State of Kubernetes and CNCF: A path to a sustainable and secure future

Keynote at KCD Bengaluru 2023

1. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun State of Kubernetes and CNCF A path to a sustainable and secure future
2. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun 800 people attending today!
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4. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Why talk about darshinis?
5. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun 🚨❄k8s.gcr.io is frozen❄🚨
6. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun registry.k8s.io is GA! 🎉
7. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Faster
8. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Cheaper
9. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Consistent Experience
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13. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Supply Chain Improvements
14. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Level 1 ✅
15. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Level 1 ✅ Level 2 ✅
16. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Level 1 ✅ Level 2 ✅ Level 3 🕗
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18. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Package Building Improvements How SIG Release Makes Kubernetes Releases Even More Stable and Secure
19. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Package Building Improvements How SIG Release Makes Kubernetes Releases Even More Stable and Secure
20. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Committers across the Project
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23. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Read more in our Annual Reports git.k8s.io/community
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25. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun 159+ PROJECTS IN CNCF!
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27. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Rameshwaram Cafe
28. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Rameshwaram Cafe Umesh Dosa Point
29. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Rameshwaram Cafe Umesh Dosa Point Veena Stores
30. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Rameshwaram Cafe Umesh Dosa Point Sendhoor Coffee Veena Stores
31. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Rameshwaram Cafe Umesh Dosa Point Sendhoor Coffee Veena Stores Multi - Thindi
32. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Rameshwaram Cafe Umesh Dosa Point Sendhoor Coffee Veena Stores Multi - Thindi
33. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Multi - Thindi Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3 Cluster 4
34. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Multi - Cluster Cluster 1 App App App Cluster 2 App App App Cluster 3 App App App Cluster 4 App App App App App App App App App App
35. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Multi - Cluster Cluster 1 App App App Cluster 2 App App App Cluster 3 App App App Cluster 4 App App App App App App App App App App Unified View of Clusters
36. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun CNCF Platforms Whitepaper
37. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Hutridurga
38. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Edge Edge Native Applications Principles Whitepaper
39. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Observability
40. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Observability (using eBPF!)
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42. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Observability https://github.com/cncf/tag-observability/blob/main/working-groups/query-standardization.md
43. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Bengaluru Cubbon Park Kanteerava Stadium Ulsoor Lake
44. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun WASM Runtime
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46. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun CNCF WASM Working Group https://github.com/cncf/tag-runtime/issues/58
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48. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun SECURITY!
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50. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Secure software supply chain whitepaper: ★ Best Practices ★ Assessments ★ Reference Architecture
51. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun How did we reach here?
52. Because of you!
53. The People
54. Growth of Contributions from India
55. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Aditi Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd
56. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Aditi Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd Internal Projects related to OpenStack
57. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Aditi Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd Contributor to OpenStack Internal Projects related to OpenStack
58. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Aditi Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd Contributor to OpenStack Subproject Lead Kubernetes Cloud Provider Openstack Internal Projects related to OpenStack
59. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Aditi Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd Contributor to OpenStack Subproject Lead Kubernetes Cloud Provider Openstack Kubernetes SIG Node Internal Projects related to OpenStack
60. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Aditi Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd Contributor to OpenStack Subproject Lead Kubernetes Cloud Provider Openstack Kubernetes SIG Node containerd Internal Projects related to OpenStack
61. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Aditi Sharma’s Journey OpenStack to Kubernetes to Containerd Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware I would just say to work in open source, patience and consistency is the key. Start with small things, but be consistent over the time things will start coming your way. In the end you will be on the top of technologies with lots of new friends :)
62. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Meha Bhalodiya’s Journey Mentee to Reviewer to Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat
63. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun LFX internship SIG Network Gateway API Docs Meha Bhalodiya’s Journey Mentee to Reviewer to Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat
64. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun GSoC Keptn LFX internship SIG Network Gateway API Docs Meha Bhalodiya’s Journey Mentee to Reviewer to Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat
65. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun GSoC Keptn SIG Docs Reviewer LFX internship SIG Network Gateway API Docs Meha Bhalodiya’s Journey Mentee to Reviewer to Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat
66. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun GSoC Keptn SIG Docs Reviewer Release Docs Shadow v1.23, v1.24 LFX internship SIG Network Gateway API Docs Meha Bhalodiya’s Journey Mentee to Reviewer to Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat
67. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun GSoC Keptn SIG Docs Reviewer Release Docs Shadow v1.23, v1.24 v1.28 CI Signal Lead LFX internship SIG Network Gateway API Docs Meha Bhalodiya’s Journey Mentee to Reviewer to Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat Shadow in v1.26, v1.27
68. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Meha Bhalodiya’s Journey Mentee to Reviewer to Lead Associate Software Quality Engineer Red Hat Contributing works slowly and gradually [...] It will definitely take you to immense heights in the community and apart from that too; it will open up many doors for you, getting one after the other good things on your plate.
69. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Ankita Swamy’s Journey Maintainer in a year!
70. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Ankita Swamy’s Journey Maintainer in a year! Develop Edge Applications on OpenStack
71. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Ankita Swamy’s Journey Maintainer in a year! Kubernetes on Edge at VMware Develop Edge Applications on OpenStack
72. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Ankita Swamy’s Journey Maintainer in a year! Kubernetes on Edge at VMware Cluster API Develop Edge Applications on OpenStack
73. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Ankita Swamy’s Journey Maintainer in a year! Kubernetes on Edge at VMware Cluster API Maintainer Cluster API Provider for AWS Develop Edge Applications on OpenStack
74. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Ankita Swamy’s Journey Maintainer in a year! Kubernetes on Edge at VMware Cluster API Maintainer Cluster API Provider for AWS LFX Mentor Cluster API Providers AWS, vSphere Develop Edge Applications on OpenStack
75. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Ankita Swamy’s Journey Maintainer in a year! Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware Work experience enables development of projects but “open source contributions enable your development”. [...] even if you are already contributing to open source, you still should be “hungry” to learn more [...]
76. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Student Savitribai Phule Pune University Atharva Shinde’s Journey Contributor Experience to Kubernetes Release
77. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Student Savitribai Phule Pune University Atharva Shinde’s Journey Contributor Experience to Kubernetes Release Student
78. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Student Savitribai Phule Pune University Atharva Shinde’s Journey Contributor Experience to Kubernetes Release Kubernetes SIG Contributor Experience Student
79. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Student Savitribai Phule Pune University Atharva Shinde’s Journey Contributor Experience to Kubernetes Release Kubernetes SIG Contributor Experience Contributor Comms Lead Student
80. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Student Savitribai Phule Pune University Atharva Shinde’s Journey Contributor Experience to Kubernetes Release Kubernetes SIG Contributor Experience Contributor Comms Lead LFX Mentee Student CAPA
81. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Student Savitribai Phule Pune University Atharva Shinde’s Journey Contributor Experience to Kubernetes Release Kubernetes SIG Contributor Experience Contributor Comms Lead LFX Mentee Kubernetes v1.28 Enhancements Lead Student CAPA Shadow in 1.25, 1.26, 1.27
82. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Student Savitribai Phule Pune University Atharva Shinde’s Journey Contributor Experience to Kubernetes Release Find your SIG of interest (this is crucial!), get in connection with respective SIG maintainers, keep helping through small contributions, keep learning and be consistent.
83. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer 2 Microsoft Shubham Sharma’s Journey Hobbyist to Full-time Maintainer
84. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer 2 Microsoft Shubham Sharma’s Journey Hobbyist to Full-time Maintainer Used OSS projects Attended meetups
85. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer 2 Microsoft Shubham Sharma’s Journey Hobbyist to Full-time Maintainer Typos and small fixes Used OSS projects Attended meetups
86. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer 2 Microsoft Shubham Sharma’s Journey Hobbyist to Full-time Maintainer Typos and small fixes Brigade Hindi docs maintainer Used OSS projects Attended meetups
87. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer 2 Microsoft Shubham Sharma’s Journey Hobbyist to Full-time Maintainer Typos and small fixes Brigade Hindi docs maintainer Introduced to Dapr internally Used OSS projects Attended meetups
88. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer 2 Microsoft Shubham Sharma’s Journey Hobbyist to Full-time Maintainer Typos and small fixes Brigade Hindi docs maintainer Introduced to Dapr internally Full-time maintainer for Dapr Used OSS projects Attended meetups
89. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer 2 Microsoft Shubham Sharma’s Journey Hobbyist to Full-time Maintainer I found it very hard to spend time outside of my day job to make meaningful contributions to any open-source project and get involved. Joining the Dapr role at Microsoft helped me get into FOSS, for now I could make contributions as part of my day job.
90. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer Syself Aniruddha Basak’s Journey Student to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor
91. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer Syself Aniruddha Basak’s Journey Student to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Student
92. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer Syself Aniruddha Basak’s Journey Student to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Contributor to Flatcar Added features to Locksmith Student
93. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer Syself Aniruddha Basak’s Journey Student to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Contributor to Flatcar Added features to Locksmith LFX Mentee Cluster API Provider for GCP Student GPU Support
94. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer Syself Aniruddha Basak’s Journey Student to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Contribute to Flatcar Added features to Locksmith LFX Mentee Cluster API Provider for GCP CAPI Release Team CI Signal, Bug Triage, Automation Manager Student GPU Support
95. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer Syself Aniruddha Basak’s Journey Student to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Contributor to Flatcar Added features to Locksmith LFX Mentee Cluster API Provider for GCP CAPI Release Team CI Signal, Bug Triage, Automation Manager Maintainer Cluster API Provider Hetzner & Hivelocity Student GPU Support
96. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Software Engineer Syself Aniruddha Basak’s Journey Student to a Cluster API and Kubernetes contributor Embrace community involvement, even if you feel you lack deep project knowledge. Open-source communities welcome contributors at all levels. Dive in, gain hands-on experience, and learn from others to gradually understand the project better. Your enthusiasm and willingness to contribute are highly valued.
97. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Technical Evangelist SUSE Divya Mohan’s Journey The Docs Leader
98. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Technical Evangelist SUSE Divya Mohan’s Journey The Docs Leader Systems Engineer
99. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Technical Evangelist SUSE Divya Mohan’s Journey The Docs Leader Kubernetes Release Team Systems Engineer Docs & Comms 1.22 Release Lead Shadow
100. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Technical Evangelist SUSE Divya Mohan’s Journey The Docs Leader Kubernetes Release Team SIG Docs chair Kubernetes and LitmusChaos Systems Engineer Docs & Comms 1.22 Release Lead Shadow
101. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Technical Evangelist SUSE Divya Mohan’s Journey The Docs Leader Kubernetes Release Team SIG Docs chair Kubernetes and LitmusChaos CNCF Ambassador Systems Engineer Docs & Comms 1.22 Release Lead Shadow
102. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Technical Evangelist SUSE Divya Mohan’s Journey The Docs Leader Kubernetes Release Team SIG Docs chair Kubernetes and LitmusChaos CNCF Ambassador Systems Engineer Docs & Comms 1.22 Release Lead Shadow KCNA certification co-creator
103. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Technical Evangelist SUSE Divya Mohan’s Journey The Docs Leader Kubernetes Release Team SIG Docs chair Kubernetes and LitmusChaos CNCF Ambassador Systems Engineer Docs & Comms 1.22 Release Lead Shadow KCNA certification co-creator Program Committee KubeCon Co-chair Cloud Native Wasm Day
104. @TheNikhita & @theonlynabarun Senior Technical Evangelist SUSE Divya Mohan’s Journey The Docs Leader Most of these opportunities do not require me to write code (although knowing how to is a plus). I hope that, with time, people realize that it’s not always necessary to be a “coder” to contribute to open source.
105. 3:00PM Today! In this same hall!
107. Thank You! @TheNikhita @theonlynabarun