Just Claim It: Simplifying Network Automation with NetBox Operator - Lea Brühwiler

This talk covers the development of the open-source NetBox Operator, created as part of Swisscom's cloud-native transformation to connect network management with Kubernetes. The speaker explains how the NetBox Operator utilizes the Kubernetes API to facilitate GitOps practices for efficient IP address management. The session demonstrates the operator's capabilities in automating MetalLB IP Address Pools, promoting a zero-touch configuration approach for ingress networking in Kubernetes clusters. The speaker also highlights its advanced features, such as sticky IP assignments, which enhance scalability and agility across infrastructures, including the 5G core.