CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] Courses

Challenge to Implementing Scalable Authorization with Keycloak

The talk outlines scalable authorization with Keycloak and OPA, including an architecture designed to avoid a single point of failure and withstand regional outages.

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

Safeguarding Clusters: Exploring the Benefits and Navigating the Dangers of Admission Controllers

Explore how Kubernetes admission controllers can introduce cluster risks, with a live demo of ways to break, fix, and mitigate them.

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

Kubernetes Cost Control: Tales of Overspending and Redemption

Learn ways to control Kubernetes cloud spending through cost visibility, right-sizing, discounts, and practices that help avoid costly mistakes.

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

Getting Buildpacks Ready for the Multi-Architecture Future

Learn how Buildpacks and Builder Images can produce multi-architecture application images, including the challenges of supporting ARM64.

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

Cloud Native Application Threat Modeling and Adversary Emulation - Techniques and Tools

Explore how data-flow diagrams and attack-surface analysis can model threats in cloud-native applications, then use open-source tools to emulate realistic attacks.

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

On-Demand Systems and Scaled Training Using the JobSet API

A demonstration of using the JobSet API to orchestrate large-scale model training and create on-demand HPC systems.

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

Releasing Kubernetes: Flexible and Fast Delivery of Packages

A look at how Kubernetes’ release team is refining release delivery, including Open Build Service integration for Debian and RPM packages and repository migration.

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

K8s Post-Exploitation: Privilege Escalation, Sidecar Container Injection, and Runtime Security

See how attackers hide malware in Kubernetes sidecars, escalate privileges from a compromised pod, and how defenders detect these attacks with audit logs and runtime rules.

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

OIDC and Workload Identity in Kubernetes

See how OpenID Connect enables Kubernetes workloads to access public cloud resources without distributing individual service account credentials.

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

Secrets of Running Etcd at Scale

Learn production practices for running etcd reliably at scale, with lessons from Kubernetes deployments involving thousands of nodes and hundreds of thousands of pods.

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

Longhorn: Cloud-Native Distributed Block Storage for Kubernetes - Introduction and Deep Dive

Explore Longhorn’s evolution as a Kubernetes-native distributed storage system, including its new data engine, object storage volumes, and performance improvements.

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

The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Cloud Native Communities

Examines eight mistaken assumptions about cloud-native communities, including infinite maintainer bandwidth, secure software supply chains, and rare compromise.

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

Where's Your Money Going? The Beginners Guide to Measuring Kubernetes Costs

Learn how Kubernetes metrics and OpenCost can turn cluster usage into trustworthy cost estimates and help teams spot costly changes before they become shock bills.

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

Using Workload Identity Federation to Increase Developer Productivity

Learn how Kubernetes service account token projection and workload identity federation help teams secure access to third-party APIs.

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

Leveraging SPIRE for Production Identity Needs

See how SPIRE-issued identities can be adapted with customized X.509 certificates to meet third-party software authentication requirements.

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