Conference Talks

An SLO-Driven Approach to Enhance Kubernetes Cluster Reliability

A practical SLO design approach for measuring and improving reliability across large Kubernetes clusters.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Clean Up Your Room! What Does It Mean to Delete Something in K8s

Trace how Kubernetes coordinates object deletion, including finalizers, owner references, and cascading behavior that can leave resources behind.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

PID 1, SIG Handling, Hooks & Probes - Managing Container Lifecycle Correctly

Connect Linux signal handling, Kubernetes lifecycle hooks, and health probes to help containerized applications shut down gracefully and recover reliably.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

PKI the Wrong Way - Simple TLS Mistakes and Surprising Consequences

See how common mutual TLS configuration mistakes in Kubernetes can be exploited, and learn ways to reduce the risk.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

gRPC Communication Patterns – A Deep Dive

Explore how gRPC supports unary and streaming service calls, with guidance on deadlines, interceptors, error handling, and metadata.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

API Priority and Fairness - Kube-APIServer Flow-control Protection

Explains how Kubernetes API Priority and Fairness classifies requests and allocates concurrency to protect the API server under load.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Introduction to SPIFFE

A beginner-oriented introduction to SPIFFE and SPIRE, with live demos showing how to use SPIFFE in applications.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

SPIFFE and SPIRE - Architecture Deep Dive

A deep dive into the architecture of SPIFFE and SPIRE.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Introduction to WasmEdge - A Cloud-native WebAssembly Runtime

A technical introduction to WasmEdge’s role in cloud-native and edge projects and its use for embedding WebAssembly applications in software products.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Cloud Native Live - Multi Architectural Kubernetes Clusters

A look at running mixed ARM and x86 workloads in Kubernetes, with cost and performance comparisons using Nginx and an in-memory database.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Open Source Cloud Native Security with ThreatMapper

An introduction to ThreatMapper's dashboard, vulnerability findings, tiers, and deployment for cloud-native security.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Service Mesh 101 - An Introduction with Linkerd

An introduction to service meshes using Linkerd.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Building, Analyzing, Optimizing, and Securing Containerized Apps

A session on building, analyzing, optimizing, and securing containerized applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Breaking Tradition - The Future of Package Management with Kubernetes

A talk on how package management may evolve with Kubernetes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Beyond Kubernetes Security

See how Kubernetes can strengthen security response through demonstrations of common and advanced attacks, including software supply chain threats.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk