Aakansha is a DevRel at EmpathyOps. Working on empowering & upscaling the communities. In the past she has been a Community Manager at Hashnode. As a frontend dev turned DevOps explorer, loves sharing tech insights, views on learning & building in public, blogging & building personal brand. A reader and speaker, Aakansha paints, sings and loves spontaneous travel. Catch her at meetups & conferences!
Akin Ozer is a seasoned DevOps engineer and a recognized expert in Kubernetes infrastructure. With over 5 years of experience in cloud computing and container orchestration, Akin Ozer has led several projects focused on optimizing Kubernetes clusters for scalability and efficiency. He currently works at Moonfare, where he is working on making this fintech company efficient with the latest technologies in Kubernetes environments.
Community leader and CNCF ambassador, Alessandro has spent the last few years building cloud native infrastructures for Microsoft customers, animating the Dutch community, and training others to pass the CKx exams. He has passion for all things cloud native, he’s been around open source for 25 years and recently moved to a new Developer Relations role.
Ali Ok works for Red Hat as a principal software engineer. He is a Knative steering committee member and works with working groups within Knative.
Besides the technical contributions to Knative and many CNCF projects, Ali is a CNCF Ambassador and a regular contributor to the CNCF TAG Contributor Strategy, where he helps projects with mentorship programs, governance improvements and contributor growth suggestions.
Ayse Kaya is the Vice President of Strategy and Analytics at Root.
She is an accredited data scientist and container enthusiast. A graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Operations Research Center, Kaya was previously a strategy and analytics lead at CloudLock and Cisco Systems. Ayse Kaya lives in Boston with her daughter. She is an avid runner and student of philosophy.
UK-based Product Manger at MongoDB, responsible for our Kubernetes support including our three Operators - Community Operator, Enterprise Operator, and Atlas Operator.
Edith Puclla is from Peru. CNCF Ambassador, Docker Captain, and Technology Evangelist at Percona. She is also an Open Source contributor, participating in SIG-docs, helping to translate the official Kubernetes documentation to Spanish, and SIG-Operators giving feedback and participating in weekly meetings. She also holds the title of ambassador of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and is a Docker captain. Recently, she took an important step by moving to the UK on a Global Talent Visa.
Emin is a person who loves target-driven, versatile and cares about innovative ideas. He enjoys process management and communication. He never hesitates to share his experience on Medium. Not only that, he strongly interested in combination of fields of mechanics, hardware and software. He wants to be more efficient on CNCF projects in the future.
Furkan likes to design and implement new tech stacks with a deep focus on distributed and low-level systems. He is interested in contributing to open-source projects, communities, and project management. Strong interest in the CNCF world! Recently, he has been researching Supply Chain Security.
George is a distributed systems expert and a hands-on engineering leader with focus on delivering Enterprise cloud services at scale. He is a Director of Engineering at MongoDB, focusing on implementing cloud native technologies at enterprise scale. Most recently, he has been a speaker at global events like OpenSource Summit, Hashiconf, LeadDev, DeveloperWeek, and more, focusing on agile leadership, scaling engineering teams, and entrepreneurship.
Hasan Türken is a software engineer with a focus on Kubernetes. Certified as a Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and Security Specialist (CKS), he has extensive experience in containerizing enterprise applications and guiding cloud-native development. At Upbound, the company behind Crossplane, he leverages his passion for the Kubernetes control plane to innovate SaaS solutions and automation. Hasan is an enthusiast of Golang, open-source software, and all things Kubernetes.
Henrik is a Cloud Native Advocate at Dynatrace, the leading Observability platform. Prior to Dynatrace, Henrik has worked more than 15 years, as Performance Engineer. Henrik Rexed Is Also one of the Organizer of the conferences named WOPR, KCD Austria and the owner of the Youtube Channel IsitObservable.
15 years of experience working with a broad range of technologies, where the last 5+ years have been evolving around Cloud Native technologies (Kubernetes, Docket IaC, etc..).
