KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 Day 0: Co-located events
Thousands of KubeCon + CloudNativecon North America attendees braved cold rain – and even snow – to attend 16 co-located events in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City. With talks aimed at every… ⌘ Read more

A look at the Cilium CNCF project journey report
We’re excited to share the Cilium project journey report!  Cilium is an open source platform designed for cloud-native networking, security, and observability, leveraging eBPF technology. It provides secure, high-performance network connectivity and deep visibility for Kubernetes… ⌘ Read more

Jaeger v2 released: OpenTelemetry in the core!
Project post by the Jaeger maintainers Jaeger, the popular open-source distributed tracing platform, has had a successful 9 year history as being one of the first graduated projects in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). After… ⌘ Read more

Managing threat intelligence in Falco
Falco has become a vital tool for security practitioners seeking to safeguard containerized and cloud-native environments. Leveraging the power of eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter), Falco monitors system calls and audit events, allowing it to detect… ⌘ Read more

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Dapr Graduation
Dapr provides a set of integrated APIs for building reliable and secure distributed applications, increasing developer productivity by 20-40% SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America – November 12, 2024 – The Cloud… ⌘ Read more

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces cert-manager Graduation
Open source security project automates highly secure, encrypted data communications in cloud native environments SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America – November 12, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which… ⌘ Read more

CNCF welcomes wasmCloud to the CNCF Incubator
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept wasmCloud as a CNCF incubating project.  wasmCloud, an open source project from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), enables teams to build and run polyglot applications… ⌘ Read more

A beginners guide to contributing to CNCF open source projects
Member post originally published on the Redpill Linpro blog by Amelie Löwe Open source is not just a way of building software; it’s a philosophy that promotes collaboration, transparency, and community. Many of us use open… ⌘ Read more

Kubernetes RBAC: improve the K8s security posture
Member post originally published on the Devtron blog by Siddhant Khisty TL;DR: Secure your Kubernetes cluster with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to define granular permissions for users and applications. This guide explains how to implement RBAC… ⌘ Read more

Fast, secure, and simple: Istio’s Ambient Mode reaches General Availability in v1.24
Project post by Lin Sun, Solo.io, for the Istio Steering and Technical Oversight Committees Our latest release signals ambient mode – service mesh without sidecars – is ready for everyone. We are proud to announce that… ⌘ Read more

Announcing Kyverno release 1.13!
Project post originally published on the Kyverno blog Kyverno 1.13 released with Sigstore bundle verification, exceptions for validatingAdmissionPolicies, new assertion trees, generate enhancments, enhanced ValidatingAdmissionPolicy and PolicyException support, and tons more! Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Kyverno… ⌘ Read more

How to ace the Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA) exam
Community post originally published on Medium by Giorgi Keratishvili Introduction If you have worked on Kubernetes production systems at any time during the last 10 years and needed to check your pods or application uptime, resource consumption, HTTP error rates,… ⌘ Read more

LitmusChaos is joining KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024!
Project post originally on the Litmus blog by Sayan Mondal, Community Manager and Maintainer  Hello LitmusChaos Community! 👋 Over the past few years, LitmusChaos has evolved tremendously, becoming a leading open-source tool for Chaos Engineering within… ⌘ Read more

What Karpenter v1.0.0 means for Kubernetes autoscaling
Member post by Rajdeep Saha, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS and Praseeda Sathaye, Principal SA, Containers & OSS, AWS Introduction Karpenter is an open-source project that provides node lifecycle management to optimize the efficiency and cost of running workloads… ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Rishabh Sharma
Get to know Rishabh This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Rishabh Sharma, our first Kubestonaut from Finland, is a senior software development engineer where he manages cloud native tech solutions for Capgemini Finland Oy. He is currently… ⌘ Read more

Mastering Argo CD image updater with Helm: a complete configuration guide
Member post by Stanislava Racheva, DevOps & Cloud engineer at ITGix Understanding Argo CD Image Updater In modern Kubernetes environments, managing container images and ensuring that applications are always running the latest, most secure versions can… ⌘ Read more

Get to know our new DEI Community Hub at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024
We are delighted to announce our new DEI Community Hub at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, sponsored by Google Cloud, a physical space to connect, learn, and celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion and accessibility! The DEI… ⌘ Read more

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 co-located event deep dive: Cloud Native StartupFest
Co-chairs: Megan Reynolds, Kelsey Hightower November 12, 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah At the Cloud Native StartupFest expect to get inspired by hearing from successful cloud native entrepreneurs, learn about some of the most exciting cloud… ⌘ Read more

