CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] Courses

Efficient Edge Computing: Unleashing the Potential of AI/ML with Lightweight Kubernetes

Explore how lightweight Kubernetes can run AI and machine-learning models efficiently on edge devices, balancing power use, model size, and inference speed.

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

The Journey Along the Way to Data Locality on Cloud for AI/ML

Examines how local and distributed caching on Kubernetes can balance cloud cost savings with performance for AI training workloads.

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

What's New in Containerd 2.0

A readiness guide to containerd 2.0, covering upgrade changes, the 1.6 LTS line, and features that enable new uses of the project.

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

Kubernetes DoS Protection at Google Scale

A deep dive into protecting Kubernetes control planes from denial-of-service at Google scale, including configurable limits, attack scenarios, and ongoing project developments.

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

Reliable RPCs Over Hybrid Clouds and the End-to-End Argument

A case study in hardening Layer 7 RPCs to preserve end-to-end reliability when hybrid cloud networks experience failures such as sustained packet loss.

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

Thanos Unleashed: Mastering the Challenges of Production-Scale Metrics

A production case study on scaling Thanos metrics ingestion and queries while meeting availability and performance needs.

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

Tools for Resolving Difficult Conflicts in Open Source Communities and Projects

Practical tools help open-source community leaders mediate conflict inclusively and keep their communities productive.

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

The Cluster Killer Bug: Learning API Priority and Fairness in Kubernetes

A controller bug that nearly bricked a Kubernetes cluster reveals how API Priority and Fairness works and how to tune and troubleshoot it.

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

Supercharge Your Software Supply Chain Security Strategy with Multi-SBOM Integration

Learn how combining SBOM formats and generators can improve software component coverage and accuracy for supply chain security.

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

Scalable Strategies for Migrating to OpenTelemetry

A case study in planning a gradual OpenTelemetry migration from a mixed observability stack, including Collector deployment at scale.

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

Sustainability and Efficiency: Environmentally-Friendly Software Development with Kube-Green

Learn how Kubernetes tooling and changes across the software lifecycle can reduce the carbon footprint of cloud native applications.

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

OpenTelemetry Tracing for Monoliths

Learn how monolithic applications benefit from tracing, including how to add context to traces while keeping existing logs usable.

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

Scaling ML Pipelines on Kubernetes Using Tekton - Overcoming Complexity

Custom Tekton tasks remove single-pod limits so ML pipelines can pass data, communicate over networks, and distribute resources at scale on Kubernetes.

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

Scaling Kubernetes Networking to 1k, 5k, and 100k Nodes

Compare single-cluster and multi-cluster strategies for scaling Cilium-powered Kubernetes networking, with guidance on performance, monitoring, and reliability at massive node counts.

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

Insights and Gotchas from the Zero-Downtime Migration of 10000+ Cloud Hosted Etcd Key-Value Stores

Operational lessons and pitfalls from automating a zero-downtime migration of more than 10,000 cloud-hosted etcd key-value stores.

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