KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024: Full Schedule

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November 12-15
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11:00am MST

Yahoo’s Kubernetes Journey from on-Prem to Multi-Cloud at Scale - Nandhakumar Venkatachalam & Payal Patel, Yahoo

Thursday November 14, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

Yahoo is an early adopter of Kubernetes, operating 37 on-prem and 42 multi-cloud production clusters hosting 2700 applications. Our team offers a simple yet powerful interface for users to deploy applications onto our managed clusters. Since 2015, we have handled multiple complex upgrades, including Operating Systems and Kubernetes, upgrading from version 1.0.3 to 1.30.0. In 2023, Yahoo announced plans to migrate to both GCP and AWS cloud platforms. Leveraging extensive knowledge, our team successfully provisioned Kubernetes clusters in a multi-cloud environment within a short period. Our team faced numerous challenges during the cloud adoption process, including networking, security, cluster autoscaling, and cost. In this talk, we will share managing K8S in a multi-cloud and discuss the challenges faced and solutions found. Key topics include Shared VPC, IP Space for K8s, securely accessing private clusters, multi-tenant workload identity, and maintaining a user interface to K8S.

Speakers

Nandhakumar Venkatachalam

Sr Princ Production Engineer, Yahoo Inc

Nandhakumar Venkatachalam is a Senior Principal Production Engineer at Yahoo Inc. As a lead engineer responsible for operating the large-scale Kubernetes cluster, he has played a key architect role in building scalable cloud infrastructure. Nandha has been with Yahoo for over 17 years... Read More →

Payal Patel

Principal Software Development Engineer, Yahoo

Payal Patel is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Cloud Infrastructure team at Yahoo. She is currently developing a hybrid cloud solution for Kubernetes clusters in AWS and GCP to set up the Kubernetes clusters at scale. Before that, she worked on managing the Kubernetes... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 11:00am - 11:35am MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

Platform Engineering

Content Experience Level Any

11:55am MST

Scratching the Surface: Simulating K8s in MIT Scratch - Mitch Connors, Microsoft & Jude Connors, Independent

Thursday November 14, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

Why would anyone re-implement Kubernetes from scratch? And why use Scratch, the graphical programming language from MIT? The best way to understand a machine is to take it apart and put it back together again, but how can we apply this to Kubernetes, which isn’t so easy to take apart? In the code, one is quickly overwhelmed with the nuances of protobufs, channels, and goroutines. Examples can be equally perplexing: why, exactly, would I cuddle a kube? Come see K8s through the eyes of a 14-year-old, re-creating core k8s components in their simplest form with Scratch. Topics include Explain It Like I’m 14 (because one of us is), some surprising things we learned (even after years of working with k8s), and how to pass the torch to the next generation. New users will learn Kubernetes by breaking it down into simple controllers, and veteran contributors will be empowered to tackle the most difficult task of all: explaining your job to your children.

Speakers

Mitch Connors

Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft

Mitch Connors is a Sr. Principal Software Engineer at Aviatrix, and serves on the Istio Technical Oversight Committee. Over the past 17 years, Mitch has worked at Google, F5 Networks, Amazon, an Industrial IoT startup, and State Farm Insurance, giving him a broad perspective on the... Read More →

Jude Connors

Professional 14 Year Old, Unemployed

Jude is a freshman in high school with a passion for puzzles, music, and games of every sort.

Thursday November 14, 2024 11:55am - 12:30pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

Cloud Native Novice

Content Experience Level Beginner

2:30pm MST

Solving the Kubernetes Networking API Rubik's Cube - Doug Smith & Surya Seetharaman, Red Hat; Shane Utt, Kong; Lior Lieberman, Google

Thursday November 14, 2024 2:30pm - 3:05pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

AI/ML use cases are steering the Kubernetes wheel in exciting directions. If you’re interested in networking, it might be having a bigger impact on changes to core Kubernetes than you think. Are you hearing the acronyms DRA (Dynamic Resource Allocation) and KNI (Kubernetes Networking Interface) a LOT in the ecosystem lately and wondering how they are connected to AI/ML-Networking, Multi-Networking and CNI? We love the GPU allocation aspects of DRA - but did you know there are considerations for allocating hardware devices for networking too? You might be familiar with CNI - but have you come across the KNI effort to build a standardized set of Kubernetes Networking APIs? For those who are new to Kubernetes networking, trying to solve this networking Rubik’s cube can feel overwhelming. Join us for a fun and informative session where we'll simplify the landscape and help you fit the puzzle pieces together. Leave with confidence to navigate and contribute in this rapidly evolving space.

Speakers

Doug Smith

Principal Engineer, Red Hat, Inc

Doug Smith is a Principal Software Engineer for OpenShift Engineering at Red Hat. Focusing on Network Function Virtualization and container technologies, Doug integrates new networking technologies with container systems like Kubernetes and OpenShift. He is a member of the Network... Read More →

Surya Seetharaman

Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat Inc.

