Adding Netris

[asaroyan]

Netris is an automatic netops software with Kubernetes API integration.
We think that community will benefit with this information as Netris software is automating physical networking for the local private Kubernetes clusters.

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[asaroyan]

I signed it

[sftim]

This pull request seems to be to be out of line with the content guide policies on 3rd party content.

/hold

@asaroyan - you might be able to get this approvable if you replace it with a link to 3rd party content and a brief summary. Network plugins are essential for clusters to operate.

[sftim]

It'll be a similar concern for #21456, I imagine.

[asaroyan]

Thanks, edited as per sftim's comment.

[sftim]

Who can review this to confirm that Netris is a CNI plugin that fulfils an essential need?

If you can operate a Kubernetes cluster with a lower level network layer deployed and without Netris, I don't think this should merge.

[asaroyan]

Thanks for the comment.
Netris is a physical network orchestration software - like Cisco ACI and Apstra (both included in the list we are trying to merge)
Netris makes physical network to work plug and play with Kubernetes.

Example of essential service:

• User is exposing a port using "type: load-balancer"
• Netris automatically configures required L4 load balancing service using it's built-in functionality and allocates a public IP address.

I consider type: load-balancer is an essential function for running a Kubernetes cluster in a local environment. Netris makes it possible.

[thockin]

I'm OK to have this merge, but I feel the consternation of the docs people here. We don't want kubernetes' website to turn into a bulletin board of advertisements (especially when some of these projects get turned down), but we do want users to be able to find these things,

[asaroyan]

@thockin, appreciate your support. I think you guys are doing a fantastic job here, and the list will serve well to the best of interest for users. To your point maybe someone should review the list periodically to remove anything turned down, we may be able to help with that.
How to get this merged?

[sftim]

We don't want kubernetes' website to turn into a bulletin board of advertisements (especially when some of these projects get turned down), but we do want users to be able to find these things.

💭 what if https://landscape.cncf.io/category=kubernetes-network-plugin were a thing?

[sftim]

The likely future of content/en/docs/concepts/cluster-administration/networking.md is cleanup as part of the work for #20232

[asaroyan]

@sftim - appreciate the suggestion, confirmed (no slogan). The rest I did in analogy to other similar tools (Cisco ACI, Apstra AOS, Big switch networks) - link to company & link to the relevant page describing K8s integration. If requirements change in the future, I commit that we will conform. Can this merge now?

[sftim]

Right now, I don't see how this is something that's useful to link to: the target of the hyperlink is not documentation.

[sftim]

@asaroyan you should update this PR to make it fit in with the content guide.
Otherwise, the next pull request wrangler may close the PR.

[asaroyan]

@sftim thanks Tim. I'm working on documentation, will update in couple of days. Is that ok?

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