OpenTelemetry Is expanding into CI/CD observability
SIG post by Dotan Horovits and Adriel Perkins, Project Leads, SIG CI/CD Observability, OpenTelemetry We’ve been talking about the need for a common “language” for reporting and observing CI/CD pipelines for years, and finally, we see… ⌘ Read more

Kubectl logs tail: a guide to tailing Kubernetes logs
Member post originally published on Middleware’s blog In the world of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes stands as the go-to platform for container orchestration (the automated process of managing, scaling, and maintaining containerized applications across multiple hosts). As applications grow… ⌘ Read more

OpenCost advances to the CNCF Incubator
Cross-posted on the OpenCost blog by Ajay Tripathy The OpenCost project proudly announces that we’ve reached CNCF Incubating status! This milestone in our journey underscores the significant dedication the project has received from the community that… ⌘ Read more

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 co-located event deep dive: ArgoCon
Co-chairs: Christian Hernandez, Dan Garfield, Tim Collins November 12, 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah The Argo Project consists of 4 related, but separate, toolsets. So it’s not just about GitOps, but a wide variety of use… ⌘ Read more

Cultivating a successful engineering culture with Platform Engineering
Community post by Or Weis Discover how leveraging a policy-as-code platform helps foster an engineering culture focused on efficient authorization and access control. Platform engineering is rooted in a fundamental principle: cultivating a culture within development… ⌘ Read more

Ansible-runner
Originally published on the Redpill Linpro blog by Daniel Buøy-Vehn The command ansible-runner is part of the Ansible automation platform. If you have got installed Ansible, then you probably have already installed ansible-runner as well. But what do you use… ⌘ Read more

Mark your calendars: here come the 2025 Kubernetes Community Days!
This year, the CNCF refreshed the KCD (Kubernetes Community Days) program for 2025, offering more support to our organizers and their communities, including, but not limited to, financial assistance, structural improvements, and organizational resources. You can… ⌘ Read more

How to ace the Certified GitOps Associate (CGOA) exam
Community post originally published on Medium by Giorgi Keratishvili Introduction So want to pass CGOA exam but not sure where to start? Don’t worry I will help you with what to pay attention to and will… ⌘ Read more

Announcing Vitess 21
Project post by the Vitess Maintainers We’re delighted to announce the release of Vitess 21 along with version 2.14.0 of the Vitess Kubernetes Operator. Version 21 focuses on enhancing query compatibility, improving cluster management, and expanding… ⌘ Read more

Flatcar brings Container Linux to the CNCF Incubator
The CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) has voted to accept Flatcar as a CNCF incubating project.  Flatcar is a zero-touch, minimal operating system (OS) for containerized workloads, addressing the challenges of managing and securing a production… ⌘ Read more

The business value of a Kubernetes-based platform
Member post originally published on Elastisys’s blog by Cristian Klein     I hear too many stories of platform teams being under-resourced. This usually manifests itself as an overworked platform team with unrealistic on-call rotations. Critical… ⌘ Read more

Backup and recovery for Vector Databases on Kubernetes using Kanister
Community post by Pavan Navarathna Devaraj and Shwetha Subramanian AI is an exciting, rapidly evolving world that has the potential to enhance every major enterprise application. It can enhance cloud-native applications through dynamic scaling, predictive maintenance,… ⌘ Read more

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 co-located event deep dive: Kubernetes on Edge
Co-chairs: Tina Tsou and Mars Toktonaliev November 12, 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah Kubernetes on Edge Day demonstrates edge computing is here, and it’s powered by Kubernetes. We’re showcasing real-world use cases, best practices, and cutting-edge… ⌘ Read more

AI-powered observability: picking up where AIOps failed
Member post originally posted on the Logz.io blog by Asaf Yigal GenAI promises evolutionary changes in how we use observability tools, but meeting expectations means heeding the lessons of our AIOps mistakes. The emergence of generative… ⌘ Read more

Software supply chain compliance and security policies with SignServer, EJBCA, and Chainloop
Member post originally published on the EJBCA by Keyfactor and Chainloop blogs by Ben Dewberry, Product Manager, Signing and Key Management, Keyfactor and Miguel Martinez Trivino, Co-founder, Chainloop A software supply chain is the series of steps… ⌘ Read more

What is zero trust authorization?
Member post originally published on Cerbos’s blog by Twain Taylor Traditional security models, which rely on perimeter-based defenses, have proven to be quite inadequate in the face of sophisticated attacks and the growing adoption of cloud… ⌘ Read more

