The Cloud Native Chronicles: 10 Years of Community Growth Inside and Outside Japan

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Kubernetes. Over the past decade, the cloud native community has grown significantly, and the ecosystem and technologies have evolved dramatically. In this session, we will look back at the development of Kubernetes and cloud native technologies both in Japan and globally, alongside the growth of the community and ecosystem. We will also share insights on the changes brought about by technological innovation and discuss the vision for future growth.

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1. The Cloud Native Chronicles: 10 Years of Community Growth Inside and Outside Japan Kohei Ota, Senior Field Engineer, Apple
2. Celebrates 10th anniversary!
3. Kubernetes in 2014
4. And now…
6. The Open Source Velocity
7. The Open Source Velocity
8. Contributions 42M Contributors 88K Companies 8K
9. Japanese Companies in Top 100 K8s Contributors
10. Individual Japanese top contributors
11. Activities related to Japan in CNCF projects • Localization work • Kubernetes documentation (kubernetes.io) • CNCF glossary • PipeCD: a CNCF project originally from Japan • CNCF Ambassadors from Japanese community • 1 person -> 5 persons after COVID • 13 Kubestronauts from Japan!
12. Community activities in Japan
13. Early day Kubernetes related events in Japan • Kubernetes Meetup Tokyo • First event on May 10th, 2016 • Over 9k members as of 2024 • 66 events in the 8 years! • Almost 1 event per 1 month • Become fully online since COVID • Easy to attend for everyone Kubernetes communities in Japan • Kubernetes Meetup Tokyo • First event on May 10th, 2016 • Over 9k members as of 2024 • 66 events in the 8 years! • Kubernetes Meetup Novice • First event on Feb 10th, 2020 • Over 1.6k member as of 2024
14. Early day Kubernetes related events in Japan • Kubernetes Meetup Tokyo • First event on May 10th, 2016 • Over 9k members as of 2024 • 66 events in the 6 years! • Almost 1 event per 1 month • Become fully online since COVID • Easy to attend for everyone Kubernetes communities in Japan • Kubernetes Meetup Tokyo • First event on May 10th, 2016 • Over 9k members as of 2024 • 66 events in the 8 years! • Kubernetes Meetup Novice • First event on Feb 10th, 2020 • Over 1.6k member as of 2024
15. Japan Container Days and CloudNative Days • Largest Cloud Native Conference in Japan • Since 18.04 (2018 April) • Multiple locations w/ Hybrid setup • Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Hokkaido • Live stream since COVID • Sub contents to educate future contributors • Kubernetes Upstream training • Cloud Native Hands-on
16. Japan Container Days and CloudNative Days • Largest Cloud Native Conference in Japan • Since 18.04 (2018 April) • Multiple locations w/ Hybrid setup • Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Hokkaido • Live stream since COVID • Sub contents to educate future contributors • Kubernetes Upstream training • Cloud Native Hands-on Year Registration Online Offline 2022 2327 1889 153 2023 1969 786 335
17. The Current state of The Global Community
21. We Need to Gain Awareness of International Community and Contribution…
22. Cloud Native Community Japan (CNCJ) • Connect CNCF with Japanese communities, companies, and organizations (We booted since 2023 🎉) • Promote the adoption and growth of CNCF and cloud-native technologies across Japan • Support open-source contributions and technological innovations from within the country
23. We welcome all of you to the local and global community!
24. So, you might ask, “What can ‘I’ do?" • Work is not the only way to learn Cloud Native technology • Join our CNCJ community and meetups • Study for exams such as KCNA/CKA/CKAD/CKS • Submit a talk if you have lessons learned • Contribute to projects • Code contribution & non code contribution are equally amazing • Become a Kubestronaut or ambassador
25. Key Takeaways • Happy KuberTENes! 🎉 • Community contribution in Japan exists, but we need more active and continuous contributors • We would love all of you to get involved 🫶 • Enjoy KubeDay! More exciting sessions are coming 😀
26. THANK YOU