Experience working with customers ranging from SMB’s to large enterprise customers. Considerable experience building and maintaining relationships at all levels and utilizing my network to achieve success.
Kat is a Lead Developer Advocate at Dell focused on the growth and nurturing of open source through authentic contribution. In particular, her specialties are approachable 101-level content and deep dives on the history of technology, with a focus on DevOps and cloud native. She has served on the Kubernetes release team since v1.22. When she’s not at a conference, she spends her time playing video games, watching horror movies, or reading science fiction, but her current hyperfixation is film photography. She lives in Scotland with her cat, Espresso, who is the real brains behind the operation and actually ghostwriting all of her tweets.
I’m all about making things user-friendly, especially when it comes to Cloud Native and Kubernetes.
I’ve done a fair share of mobile app and backend work, but lately, I’m really into Cloud Native computing and enjoy it a lot.
Outside of work, you’ll find me hanging out in tech and sports communities, cruising on inline skates, exploring new places, or challenging myself with quizzes and games.
Kunal is empowering communities via open-source and education. He finds passion in teaching and has taught thousands of folks online and in person. He is a developer relations manager at Civo, CNCF Ambassador, TEDx speaker and a GitHub Star. He is the founder of WeMakeDevs and also started the official Cloud Native Student Community group joined by thousands of folks, focussed on getting more young people involved in the ecosystem. In the past he has been a track chair of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, Major League Hacking Coach and a Google Summer of Code mentor.
Liz Rice is Chief Open Source Officer with eBPF specialists Isovalent, creators of the Cilium project. She was chair of the CNCF’s Technical Oversight Committee 2019-2022, and Co-Chair of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in 2018. She is also the author of O’Reilly books “Learning eBPF” and “Container Security”.
Mauricio works as an Open Source Software Engineer at @Diagrid, contributing to and driving initiatives for the Dapr OSS project. Mauricio also serves as a Steering Committee member for the Knative Project and Co-Leading the Knative Functions initiative. He published a book titled Platform Engineering on Kubernetes for Manning Publishing and previously worked at VMware and Red Hat, building tools to help developers be more productive.
Mohammed Fazalullah “Faz” is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS and educates and empowers developers on achieving cloud capabilities, allowing them to concentrate on interesting problems. An architect and a technical evangelist at heart, he speaks on various trends in the containers and observability space with the focus of building and scaling in the cloud in and around Asia and Europe.
Mustafa Akın, an engineering manager at JumpCloud with past roles at Atlassian and Opsgenie, has a diverse background in Linux and Kubernetes. He has been involved with Docker since 2013 and actively shares his knowledge on software development and Kubernetes on his blog. Mustafa also embarked on a PhD journey, focusing on Kubernetes scheduling algorithms, before deciding to leave academia.
Nicolas is a product marketing manager at Wiz and focuses mainly on the security of containerized environments and cloud-native applications. For over 20 years in IT, he has specialized in cloud infrastructure, automation and security, and has worked for companies such as EMC, Red Hat and HashiCorp. Outside of work, he loves traveling, discovering new cultures, and especially the foods of all over the world.
Onur is an engineering leader who has a broad range of experience in cloud infrastructure, data, observability and DevEx areas. He has seen the highs and lows of defence, manufacturing and finance industries and continuing his journey as a Senior Engineering Manager for Builder Experience in Mambu. Born & raised in the Anatolian heartland, he enjoys the tranquility of the Dutch countryside for the last few years .
Rewanth Tammana is a security ninja, open-source contributor, & an independent consultant. Previously, Senior Security Architect at National Bank of Dubai. He is passionate about DevSecOps, Cloud, and Container Security. He added 17,000+ lines of code to Nmap. Holds CKS, CKA & CKAD.
Rewanth speaks & delivers training at international conferences worldwide including Black Hat, Defcon, Hack In The Box, CRESTCon UK, PHDays, Nullcon, Bsides, CISO Platform, null chapters & multiple others.
