KubeWeekly #418
Published: January 31, 2025
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Headlines
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2025 Maintainer Summit – the schedule is LIVE!
Join us for the CNCF Maintainer Summit on 31 March in London! This exclusive gathering brings cloud native project maintainers together for a day of collaboration before KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe.
Attendance is limited to eligible maintainers and requires KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe registration. Register today!
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India Transparency Report
It was truly an honor to host our first ever KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India, a sold out event with 3,000+ attendees who were warm and enthusiastic about all things cloud native. The transparency report is now live and accessible here.
Events
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
1-4 April | London, England
CNCF-hosted Co-located Events Sponsor Info | Prospectus
Register | Schedule
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025
10-11 June | Hong Kong
Sponsor Info | Prospectus
Register | Call for Proposals
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025
June 16-17 | Tokyo, Japan
Sponsor Info | ProspectusRegister | Call for Proposals
Questions?
For sponsorship details, email sponsor@cncf.io.
For questions about speaking opportunities, email speakers@cncf.io.
For general event inquiries, email events@cncf.io.
See you around the globe!
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025
6-7 August | Hyderabad, India
Sponsor Info | Prospectus
Register | Call for Proposals
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025
November 10-13 | Atlanta, Georgia
Prospectus
Online programs
Recently recorded programs
Under the rug: Tackling bias and building allies in cloud native – January 22 | Cloud Native Live
William Rizzo & Anastasia Gubska
Securing Kubernetes from cryptojacking attacks – January 23 | On demand webinar
Mohammed Affan, AccuKnox Inc.
What DevOps and SREs need to know about mobile observability – January 23 | On demand webinar
Fredric Newberg, Embrace
Upcoming programs
What’s latest in KubeArmor v1.5 – February 5 | On demand webinar
Barun Acharya, AccuKnox
Demystifying Kubernetes Observability with Generative AI and LLMs – February 6 | On demand webinar
Asaf Yigal, Logiz.io
View our Online Programs YouTube playlist here
Technical
11 Promising Kubernetes tools in 2025
Bhushan Nemade, Devtron
Databases and SLOs: How to apply service level objectives to your databases with synthetic monitoring
Wilfried Roset, Grafana
Guide to fulfilling SOC 2 security requirements with GitLab
Fernando Diaz, GitLab
How to manage Python dependencies in Ansible execution environments
Andrew Block, Red Hat
Editorial
Navigating global regulations and open source: US OFAC sanctions
The Linux Foundation
KitOps v1.0.0 is now generally available, featuring hugging face to ModelKit import
Angel Misevski, Jozu
Alibaba, Datadog, and Quesma join forces on Go compile-time instrumentation
OpenTelemetry Governance Committee
Will young developers take on key open-source software?
Joe Fay
A new era for Helm
Robert Sirchia, Matt Farina, & Jorge O. Castro
Building secure multi-cloud architectures: A framework for modern enterprise applications
Nitya Sri Nellore, Amazon
Why we need a unified approach to Kubernetes environments
Peter Kelly, Tigera
5 Game changing trends for 2025: Kubernetes leads the way
Venkat Ramakrishnan, Pure Storage
Education
Attend an upcoming KCD!
We have 10 KCDs with published websites across the globe! You can find them via community.cncf.io’s “Upcoming KCDs” drop-down menu, the cncf.io/kcds about page, as well as via CNCF’s Events page here cncf.io/events.
Available Tickets at Early Bird Pricing
- KCD Budapest tickets are now available!
- KCD Helsinki – ends today! And they have student pricing.
- KCD Texas – ends February 14!
- KCD Costa Rica – ends February 23 and has student pricing!
- KCD Czech & Slovak in Bratislava – available until February 28
Open CFPs can be found on Sessionize with:
- KCD Helsinki’s CFP closes in 1 week!
- KCD Costa Rica’s CFP closes in just over 1 week!
- KCD Budapest’s CFP closes in just over 1 week!
Open Sponsorship Prospectuses can be found here, with 12 for your review.
Cloud Native Community Groups
Learn about cloud native and network with like-minded people. Check out this next week’s meetups around the globe!
| Meetup Name | Date | Event venue |
| CloudSec Fusion: AI-Driven Defense | 2025-02-06 | In-person |
| Cloud Native Prague #21 | 2025-02-05 | Hybrid |
| Beyond kubectl: How K8sGPT Brings AI to Kubernetes Management | 2025-02-02 | Virtual |
| Introduction to Cloud Native Ecosystems | 2025-02-01 | Virtual |
| Agenda Cloud Native + Kubernetes en 2025 | 2025-02-01 | Virtual |
| Let’s go all together to the Linux Foundation FOSDEM Party! | 2025-02-01 | In-person |
| CNCF Abuja Meetup: Cloud-Native Unplugged | 2025-01-31 | Virtual |
| Cloud Native PDX | 2025-01-31 | In-person |
| 10 years of CNCF Looking back and looking Forward | 2025-01-31 | Virtual |