CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] Courses

A K8s-Based Workload Allocation Optimizer for Minimizing Power Consumption

Optimize K8s workload allocation for power efficiency in edge computing. ML-based solution balances energy savings and performance, demonstrated in real data center with 200+ servers.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Fine-Grained User Authorization for Kubernetes with OPA and LDAP

Explore Yelp's journey implementing fine-grained Kubernetes authorization using OPA and LDAP, covering design, provisioning strategies, migration challenges, and lessons learned.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Tall Tale of GitOps

Explore GitOps through a fictional story analogy, learning its architecture, benefits, and practical implementation for streamlined development and deployment processes.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Design Up Front - Socializing Ideas with Enhancement Proposals

Explore enhancement proposal processes in open-source projects. Learn their value, implementation, and evolution from maintainers of Kubernetes, Tekton, and Shipwright.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Hitchhikers Guide to Container Security

Explore risky Pod privileges, their impact on cluster security, and learn to create effective security policies for safer Kubernetes environments.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Introduction to Open Policy Agent

Explore Open Policy Agent (OPA), a versatile policy engine for Kubernetes, microservices, CI/CD, and cloud. Learn about its features, integrations, and applications in cloud-native security.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Building a Successful Open Source Community as an End-user Company

Discover strategies for building thriving open source communities as an end-user company, drawing insights from Intuit's Argo project journey. Learn about challenges, successes, and key considerations for open source initiatives.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Back to the Drawing Board - Building Containers with SBoMs

Explore container SBoMs, their importance, and how to generate accurate ones during build time using tools like Tern and Buildah while adhering to OCI specifications.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Level Unlocked - GitOps to the Edge and Infrastructure Provisioning

Explore GitOps for edge deployments and infrastructure provisioning using cloud-native tools like ArgoCD, Flux, and ClusterAPI. Learn about zero-touch deployment and KubeEdge for service propagation to the edge.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Do Not Disturb Mode - Fine-Tuning Resources for Latency Sensitive Workloads

Explore techniques for optimizing Kubernetes workloads by controlling resource sharing, including CPU cache, memory bandwidth, and storage I/O, to enhance performance of latency-sensitive applications.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Automated, Distributed Systems Testing for Kubernetes Controllers

Explore automated testing for Kubernetes controllers, addressing challenges like asynchrony and failures. Learn about Sieve, a tool for discovering and fixing critical bugs in popular controllers.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Flux's Roadmap to General Availability

Explore Flux's journey towards General Availability, featuring a demo of common and novel use-cases, and a discussion on the roadmap for v2.0.0 GA release candidates.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Calico/VPP - Using Calico’s Pluggable Dataplanes for Fun and Fast Networking

Explore Calico's VPP dataplane for high-speed networking in Kubernetes. Learn about kernel bypass, performance optimization, and integration options for network-intensive applications.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Container Checkpoint - Restore at Scale for Fast Pod Startup Time

Explore container checkpoint/restore for faster pod startup and pre-warming in Kubernetes, improving scalability and utilization with insights from MathWorks' production experience.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

What We Learned from Reading 100+ Kubernetes Post-Mortems

Insights from 100+ Kubernetes post-mortems: Learn common pitfalls, anti-patterns, and root causes of outages to prevent your next production disaster in Kubernetes-based systems.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk