The latest in all things Kubernetes and beyond.

The headlines

Since 2016, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has conducted community-driven research. In partnership with Linux Foundation Research, this year's CNCF survey will take a quick, high-level view on containers, Kubernetes and other cloud-native adoption trends. Then, it will look at the tools, projects and challenges facing the users of these technologies.

BONUS: To thank you for completing this survey, respondents will receive a 25% discount code on a Linux Foundation Training & Certification course.

ICYMI: CNCF online programs this week

A weekly summary of CNCF online programs from this week.

The power of traces - why OpenTelemetry embraced trace-based testing

Adnan Rahic, Tracetest.io

Kubernetes automatic rightsizing

Andy Suderman, Fairwinds

How to start building a self-service infrastructure platform on Kubernetes

Engin Diri, Pulumi & Kingdon Barrett, Weaveworks

Enhancing business security and compliance with Service Mesh

Ninad Desai, InfraCloud Technologies

Building apps in Kubernetes

Tyler Gillson, Spectro Cloud

The technical

Tutorials, tools, and more that take you on a deep dive into the code.

Improved CRD validation with common expression language

Jimmi Dyson, D2iQ

Cloud Native Short Take: Namespaces

RX-M LLC

Get started with Flamingo: A flux CD subsystem for Argo CD

Chanwit Kaewkasi, Weaveworks

Workshop: Exploring basic Prometheus queries

Eric D. Schabell, Chronosphere

Developer guardrails with Monokle VS code extension

Sonali Srivastava, Monokle

Tutorial: Streamlining GitOps with the Botkube Flux plugin

Maria Ashby, BOTKUBE

The editorial

Articles, announcements, and more that give you a high-level overview of challenges and features.

Schedules are live! KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America CNCF-hosted Co-located Events

From theory to practice: Navigating NIST’s CI/CD security strategies

Neta Spektor, Security Boulevard 

Join the community for Control Plane Day with Crossplane, presented by Upbound

CNCF

Open Source in enterprises - shaping business and culture

Vishal Biyani, InfraCloud Technologies

Case Study: Trip.com Group

CNCF

Guide for NSA hardening & compliance

Abhinav Mishra, Uptycs

Streamline platform engineering with Kubernetes

Robert Kimani

7 Steps to highly effective Kubernetes policies

Wito Delnat, Kubeshop 

Kubernetes Community Days (KCDs)

If you have not already done so, check out our new website! Here you can find sponsor prospectuses, written content, and upcoming KCDs: cncf.io/kcds.

Upcoming CFP deadlines:

• KCD Denmark 2023 CFP closes September 15
• KCD Los Angeles 2024 CFP closes November 1
• KCD Oslo, Norway 2024 CFP closes November 13

Upcoming 2023 KCD Events:

• KCD El Salvador (September 29-30) - A free hybrid event!
• KCD Austria (September 26 - 28) - Only 30 tickets left!
• KCD Texas (October 6) - Tickets now available!
• KCD UK (October 17) - The agenda is LIVE!

Cloud Native Community Groups

Interested in connecting with your local community? Check out these upcoming community events in September:

• Timisoara, Romania - September 19
• Linz - September 19 
• Saint Louis - September 20
• Toronto - September 21
• Bilbao - September 21
• Copenhagen - September 25 
• Aarhus - September 26
• Stockholm - September 27
• Aalborg - September 27
• Rioja - September 27
• Graz - September 27
• Québec - September 28

To request a community chapter for the CNCF project, please file a ticket to the CNCF ServiceDesk - https://servicedesk.cncf.io

Online Programs

Live Webinar 

• September 19: Tackling the Kubernetes software packaging puzzle with CNCF project Carvel Cora Iberkleid & Gabry Brody, VMware - RSVP

Cloud Native Live

• September 20: Get more with multi-arch clouds Jason Andrews, Arm - RSVP

On demand webinars

• September 21: Leveraging a service mesh to scale development environments Nočnica Mellifera, Signadot - RSVP
• September 21: Detecting five famous exploits with Falco Mike Coleman, Sysdig - RSVP
• September 21: Why the serverless paradigm is a great fit for AI powered apps Mikkel Mørk Hegnhøj & Sohan Maheshwar, Fermyon - RSVP

Looking for more great curated content? Visit our Online Programs playlist on YouTube.