Welcome Bob Killen, CNCF’s new Senior Technical Program Manager!
We’d like to take a moment to welcome and introduce (or reintroduce) Bob Killen, CNCF’s new Senior Technical Program Manager! Bob has been a member of the cloud native community for some time now and is probably familiar… ⌘ Read more

Authentication vs authorization: understanding the difference
Member post originally published on the Cerbos blog by Omu Inetimi Authentication vs Authorization: Understanding the Difference In recent times, security in modern applications cannot be overemphasized. It is extremely important to ensure our applications have proper security… ⌘ Read more

Lessons from CrowdStrike’s Buggy Update: The Critical Importance of Robust Release Processes
Community post by Andrés Vega, CNCF TAG Security Recent events involving CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software have underscored a critical lesson across the industry : the importance of having a robust, secure release process. This incident serves as a… ⌘ Read more

Cloud Native Glossary — the Turkish version is live! (blog in English + Turkish)
The Cloud Native Glossary is a project led by the CNCF Business Value Subcommittee. Its goal is to explain cloud native concepts in clear and simple language without requiring any previous technical knowledge. We are in the process… ⌘ Read more

Interval tree implementation in Xline
The Reason for Implementing Interval Trees In a recent refactoring of Xline, we identified a performance bottleneck caused by two data structures on the critical path: the Speculative Pool and the Uncommitted Pool. These two data structures are… ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Eleni Grosdouli
Get to know Eleni This week’s Kubstronaut in Orbit, Eleni Grosdouli, brings diverse experiences to her role as a DevOps Consulting Engineer at Cisco Systems. She’s the go-to person for DevOps and Kubernetes Automation, with a passion for… ⌘ Read more

Organising the first KCD Hyderabad – my amazing experience
KCD post originally published on Social Maharaj by Atulpriya Sharma Being a food and travel blogger, I often attend a lot of food meet-ups where I get to experience different dishes and meet new people as well. But did… ⌘ Read more

Unlocking the power of ephemeral environments with Devtron
Member post originally published on Devtron’s blog by Abhinav Dubey TL;DR: The blog talks about how ephemeral environments with Devtron become much easier, reducing the complexities, automating the process, and optimizing infra cost. In the world of software… ⌘ Read more

As we reach mid-year 2024, a look at CNCF, Linux Foundation, and top 30 open source project velocity
Staff post by Chris Aniszczyk  Date/Time: July 11 at 8am For the last several years we have tracked open source project velocity, which has enabled us to monitor the trends and technologies that resonate with developers and end… ⌘ Read more

SQL simplifies TSDB – how to migrate from InfluxQL to SQL
Member post originally published on Greptime’s blog by tison This article introduced the differences between InfluxQL, Flux, and SQL as query languages. SQL is a more common and general language for querying time series data, making migrating from… ⌘ Read more

WebAssembly components: the next wave of cloud native computing
Member post by Liam Randall, Cosmonic CEO and CNCF Ambassador and Bailey Hayes, Cosmonic CTO, Bytecode Alliance TSC director, and WASI SG co-chair The advent of containers marked an inflection point for computing in the 21st century—a paradigm… ⌘ Read more

Slurm: An HPC workload manager
Member post originally published on SuperOrbital’s blog by Sean Kane In this article, we are going to explore Slurm, a popular open-source high-performance computing (HPC1) workload manager, and discover what it is, why people use it, and how it… ⌘ Read more

Embracing the future: our online store moves to a print-on-demand model
In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses must evolve and adapt to meet their customers’ changing needs. We are excited to announce that our online store is transitioning to a Print On Demand (POD) model. This significant change brings… ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Peter Barczi
Get to know Peter Barczi Peter, one of our first Kubestronauts, has been working with Kubernetes only since 2021 but has still managed to pass all of CNCF’s Kubernetes certifications. He’s currently the Sr. DevOps Engineer / TechLead… ⌘ Read more

A new App Development WG has now been launched!
TAG post from TAG App Delivery Calling all developers! We’re excited to announce the launch of the new App Development Working Group within the TAG App Delivery. This group is dedicated to bridging the gap between developers and… ⌘ Read more

Building the future of 5G with cloud native tech: insights from Joel and Ashan from Swisscom
Member post by Anjali Udasi, Technical Writer, Zenduty and Shubham Srivastava, Developer Relations Engineer, Zenduty Joel Studler and Ashan Senevirathne took the stage at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in Paris with their presentation, “From GitOps to Kubernetes Resource… ⌘ Read more

How WebAssembly components extend the frontiers of Kubernetes to multi-cloud, edge, and beyond
Ambassador post by Taylor Thomas, CNCF Ambassador and Director of Engineering at Cosmonic WebAssembly (Wasm) components are here and already unlocking new computing patterns. Meanwhile, CNCF’s wasmCloud offers Wasm-native orchestration for distributed components—in essence, a Kubernetes for WebAssembly…. ⌘ Read more