Thomas is Senior Developer Advocate at Sysdig, the company which created and open-sourced Falco, the Security Runtime Engine for Kubernetes and Cloud-Native technologies. Thomas worked for Qonto, a modern banking for SMEs and freelancers, where he managed their Kubernetes clusters and the enthusiastic tools around, like ArgoCD, Traefik, Prometheus. He also assisted for many years pure-players and e-business companies for a large managed service provider, as an AWS expert and FinOps. He’s one of the longest tenured members of the Falco community, and creator of Falcosidekick and Falcosidekick-UI, two major components of the Falco ecosystem.
Tobias Schneck is a Principal Architect at Kubermatic, an open-source platform for Kubernetes management. He is a passionate advocate for open-source technologies and has a deep understanding of cloud-native infrastructure. Tobias has over 10 years of experience in the IT industry and has held various positions in development, operations, and architecture. Bringing the advantages of cloud native technologies and development workflows to everybody is his aim.
Utku is a passionate DevOps Engineer currently based in Dubai. With more than five years of experience in the field, he has developed a strong proficiency in a wide range of DevOps & SysOps practices. His expertise includes designing cloud architectures, implementing CI/CD strategies, designing system architectures, improving DevOps cultures, utilizing GitOps practices, and deploying software in various environments based on their specific requirements. He is passionate about learning & sharing.
Viktor Farcic is a lead rapscallion at Upbound, a member of the CNCF Ambassadors, Google Developer Experts, CDF Ambassadors, and GitHub Stars groups, and a published author.
He is a host of the YouTube channel DevOps Toolkit and a co-host of DevOps Paradox.
Delve into the efficiencies of Karpenter, Kubernetes’ innovative autoscaler, in this deep dive session. We contrast its unique architecture with traditional autoscalers, highlighting how it revolutionizes cluster scaling. The talk unpacks Karpenter’s design principles, focusing on its provisioning algorithms and resource optimization strategies. Key to our discussion are real-world applications, where Karpenter’s performance in managing complex scaling scenarios is showcased. We demonstrate its impact on operational efficiency through practical case studies, emphasizing cost reductions and performance enhancements. Advanced configurations, such as scheduling constraints and pod prioritization, are also explored, offering insights into customizing Karpenter for diverse environments. This session is designed not just to inform, but also to equip attendees with practical knowledge for implementing Karpenter effectively in their Kubernetes clusters.
In my previous career as a chemist, I gained a profound appreciation for the intricate harmony of nature’s elements. Today, I invite you on a captivating journey through the realms of elements, projects, communities, and molecules. With a blend of scientific insight, technological flair, and unbridled passion, I aim to ignite an engaging and thought-provoking discourse on the ever-evolving landscape of the cloud native ecosystem and its future trajectory.
State of developer community and open source in Turkey
Ever thought about why developers contribute to open source projects? Do we have developers in Turkey doing that? If so, how much? Also, how do they to that?
Software folks often say “we need more folks in open source” in Turkey. While that’s a good guess, we don’t exactly know what the current state is, and how much we need to improve.
We are going to present a report of developer activities and open source contribution in Turkey, based on the data we’ve collected from GitHub. We will also present some analysis made by GitHub, in their Innovation Graph.
Furthermore, people talk about contributing to open source all the time, but they need a trigger to start doing so. In this talk, we will talk about how to get people started with open source, such as with mentoring programs and open source beginner guides.
Why you should attend:
Cool Data: See some stats about Turkish developers and GitHub.
Practical Tips: Get applicable advice on how you can start contributing to open source
Closing Keynote - Numbers at the Frontline: Shifting Winds in Cloud Native Security
Recent joint research from ESG and Root, polled from SREs, DevOps & Platform Engineers explores the state of cloud native security, shedding light on an increasingly worrying attack surface that is only growing. Analyzing the data we learn that a mere 12% are managing to achieve security SLOs. This is compounded by regulatory pressures, the complexity of the supply chain with its own set of exploits & challenges, all this with a fragmented tooling ecosystem that is making it difficult to understand how to prioritize & remediate rapidly in a single consolidated place.
