Get Started with F5 BIG-IP Next Container Ingress Services¶
F5 BIG-IP Next Container Ingress Services (CIS) lets you manage your F5 BIG-IP Next device through BIG-IP Next Central Manager from Kubernetes or OpenShift using either environment’s native CLI/API.
The F5 BIG-IP Next CIS (k8s-bigip-ctlr) is a cloud-native connector that
can use either Kubernetes or OpenShift as a BIG-IP Next orchestration
platform. CIS watches the Kubernetes
API for
specially formatted resources and updates the BIG-IP Next system
configuration accordingly through BIG-IP Next Central Manager.
Features:
- Dynamically create and manage BIG-IP Next objects through BIG-IP Next Central Manager.
- Forward traffic from the BIG-IP device to Kubernetes clusters via NodePort or ClusterIP.
BIG-IP Next CIS compatibility¶
The table below shows the versions used in development testing. The F5 BIG-IP Next CIS may work with versions not shown here; F5 has not verified functionality in those versions.
BIG-IP Next Controller/Platform compatibility¶
| CIS Version | CIS Chart Version | FIC Version | FIC Chart Version | Kubernetes Version | OpenShift Version | BIG-IP Next Central Manager Version(s) | BIG-IP Next version(s) | OS Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v20.3.0 | v20.3.0 | v0.1.11 | v0.0.5 | 1.29-1.30 | 4.15-4.16 | v20.3.0 | v20.3.0 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.1 (Plow) |
Important
F5 Networks is a Red Hat Certified Container Partner. For more information see, Red Hat Container Catalog.
Note
To provide feedback on Container Ingress Services or this documentation, please file a GitHub Issue.