CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] Courses

Design Choices in OpenTelemetry .NET Metrics API and SDK

A look inside the OpenTelemetry .NET Metrics SDK’s design trade-offs for nanosecond-scale recording, bounded memory, and zero-allocation performance.

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

The Zen of Python Exemplars - Tying Metrics and Traces Together

A comparison of ways to connect metrics and traces with exemplars across Prometheus and OpenTelemetry metrics.

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

Navigating the Intersection: AI's Role in Shaping the Secure Open Source Software Ecosystem

Examines how AI is changing open-source security, from risks in AI software supply chains to automated vulnerability management and AI contributions to open source.

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

Using Native OpenTelemetry Instrumentation to Make Client Libraries Better

Shows how native OpenTelemetry signals from stress tests reveal avoidable requests, retry gaps, excess memory use, and thread pool configuration problems in client libraries.

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

Implementing Auto Instrumentation for OTel Java Agent with GraalVM Static Compilation

A static instrumentation design preserves OTel Java Agent auto-instrumentation after GraalVM compilation, with test results showing how the solution performs.

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

Breaking the Chain of Blame - How to Get True Test Observability

Distributed traces reveal each step of an end-to-end test, helping teams pinpoint failures across front-end and back-end services.

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

OpenTelemetry for Mobile Apps - Challenges and Opportunities in Data Modeling and API Design

Explore how mobile app sessions, changing device states, and user experiences shape OpenTelemetry data modeling and API design.

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

TAG Security - Enhancing Cloud Native Technology Security

A panel introduces CNCF TAG Security’s role in cloud-native security and explains how attendees can contribute to its work.

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

Demystifying Secure Application Communication with Zero Trust - Identity, Integrity, and Confidentiality

See how mutual TLS establishes identity, integrity, and confidentiality for cloud-native traffic, then apply it through namespace labels in Istio ambient mesh.

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

Generating VEX Documents with Kubescape

A short demonstration of generating VEX documents with Kubescape.

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

k8sGPT: AI-Powered Kubernetes Management - Episode 2

Explores how k8sGPT uses AI to make Kubernetes SRE work easier.

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

Driving Application Security and Developer Autonomy in Internal Developer Portals

A conference talk on using an internal developer portal to advance application security and developer autonomy.

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

Securing the Secrets Manager with KubeArmor

A session on using KubeArmor to secure a secrets manager in a cloud-native environment.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Rapid GoLang Prototyping with KubeFox Virtual Environments and Hasura

A demonstration of rapid Go prototyping with KubeFox virtual environments and Hasura.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adopting Infrastructure from Code - Challenges with IaC and Why IfC is Needed

A talk on the challenges of adopting Infrastructure as Code and why Infrastructure from Code is needed.

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