CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] Courses

Becoming a Kubernetes Developer: Writing Your First Operator

A hands-on workshop builds a basic Kubernetes operator to explore how operators turn complex setup requirements into reusable higher-level abstractions.

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

A New Way to Roll - Supply Chain Choreography for Enterprise Grade Kubernetes

A practical look at choreographing a secure, tool-agnostic software supply chain for deploying enterprise cloud-native applications to Kubernetes.

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

Exiting Ingress With the Gateway API

A step-by-step migration from Kubernetes Ingress to Gateway API, including traffic splitting between backends in different namespaces.

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

Kyverno Introduction and Overview

An introduction to Kyverno’s Kubernetes-native policy engine, showing how it validates, mutates, and generates resources without requiring a programming language.

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

Making the Business Case for Kubernetes Adoption - Financial and Operational Benefits

A toolkit for making Kubernetes adoption financially legible to executives by quantifying its effects on costs, workforce productivity, developer speed, and business agility.

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

Building Container Images in Kubernetes - Challenges and Solutions

A migration to rootless BuildKit reveals why some container images behave differently when built inside Kubernetes—and how those edge cases were resolved.

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

OpenMetrics: The State of 1.X and Plans for 2.0

An introduction to OpenMetrics traces the 1.0 standard, possible 1.1 changes, and plans for version 2.0.

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

Connect All the Things - Using NATS to Simplify Communication Everywhere

An interactive introduction to NATS explores messaging patterns, streaming, persistence, and key/value features for connecting services across distributed environments.

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

CRI-O's Senior Year - Overview and New Developments

CRI-O’s team reviews the container runtime’s path toward CNCF graduation, including a Rust-based monitor, supply-chain security, and changes for Kubernetes alignment.

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

Evolving the Cloud Native Maturity Model

A five-phase framework helps organizations assess their cloud native journey and decide what to consider at each stage.

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

Cloud Native Storage: CNCF Storage TAG, Projects, and Technology Landscape

Explores how the CNCF Storage TAG guides the cloud-native storage ecosystem through project reviews, community work, and whitepapers.

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

How to Handle Node Shutdown in Kubernetes

Explore how graceful and non-graceful Kubernetes node shutdowns affect running workloads and how taints enable replacement pods for StatefulSets.

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

Cgroups V2: Before You Jump In - Lessons from Adobe's Experience

A firsthand account of migrating to cgroups v2, covering operational failures and emerging Kubernetes support for container resource management.

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

Deploying Straight to Production - Best Practices and Tools for Continuous Delivery

A live Kubernetes platform demo shows how teams can combine cloud-native tools to give developers infrastructure when they need it and pave a path to production.

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

Beyond Orchestration: The Cloud Native Runtimes Ecosystem for Performance and Security

Unikraft builds application-tailored lightweight VMs to improve container runtime performance and security, with fast boot times, low resource use, and a small attack surface.

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