Module 1: CIS Using NodePort Mode ================================= Overview -------- CIS makes L4-L7 services available to users deploying microservices-based applications in a containerized infrastructure. CIS - Kubernetes allows you to expose a Kubernetes Service outside the cluster as a virtual server on a BIG-IP device entirely through the Kubernetes API. .. Attention:: In this module we'll use **NodePort Mode** to communicate with CIS. .. seealso:: The official F5 documentation is here: `F5 Container Ingress Services - Kubernetes `_ Prerequisites ------------- Before being able to use F5 CIS, you need to confirm the following: - You must have a fully active/licensed BIG-IP (SDN must be licensed) - A BIG-IP partition needs to be setup for exclusive use by CIS - You need a user with administrative access to this partition - Your kubernetes environment must be up and running .. note:: The following labs will walk you through these prerequisites. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 :glob: lab*