CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] Courses

Green Platform Engineering - Sustainable Kubernetes with Kyverno Policies

Discover how Kyverno policies enable sustainable Kubernetes platforms, reducing resource consumption by 40% while maintaining developer productivity through intelligent automation.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Scaling Developer Self-Service - Kyverno Policies for Inclusive Platform Engineering

Discover how Kyverno policies create inclusive self-service platforms that reduce barriers for developers while maintaining security standards and enabling safe microservices deployment.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Why Service Iterations Are the Crux of Developer Platforms - Platform Engineering Day 2

Explore day 2 challenges in platform engineering, focusing on service iterations, versioning, rollouts, and real-world migration strategies for developer platforms.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building Composable OTel Pipelines - CI/CD, Testing, Team-First, and Scalable Design

Discover how DoorDash builds scalable OpenTelemetry pipelines processing 100TB daily using CI/CD, testing frameworks, and 28 custom components for enterprise observability.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Decoding OpenTelemetry Collector - A Deep Dive into Architecture

Dive into OpenTelemetry Collector's componentized architecture, exploring hidden APIs, data flow mechanisms, and essential tools like exporthelper for scalable observability.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Tricked Out Traces - Advanced OpenTelemetry Collector Techniques for Production Observability

Discover advanced OpenTelemetry Collector techniques for optimizing distributed tracing, including tail-based sampling, spanmetrics, and cost-effective observability strategies.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Telemetry Showdown: Fluent Bit Vs. OpenTelemetry Collector - A Comprehensive Benchmark Analysis

Discover performance differences between Fluent Bit and OpenTelemetry Collector through comprehensive benchmark analysis to choose the optimal telemetry agent for cloud-native environments.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introducing a Lightweight Rust OpenTelemetry Collector

Discover Rotel, a lightweight Rust-based OpenTelemetry collector that integrates seamlessly into development workflows with low memory usage and quick cold starts for edge computing.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Beyond OTLP - Unlocking the Potential of OS-native Tracing

Explore OS-native tracing with ETW and Linux user_events as alternatives to OTLP, eliminating network overhead and enabling dynamic telemetry for high-performance observability.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Monitoring GenAI Applications

Discover how to monitor GenAI applications using Project Monocle, an open-source tool that provides observability for AI apps with minimal code changes and OpenTelemetry integration.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Let's Generate Art and Traces! - Building a Spring Java Application with Kubernetes and Distributed Tracing

Explore building a Spring Java application for generative AI art creation, deploying on Kubernetes with batch processing, and implementing distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Signal in the Storm - Practical Strategies for Managing Telemetry Overload

Discover practical strategies for managing telemetry overload in OpenTelemetry environments, focusing on signal identification, data tuning, and distributed processing techniques.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building Resilient Telemetry Pipelines - Mastering the OpenTelemetry Collector's Persistent Queue

Master OpenTelemetry Collector's persistent queue to build resilient telemetry pipelines, handle data bursts, prevent data loss, and optimize performance in production environments.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Think About Instrumentation Overhead

Understand instrumentation overhead in observability: causes, measurement challenges, and practical techniques for managing performance impact in your environment.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Life of a Span - OpenTelemetry Journey from Creation to Visualization

Explore the complete journey of OpenTelemetry spans through distributed systems, from creation to visualization in observability backends.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video