CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] Courses

Don't Write Controllers Like Charlie Don't Does: Avoiding Common Kubernetes Controller Mistakes

Discover common pitfalls in Kubernetes controller implementation and learn how to avoid mistakes like excessive API server strain, missed updates, and scaling issues when working with Custom Resource Definitions.

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

The GPUs on the Bus Go 'Round and 'Round - Large-Scale GPU Deployment Management

Explore NVIDIA's large-scale GPU deployment challenges and solutions, including techniques for device failure detection, health maintenance, and remediation strategies for 60,000+ GPUs in production environments.

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

Learning Kubernetes Through the Lens of Metrics

Explore Kubernetes metrics beyond basic monitoring—discover how they reveal cluster features, pod scheduling, log space usage, and more. Learn to leverage different metric types for deeper insights and add custom metrics to components.

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

A Practical Guide To Kubernetes Policy as Code

Explore Kubernetes Policy as Code implementation with experts from Microsoft, Google, Nirmata, and Fairwinds. Learn to build robust security and compliance solutions using ValidatingAdmissionPolicy, MutatingAdmissionPolicy, and CNCF policy engines.

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

Exploring Multi-Tenant Kubernetes APIs and Controllers With Kcp

Explore multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms with kcp, learning to build APIs and controllers that scale beyond traditional namespace limitations for true SaaS experiences across distributed environments.

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

Deep Dive to AI Agent Observability

Explore how OpenTelemetry can be leveraged for AI Agent observability, addressing challenges in monitoring multi-agent systems, tracing inference workflows, and integrating with observability tools for production-grade AI systems on Kubernetes.

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

Orchestrating AI Models in Kubernetes: Deploying Ollama as a Native Container Runtime

Discover how to simplify AI model deployment in Kubernetes with a custom container runtime using Ollama as the serving backend, making complex workflows more manageable and user-friendly.

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

Why Allyship Matters and Your Role in Creating a More Diverse Cloud Native Community

Discover how to become an effective ally in the cloud native community, amplifying underrepresented voices and driving meaningful change toward a more diverse, inclusive, and innovative open-source ecosystem.

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

The Explorer's Guide to Cloud Native GenAI Platform Engineering

Discover a practical roadmap for building generative AI infrastructure on Kubernetes, from minimal viable setups to advanced features like LLM gateways, vector databases, load balancing, and performance optimization techniques.

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

Scaling GPU Clusters Without Melting Down

Discover strategies for scaling Kubernetes control planes for GPU clusters from NVIDIA experts, including resource consumption measurement, performance tuning, and simulation techniques for testing new features before production deployment.

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

Streamlined Efficiency: Unshackling Kubernetes Image Volumes for Rapid AI Model and Dataset Loading

Discover how to leverage Kubernetes' Image Volumes for efficient loading of large language models and datasets using streaming technology, eliminating conversion needs and reducing pull times while ensuring high performance.

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

More Nodes, More Problems: Solving Multi-Host GPU/TPU Scheduling With Dynamic Resource Allocation

Explore how Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) in Kubernetes 1.32 can solve scheduling challenges for multi-host GPU/TPU workloads, enabling efficient management of complex accelerator topologies for AI/ML applications.

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

Simplifying the Networking and Security Stack With Cilium, Hubble, and Tetragon

Explore Cilium's unified eBPF-powered stack for Kubernetes networking, observability, and security. Learn about multi-cluster networking, scaling capabilities, and how Hubble and Tetragon enhance cloud native architectures.

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

From 0 To Production-Grade With Kubernetes Native Development

Discover how to develop production-grade Java applications for Kubernetes, covering containerization, performance optimization, testing, observability with OpenTelemetry, and service integration using Kubernetes Service Bindings.

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

Kubernetes Data Protection WG Deep Dive

Dive into the current state and future of data protection in Kubernetes with the Data Protection Working Group, exploring missing functionalities and how various stakeholders can contribute to enhancing data protection support.

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