
    • Add an Allocation
    • Add a Subnet
  • 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

Operations

  • Accounts
    • Users
    • Tenants
    • Permission Groups
    • User Roles
  • Maintenance Mode
    • Overview
    • Maintenance Mode for Softgate - What’s happening behind the scenes?
    • Maintenance Mode for Switch - What’s happening behind the scenes?
  • Upgrade and Rollback
    • Netris upgrade Procedure
      • Backup current database
      • Stop Netris Agents
      • Check your current version
      • Upgrade the Controller
      • Check the upgraded version
      • Upgrade Switches and SoftGate nodes
    • Rollback Procedure
      • Stop Netris Agents
      • Restore The Database
      • Downgrade the Controller Software
      • Downgrade Netris Agent Software
  • Visibility (Telescope)
    • Graph Boards
    • API Logs
    • Dashboard

Switch-fabric Management

  • Inventory
    • Inventory Profiles
    • Adding Switches
    • Adding SoftGates
    • Viewing Inventory
  • Topology Manager
    • Adding Links
  • Switch Ports
  • Link Aggregation (LAG)
    • Automatic LAG with EVPN Multi-homing
    • Custom LAG

Detailed Installation

  • Controller Installation
    • Netris Controller installation on a generic Linux host
      • Linux Host requirements
      • Installation
        • Installation with the specific host name
        • Installation with the Let’s Encrypt SSL
        • Installation with the Custom SSL Issuer
      • Upgrading
      • Uninstalling
      • Backup and Restore
        • Backup
        • Restore
    • Helm Chart Installation
      • Requirements
      • Get Repo Info
      • Installing the Chart
      • Uninstalling the Chart
      • Chart Configuration
    • Netris Local Repository Setup
      • When & Why to Use the Local Repository?
      • How to Enable the Local Repository on the Netris Controller?
      • How to consume local repository
      • Upgrade Local-Repo Cache
  • Network Switch Initial Setup
    • Nvidia Cumulus v5.9+ Switch Initial Setup
    • Nvidia Cumulus v5 Switch Initial Setup
    • Ubuntu SwitchDev Switch Initial Setup
    • EdgeCore SONiC Switch Initial Setup
    • Dell SONiC Switch Initial Setup
    • Nvidia Cumulus v3.7 Switch Initial Setup
  • SoftGate Installation
    • Minimum Hardware Requirements
    • Provision Netris SoftGate software
  • SoftGate PRO Installation
    • Minimum Hardware Requirements
    • BIOS Configuration
    • Install the Netris Agent

Miscellaneous

  • SoftGate Performance
  • 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
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