This session will dive into these new findings, on how container & OSS security continues to add difficulty with triaging security––as well as the cascading impact of the continuous rise in cloud native sec, vulns, and the supply chain as a whole. Join this session to learn how to take cloud native security from reactive to proactive along with real practical tips for minimizing the noise & achieving security SLOs.
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Kubernetes Operator for Database: Exploring the Mechanics and Benefits
In this talk, we will focus specifically on Kubernetes Operators applied to databases. We will begin with an introduction to Kubernetes, illustrating how a typical application is deployed and managed in this environment and the difficulties that exist when implementing a database in Kubernetes. Next, we will detail what Kubernetes Operators are and their critical importance in effective database management on Kubernetes platforms. We will discuss how Operators offer an automated solution for complex tasks such as scaling, updating, and monitoring databases, significantly simplifying these processes. Attendees will gain a deep understanding of the benefits that Kubernetes Operators bring to database management, along with practical examples that illustrate their effectiveness in production environments. The talk is ideal for those looking to understand how Operators can improve efficiency and scalability in managing databases in Kubernetes.
Orchestrating Excellence: A Comparative Analysis of Kubernetes Scheduler and Descheduler Frameworks
Kubernetes clusters are highly dynamic, and their state changes over time because of cluster-wide changes, like the joining, removing, or tainting of nodes. As a result, it could reach an unbalanced state over time. Eventually, cluster balancing is inevitable! Join us in unlocking the full potential of Kubernetes scheduling and descheduling, where every tweak enhances cluster dynamics, by leveraging Kubernetes’ exceptional extensibility!
Kelsey Hightower once wrote that Kubernetes is a platform for building platforms, and I couldn’t agree more. Since then, there has been significant evolution in this domain. A key insight is that Kubernetes is still too complex for just anyone within an organization. Its low level of abstraction leads to a high cognitive load for users.
Welcome to the KEBAP stack, a composable Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) comprised of four open-source tools that form the layers of this IDP: (K)ubernetes, (E)xternal Secrets Operator, (B)ackstage, (A)rgo CD, and (P)ulumi. The KEBAP stack adheres to GitOps principles, a cornerstone of a robust, secure, and scalable IDP. Each layer of the KEBAP stack unlocks unique capabilities within your IDP by meeting the requirements of GitOps implementation, offering the flexibility to add more tools as you advance on your IDP journey.
This session will not only provide a high-level overview of the KEBAP stack but will also demo the KEBAP stack.
Building Trendyol's Next-Level Application Delivery Platform with KubeVela
Creating a production-ready service at high scale (7000+ microservices and more than 150+ domain teams) with complex infrastructure components leads developers under cognitive load and prevents them from focusing on their work.
We’ve decided to build our own IDP (Internal Developer Platform) aka Trendyol Builder Platform (TBP) to overcome such challenges and improve our DORA metrics. TBP provides teams to create and manage both infrastructure (Database, Kafka etc.) and application components.
Building Internal Developer Platforms with Kubernetes Operators
In this presentation, we will dive deep into the world of Kubernetes operators and how they can be leveraged to empower platform engineering teams and extend Kubernetes as the platform of platforms. We will start by introducing the concept of Kubernetes operators, their architecture, as well as how their development becomes easier leveraging the Operator Framework. We will then explore the advantages of using Kubernetes operators to manage complex applications and how they can streamline the deployment, scaling, and management of these applications. We will also provide real-world examples of operators that have been successfully deployed by platform engineering teams in the process of building an IDP. We will then demonstrate how an architecture of an IDP leveraging operators would look like and how this integrates with other CNCF tools, like Tekton, ArgoCD, Istio, and more as well as how infrastructure as code can be simplified with this approach.
Crossplane: Simplifying Cloud Management with Abstractions
This presentation will explore the pivotal role of Crossplane in the evolving landscape of cloud resource management. As a Crossplane maintainer, I’ll share insights into how Crossplane meets the complex needs of modern cloud infrastructure, offering a practical approach to managing cloud environments.
