CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] Courses

Bridging Gaps with BGP and Cilium in Kubernetes Networks

See how Cilium uses BGP to connect virtual machines with Kubernetes pods, with a live routing setup and demonstration.

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

Past, Present, and Future of Tetragon - First Production Use Cases and Future Trajectory

Trace how Tetragon’s first production use cases exposed security challenges and shaped the project’s lessons, performance work, and future direction.

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

Using Cilium CNI in ClickHouse Cloud

See how Cilium CNI is integrated to optimize deployments in ClickHouse Cloud.

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

Secure Infrastructure with Combined Runtime and Network Security

Explore a coordinated Cilium and Tetragon stack that connects network and runtime security through authenticated processes and identities.

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

Come BGP with Me - Understanding Cilium's Border Gateway Protocol Features

Explore how Cilium’s native BGP control plane evolved to support ingress routing for services and pods.

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

Netreap - Bridging the Gap Between Cilium and Nomad

See how Netreap adapts Cilium for Nomad clusters by replacing Cilium’s operator and connecting its endpoint and labeling model to Nomad.

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

From Eventual to Strict Encryption - Securing Cilium's WireGuard Encryption

Learn how Cilium’s strict WireGuard mode closes the brief window when delayed endpoint identity propagation could leave pod-to-pod traffic unencrypted.

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

Migrating from Legacy with Ease - Cilium in OpenStack and Beyond

See how Cilium can connect Kubernetes, OpenStack, and bare-metal environments in a shared network mesh with policy enforcement.

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

Why KVStoreMesh? Lessons Learned from Scale Testing Cluster Mesh with 50k Nodes Across 255 Clusters

A 50,000-node, 255-cluster test exposes where Cilium Cluster Mesh synchronization breaks and how KVStoreMesh addresses its scaling limits.

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

Cloud Native Data on Kubernetes - The Good, Bad, and Unknown

Explore the tradeoffs of running databases in or alongside Kubernetes, from StatefulSets and operators to external data services.

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

Building a Self-Service DBaaS for Your Internal Developer Platform

Learn how cloud-native tools can support a reliable, scalable self-service database offering within an internal developer platform.

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

Database Parameter Auto-Tuning Through CI/CD Pipelines

A machine-learning system tunes MySQL parameters inside database application CI/CD pipelines, reducing the need for DBAs to know each workload in advance.

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

How to Build Modern DBaaS Using CNCF Ecosystem Technologies

Explore how Kubernetes and CNCF projects can be combined to build and manage a Database as a Service.

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

Statefulsets on Kubernetes - The Guardians of Your Data Galaxy

See how Kubernetes StatefulSets keep database storage persistent across changing infrastructure while supporting fault tolerance and scaling.

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

Building a Multi-Cluster Privately Hosted LLM Serving Platform on Kubernetes

A case study in privately serving open-source LLMs across Kubernetes clusters, with an Istio-secured architecture and event-driven scaling for serverless inference.

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