Celebrating 10 years of Kubernetes: the evolution of database operators
Member post originally published on Since its launch in June 2014, Kubernetes has revolutionized container orchestration, transforming how applications are managed and scaled.  The Data on Kubernetes Community (DoKC) created an infographic to celebrate Kubernetes’ tenth anniversary and… ⌘ Read more

Vitess 20 is now Generally Available
Project post by the Vitess Maintainer Team We’re delighted to announce the release of Vitess 20 along with version 2.13.0 of the Vitess Kubernetes Operator. Version 20 focuses on usability and maturity of existing features, and continues to… ⌘ Read more

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Heroku Joins as a Platinum Member
Leader in Platform as a Service and a pioneer of cloud native principles, Heroku demonstrates a significant commitment to cloud native innovation SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – June 27, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds… ⌘ Read more

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Grows by Over 26 New Silver Members
New members join CNCF’s vibrant community, working to resolve the pressing challenges organizations face as the technology landscape evolves Seattle, WA – CloudNativeSecurityCon North America – June 26, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds… ⌘ Read more

Your guide to observability engineering in 2024
Member post originally published on the Logz.io blog by Jake O’Donnell It may sound complicated and daunting, but so much of observability is about discovering the unknown unknowns in your critical systems. The capabilities of observability engineering can… ⌘ Read more

Why you do not want a visualization of your Infrastructure as Code
Originally published on the appCD blog by Asif Awan You’ve been working on a new application for your company. It is going to address business requirements needed to delight customers. But while you are ready to ship your… ⌘ Read more

Exploring team dynamics and the role of Internal Developer Platforms
Member post originally published on the Mia-Platform blog by Giovanna Monti, Full Stack Developer, Mia-Platform Entering the world of a fast-paced tech company can feel like diving headfirst into a sea of complexity, where understanding the organizational structure… ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Zhilong Wang
Get to know Zhilong Wang Zhilong Wang is one of the first our our Kubestronauts in China. As a cloud-native technology expert, he has over 10 years of frontline experience in internet development and architecture, specializing in Service… ⌘ Read more

Mastering DevSecOps with Devtron: a strategic approach
Member post originally published on the Devtron blog by Nishant As the adoption of Kubernetes continues to grow, organizations encounter numerous challenges in securing their software development and deployment processes. Integrating security practices into DevOps, known as DevSecOps,… ⌘ Read more

CNCF celebrates successful mentees from LFX Program Term 1 2024!
Congratulations to CNCF’s 2024 Term 1 (March – May) LFX Program mentees who have finished the program successfully! Following a three-month program working with 28 different Graduated, Incubating, and Sandbox projects, including Antrea, Istio, KubeEdge, OpenTelemetry, and Prometheus… ⌘ Read more

Where AI meets cloud native security
Not sure where to get started when it comes to cloud native security and artificial intelligence? Look no further than CloudNativeSecurityCon North America 2024 in Seattle, which opens up with the co-located Secure AI Summit on June 25,… ⌘ Read more

The trouble with Topology Aware Routing: Sacrificing reliability in the name of cost savings
Member post originally published on the Buoyant blog by William Morgan Topology Aware Routing is a feature of Kubernetes that prevents cluster traffic within one availability zone from crossing to another availability zone. For high-traffic applications deployed in multi-zone… ⌘ Read more

Introducing our H1 2024 Cloud Native Ambassadors
We are thrilled to welcome the latest cohort of CNCF Ambassadors! These passionate and dedicated individuals are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the cloud native community. As CNCF Ambassadors, they will play a crucial role in advocating… ⌘ Read more

The New Stack: “A Chat With CloudNativeSecurityCon North America 2024 Co-chairs”
Conference leaders share their thoughts on the latest trends and challenges in cloud native security, and the sessions they are most looking forward to. ⌘ Read more

Why Embrace created span snapshots for mobile observability with OpenTelemetry
Member post by Fredric Newberg, CTO and Co-Founder of Embrace OTel spans are very powerful for gaining an understanding of the performance of mobile applications. However, given the restriction placed on spans in the OTel specification that spans… ⌘ Read more

Cloud Native Computing Foundation and Linux Foundation Release Line-up for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit + AI_dev China 2024
In Hong Kong this summer, cloud native enthusiasts from across Asia and around the world will convene to move forward cloud native, open source, and AI technologies Hong Kong – June 12, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing… ⌘ Read more

Kubernetes is ten years old!
On June 6, 2014, Joe Beda made the first commit to Kubernetes, and suddenly a movement was born. Kubernetes has changed the world over the last ten years. “I don’t think any of us expected Kubernetes to turn… ⌘ Read more

An improved OpenTelemetry continuous profiling agent
Member blog post by Abhishek Singh, Christos Kalkanis, Alexander Wert, and Bahubali Shetti of Elastic In March 2023, OpenTelemetry took a big step towards this goal by merging a profiling data model OTEP and working towards a stable… ⌘ Read more

Generative AI for Kubernetes: meet K8sGPT open source project
Ambassador post originally published on the Logz.io blog by Dotan Horovits Troubleshooting within Kubernetes environments can be a daunting task. If we could only have a magical artificial intelligence advisor that could gather all the data about what… ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Khushboo Khatter
Get to know Khushboo Khushboo Khatter is an IT professional with over 8 years of experience and 6 of those working with Kubernetes. She has a passion for cloud technologies and enjoys exploring cutting-edge CNCF tools. She has… ⌘ Read more

The voice of Kubernetes experts report 2024: the data trends driving the future of the enterprise
Guest post by Rajiv Thakkar, Director of Product Marketing, Portworx, Pure Storage  (LinkedIn) Today, June 6, marks the 10th anniversary of Kubernetes. Kubernetes originally began as a project in Google and was released as open source in June… ⌘ Read more

Unveiling the 10-Year Kubernetes anniversary logo
Congratulations to Cristher Castro and the Cuemby for designing the winning logo As we celebrate the anniversary of the first Kubernetes commit, we’re thrilled to announce the Kubernetes 10th Anniversary Logo Design Contest winner and unveil the winning… ⌘ Read more

CNCF announces the second Zero to Merge cohort
By Taylor Dolezal, Head of Ecosystem, CNCF The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is thrilled to announce our second cohort of the Zero to Merge program. This comprehensive four-week journey empowers participants to make meaningful contributions to CNCF… ⌘ Read more

Tackling GPU underutilization in Kubernetes runtimes
Member post originally published on SuperOrbital’s blog by Keegan McCallum Introduction In the previous parts of this blog post series, we explored the fundamentals of using the NVIDIA Device Plugin to manage GPU resources in Kubernetes clusters (Part… ⌘ Read more

Update multiple Kubernetes objects/configmaps in one go!
Community post originally published on dev.to by Sunny Bhambhani There may be cases wherein we just need to update a Kubernetes configmap or any other Kubernetes object based on our requirements. And let’s say it’s just one or… ⌘ Read more

All about Kubernetes Community Days UK – London 2024
KCD post originally published on Linkedin by the Kubernetes Community Days UK – London team What are KCDs? From https://www.cncf.io/kcds/ KCDs are community-organized events that gather adopters and technologists from open source and cloud native communities for education,… ⌘ Read more

Xline command Deduplication Mechanism (II) — RIFL implementation
Member post by DatenLord In the previous article, we started from why we need command deduplication mechanism, introduced the necessity of deduplication and some problems of the current deduplication mechanism of Xline, and explained the working principle of… ⌘ Read more

Autoscaling consumers in event driven architectures
Community post by Rob Williamson Microservice autoscaling and event-driven decoupling are both paths to help you deliver on the same purpose – maximum performance AND efficiency for applications. Unfortunately, these two goals can also be at loggerheads and… ⌘ Read more

Is testing in production even possible?
Community post by Antonio Berben, Principal Solutions Architect at Solo.io (Linkedin | GitHub) In a Testing In Production (TIP) scenario, a critical aspect is routing traffic based on runtime contextual data. This data, often referred to as routing… ⌘ Read more

Reflecting on the success of Kubernetes Community Days Islamabad 2024
KCD post by Saim Safdar, CNCF Ambassador In August 2020, I embarked on a journey to establish Cloud Native Islamabad with a vision to cultivate local communities, foster knowledge sharing, and bridge the gap between international and local communities… ⌘ Read more

KCD Argentina 2024: mastering the Kubernetes tango and scoring goals in container orchestration
KCD post originally published on Linkedin by Angel Ramirez, CEO at Cuemby | CNCF & OSPO Ambassador | Public Speaker | Cloud Computing and Kubestronaut As an ambassador for the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and TODO (OSPO)… ⌘ Read more

Happy 7th Birthday, Istio!
Project post originally published on the Istio blog by Lin Sun, Solo.io, for the Istio Steering Committee Celebrating Istio’s momentum and exciting future. On this day in 2017, Google and IBM announced the launch of the Istio service mesh…. ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Yongkang He
Get to know Yongkang Yongkang is one of our first Kubestronauts and is based in Singapore and supports a company in the Asia Pacific. He’s shifted his focus to cloud native technologies and is now fully certified on… ⌘ Read more