The talk will focus on the key principles of Crossplane, highlighting its ability to provide tailored APIs and abstraction layers that simplify cloud resource management. These features enable developers and platform teams to orchestrate and automate cloud resources more effectively, fostering innovation and efficiency.
We’ll include a live demonstration showing how Crossplane can be applied in real-world scenarios. This session aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of Crossplane’s capabilities and how it is a versatile tool for cloud resource management.
Telemetry Showdown: Fluent Bit vs. OpenTelemetry Collector - A Comprehensive Benchmark Analysis
In a push to standardize observability practices, the cloud-native community has embraced OpenTelemetry, offering a unified framework for metrics, logs, and traces. Prior to this, log processing relied on agents like fluent, evolving into fluentbit. With fluentbit’s recent expansion to support additional signals and the OpenTelemetry Collector’s emergence, a pertinent question arises: Which is the superior choice for performance?
This session delves into:
Unveiling the distinctions between Fluent Bit and the OpenTelemetry Collector.
Sharing the findings derived from a series of benchmark tests.
Providing valuable insights to empower the community in selecting the most fitting agent for their cloud-native environments.
Securing Kubernetes Workloads: Open-Source Approaches to Enhance Workload Security Posture
Join us for a talk on making Kubernetes workloads safer using free, open-source tools. Kubernetes is really popular for managing cloud applications, but keeping it secure is a big challenge. We’ll look at the basics of what makes Kubernetes workloads vulnerable and how we can fix these issues with open-source tools. You’ll learn practical tips and see real examples that’ll help you improve your Kubernetes security. Whether you’re new to Kubernetes or have been using it for a while, this talk will give you some great insights into keeping your applications safe and sound.
Closing the Loop: Applying Least Privilege and Ensuring We Did It Well
According to OWASP, insecure workload configuration is the top security problem in Kubernetes. With the shift to Platform engineering, minimizing the attack surface of our Kubernetes clusters becomes even more critical.
This talk will cover the Principle of Least Privilege and how it can be applied to balance robust security and a good experience for users and administrators. Moreover, we’ll see how to use Falco to observe if we did well and detect suspicious events that may happen in our clusters anyway.
Join us to discover how the Principle of Least Privilege, Falco and observability empower you to safeguard your Kubernetes ecosystem without making yourself and your users suffer.
Opening Keynote - Cloud Native Superpowers with eBPF
Kubernetes is the sometimes-controversial darling of the tech industry. It’s indispensable in situations where it’s useful, but undeniably complex and can be difficult to use. We tend to chalk that up to its relative newness and the complexity of the problems it’s solving, but exactly how new are these problems? CI/CD feels new, but its origins predate DevOps. Infrastructure as Code feels new, but we’ve been programmatically defining machines for decades.
Kubernetes isn’t any different; since the dawn of computing, we’ve had issues with workloads and scale. What’s actually going on is that we’re solving the same technical problems over and over again, flavored by the circumstances of the time in which a pain point becomes impossible to ignore. To better understand how Kubernetes came to be, we need to look backwards to its predecessors: the struggle to achieve virtualization, a supercomputer, and a trip to the moon.
Empathy in Cloud Native Governance: Addressing Bias for Inclusive Decisions
“Have I considered every angle with this decision, or could a bias have crept in?” - is a common question that’ll prompt you to critically assess potential biases. As the cloud-native landscape evolves, the governance structures overseeing these environments play a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of inclusivity of projects. Join us for an exploration, where we as contributors to CNCF projects and release teams share firsthand experiences, emphasizing the pivotal role of empathy in cloud-native development.
Discover the analogy of empathy as a muscle and learn how to cultivate it. Drawing a clear distinction between empathy and sympathy, shifting from a “know it all” mindset to a “learn it all” and “two-word check-in” for concise emotional expression. Prioritizing open dialogue, the talk suggests creating a safe space, establishing a common language, and empowering attendees to integrate empathy into decision-making for a more inclusive, bias-aware Cloud Native environment.