Surya is an Open Source advocate and contributor, active in the Kubernetes SIG-Network working group. She is working as a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat in the OpenShift Networking team. Her areas of interest include Cloud Infrastructure and Networked Services and Systems... Read More →

Shane Utt

Senior Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat

TODO

Lior Lieberman

Site Reliability Engineer, Google

Lior is site reliability engineer at Google working on Google Compute Engine. He is a leading maintainer of ingress2gateway, and an active contributor to Kubernetes SIG network focused on Gateway API.

Thursday November 14, 2024 2:30pm - 3:05pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

Cloud Native Novice

Content Experience Level Beginner

3:25pm MST

TLS and MTLS: Introduction to Modern Security - Andrew Davis, Independent & Sandeep Kanabar, Gen (formerly NortonLifeLock)

Thursday November 14, 2024 3:25pm - 4:00pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

A constant presence in our lives for nearly 25 years, TLS is a cornerstone of modern security practice — especially in a zero-trust world. In cloud native, mTLS comes up every time service meshes get mentioned. Even so, both these technologies are still sources of endless questions. How do they work? How are they related? What problems do they solve – and which others do they not solve? How does it relate to end-user auth? What's all this stuff with certificates anyway? And why should you care about these things? Thankfully, answering these questions isn't that complex. Sandeep Kanabar, Lead Software Engineer at Gen, and Andrew Davis, a Cybersecurity Expert—both Deaf & Hard of Hearing WG members—will discuss what TLS and mTLS are, what they do, how they work, why they matter as standards, and what nearly 25 years of attacking them have to say about security. They'll use Linkerd as an example, but this talk will apply to any situation involving mTLS or TLS, no matter the implementation.

Speakers

Sandeep Kanabar

Lead Software Engineer, Gen (formerly NortonLifeLock)

Hailing from India, Sandeep is a passionate software engineer working at Gen (formerly NortonLifeLock). A frequent meetup speaker, Sandeep enjoys sharing his lessons learned from 15+ years in the tech space with the community. He's a staunch advocate for diversity and inclusion and... Read More →

Andrew Davis

Cybersecurity Specialist, Not Applicable

A passionate self-taught cybersecurity expert, Andrew Davis is a big believer in life-long learning. He has worked for various Fortune 500 companies, including DELL and Fidelity Investments. Deaf himself, Andrew is a strong advocate for accessibility. He's an active member of the... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 3:25pm - 4:00pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

Cloud Native Novice

Content Experience Level Any

4:30pm MST

Understanding Kubernetes Networking in 30 Minutes - Ricardo Katz, Broadcom & James Strong, Isovalent at Cisco

Thursday November 14, 2024 4:30pm - 5:05pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

You are learning Kubernetes and started to face concepts like Pod CIDRs, Services, CNI, kube-proxy? Welcome! you have reached the amazing area of Kubernetes networking! We all have already been there and know how complex it may seem on the beginning, but in this talk, Ricardo and James will demystify the Kubernetes network concepts and model on a fun way, exploring how it is designed, why the is a "pause" container on every Pods, how the communication between Pods work, what are kube-proxy and CNI and their importance. In the end of this talk we expect you to get your learning path on Kubernetes Networking clear to better understand not only what are the concepts about, but also see on a live demo how every component correlates and makes the communications possible on a Kubernetes cluster .

Speakers

Ricardo Katz

Software Engineer, Broadcom

Software Engineer at VMware by Broadcom, Kubernetes contributor on spare time. Previously was the tech lead for the Brazilian Government Cloud and Platform infrastructure, being one of the persons responsible for implementing some of the first Kubernetes clusters in Brazil, clusters... Read More →

James Strong

Sr Customer Success Architect, Isovalent at Cisco

James has been working in the cloud for 7 years. He helped build a private cloud at GE Appliances and developed and supported REST API's in AWS on docker. Recently he has passed the CNCF's CKA exam and helps companies migrate their applications to Kubernetes.

Thursday November 14, 2024 4:30pm - 5:05pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

Cloud Native Novice

Content Experience Level Beginner

5:25pm MST

Why Serverless Is Trending Again - Matt Butcher, Fermyon

Thursday November 14, 2024 5:25pm - 6:00pm MST

Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

The idea of serverless computing really took off in 2016. But after an apparent peak in 2019, it seemed to be on the decline. Yet things took an about face again in 2022. The idea of serverless functions not only regained lost ground, but even now it is hitting new levels of interest. Why? In this session, we first get very clear about what “serverless” means as a design pattern. Then we dive into what it is good for, and mention a few of the major successes of serverless computing. From there, we look into the present and future of serverless technology, particularly inside of Kubernetes. WebAssembly is the runtime technology that enables serverless in Kubernetes to outperform Amazon Lambda and other competitors.

Speakers

Matt Butcher

CEO, Fermyon

Matt Butcher (CEO) is a founder of Fermyon. He is one of the original creators of Helm, Brigade, CNAB, OAM, Glide, and Krustlet. He has written or co-written many books, including "Learning Helm" and "Go in Practice." He is a co-creator of the "Illustrated Children’s Guide to Kubernetes... Read More →

Thursday November 14, 2024 5:25pm - 6:00pm MST
Salt Palace | Level 2 | 251

Cloud Native Novice

Content Experience Level Any