What’s new at this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024
We have many exciting new events happening in this Salt Lake City KubeCon, as well as a number of unique Experiences, and we don’t want you to miss anything. Here’s everything you need to know. Also,… ⌘ Read more

Don’t miss The Project Pavillion at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024
By Jorge Castro, Developer Relations at CNCF The Project Pavilion is our dedicated space on the show floor for CNCF Projects. Since there are over 200 projects this can make the Pavilion a rapidly changing landscape,… ⌘ Read more

How to ace (KCNA) Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate exam
Community post originally published on Medium by Giorgi Keratishvili Introduction Most probably if you have been working in IT over last decate you would heared such words as containers, docker, cloud native, maybe even kubernetes, but wonder what does all those buzz words mean… ⌘ Read more

The Kubestronaut origin story
An interview with Ramesh Kumar  A special thanks to one of our CNCF Ambassadors, Ramesh Kumar for inspiring us to create the Kubestronaut program. We recently interviewed Ramesh to ask about how the Kubestronaut program came… ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Maria Salcedo
Get to know Maria This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Maria Salcedo, is a full stack DevOps backend engineer in Germany with experience in cloud native Kubernetes deployments. Maria is passionate about GitOps, cloud native development of… ⌘ Read more

How to transform Telemetry data from ingest to actionable insights
Member post by Ranjan Parthasarathy, CPO/CTO of Apica Telemetry data is to your system what sensors are to an automobile. Put simply, it is vital. However, handling telemetry data is cumbersome, particularly with the current data explosion. … ⌘ Read more

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 co-located event deep dive: Cloud Native & Kubernetes AI Day
Co-chairs: Amber Graner, Rajas Kakodkar, Ricardo Rocha, Yuan Tang November 12, 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah Cloud Native & Kubernetes AI Day brings together a diverse range of technical enthusiasts, open source contributors, practitioners, researchers and… ⌘ Read more

Data Protection Working Group deep dive at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Salt Lake City
Community post by Dave Smith-Uchida, Technical Leader, Veeam (Linkedin, GitHub) Data on Kubernetes is growing with databases, object stores, and other stateful applications moving to the platform. The Data Protection Working Group (DPWG) focuses on data… ⌘ Read more

Dilli Hai Dilwalon Ki
(Translation: “Delhi is for the warm-hearted”) A Delhi guide by Kunal Kushwaha, Field CTO at Civo The capital city of India, Delhi, has roots that trace back thousands of years. Known as Indraprastha in ancient texts dating as… ⌘ Read more

Open collaboration to bring AI Gateway features to the Envoy community
Member post originally published on Tetrate’s blog The industry is embracing Generative AI functionality, and we need to evolve how we handle traffic on an industry-wide scale. Keeping AI traffic handling features exclusive to enterprise licenses… ⌘ Read more

How to ace the Certified Argo Project Associate (CAPA) exam
Community post originally published on Medium/IT Next by Giorgi Keratishvili Introduction Over the last five years, GitOps has emerged as one of the most interesting implementations of using GIT in the Kubernetes ecosystem and when people hear about… ⌘ Read more

Keep up with cloud native and Kubernetes security with the updated CKS certification
CKS exam updated on October 15, 2024 Cloud Native and Kubernetes adoption is accelerating  Cloud native technology adoption continues to increase across all enterprises, with most new applications being built on cloud native platforms and, in… ⌘ Read more

Kubernetes CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins and Devtron
Member post originally published on Devtron’s blog by Bhushan Nemade TL;DR: Build a powerful Kubernetes CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and Devtron. In the previous blog on Jenkins, we already covered how to set up a Jenkins pipeline,… ⌘ Read more

Prometheus 3.0 unveiled: highlights from PromCon Europe 2024
Community post originally published on Medium by Dotan Horovits TL;DR Key updates: PromCon Europe 2024 just wrapped up in Berlin, and this year’s edition was a big one. Not just because the Prometheus community gathered in… ⌘ Read more

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 co-located event deep dive: Platform Engineering Day
Co-chairs: Paula Kennedy, Stacey Potter, Vijay Chintha November 12, 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah Platform Engineering Day focuses on solutions over tooling. We believe that Platform Engineering is a vital practice that helps organizations to increase their speed… ⌘ Read more

MicroK8s and ngrok: easy ingress at the edge
Member post originally published on ngrok’s blog by Mike Coleman MicroK8s is a lightweight, efficient, and easy-to-use Kubernetes distribution that enables users to deploy and manage containerized applications. ngrok, on the other hand, provides a secure and scalable… ⌘ Read more