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My pods are not responding! - A Kubernetes troubleshooting journey
Debugging production applications is comparable to a whodunnit story where you are the central character trying to figure out a crime from a crime scene. This becomes especially true with distributed services that are running in the cloud across multiple containers. Without proper tools for debugging and observability, it’s impossible to see what’s going on in a large-scale production deployment!
Join this demo-driven session to learn how to diagnose and troubleshoot production issues with out-of-the-box Kubernetes tools, in addition to other tools in the ecosystem.
Kubernetes Extensibility Explored: Custom Watchers and CRDs
This presentation delves into Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and their practical use with tools like client-go and the Fabric8 Kubernetes Client. Explore how CRDs empower the creation of custom objects within Kubernetes, offering versatile possibilities. Additionally, gain insights into monitoring Kubernetes objects in real-time. This session provides a technical exploration of how CRDs, along with these essential tools, enhance Kubernetes for specific requirements, amplifying its adaptability for diverse applications while emphasizing the significance of object monitoring.
Observability 2.0 : With a little help from my friend (Opentelemetry)
In this talk. we’ll discuss the slow paradigm shift happening within what we call as “observability”, what was it about historically, where are we now, what makes it so hard to get it right, how it can be a superpower and a pain in the neck at the same time, and the unknown unknowns. We will then delve into how OpenTelemetry project is levelling the game field in terms of setting the standards and setting up a new baseline to compete on. The talk will be concluded with some insights about how the project is evolving and the upcoming standards opentelemetry project is introducing soon.
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Use GitOps like a Pro with a Common Cloud Native Stack
GitOps is gaining in popularity and with it a growing ecosystem of excellent tooling. This talk will walk through a practical example from beginner to advanced, providing the fundamentals for applying GitOps with an OSS stack.
We will start with demonstrating how to configure and deploy a basic application through a Helm chart, through auto-syncing and self-healing this app post-deployment.
We will then demo how to deploy the very same application to multiple clusters using the same Helm chart, leveraging ArgoCD’s Application Sets to enter different values, automating the deployment of ArgoCD manifests using the Apps of Apps approach, as well as defining projects and clusters, all with GitOps governance and policy in mind. We will wrap up by demonstrating how to use multiple sources in a single ArgoCD application - providing entry level to advanced use cases for applying GitOps to your systems, with a universally application example leveraging common and open source tooling.
Unleashing the Power of Serverless on Kubernetes with Knative, Crossplane, Dapr, KEDA, and Friends
In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud native computing, serverless computing has emerged as a transformative force, offering a paradigm shift in application development and deployment. This talk delves into the world of serverless computing within the Kubernetes ecosystem, showcasing how open-source projects like Knative, Crossplane, Dapr, KEDA, Shipwright, and others empower developers to harness the power of serverless on top of Kubernetes.
This is a hands-on talk, where we will build a serverless application (including infrastructure) from scratch. We will then explore how to extend the application with additional serverless capabilities, such as eventing, messaging, and state management. We will also explore how to leverage the power of Kubernetes operators to extend the Kubernetes API with custom resources and controllers, and how to use these operators to provision and manage serverless applications.
Liz Rice
Hasan Türken
Kunal Kushwaha
Aakansha Priya
Akin Ozer
Ali Ok
Alessandro Vozza
Mustafa Yumurtacı
Erkan Zileli
George Hantzaras
Dan Mckean
Tobias Schneck
Henrik Rexed
Ayse Kaya
Kat Cosgrove
Viktor Farcic
Mauricio "Salaboy" Salatino
Mustafa Akın
Katharina Sick
Thomas Labarussias
Engin Diri
Jona Apelbaum
Nicolas Ehrman
Furkan Türkal
Emin Aktas
Edith Puclla
Onur Beygo
Mohammed Fazalullah Qudrath
Rewanth Tammana
Utku Darilmaz