The latest in all things Kubernetes and beyond.

The headlines

Call for Proposals for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 is now open!

Taking place 19-22 March in Paris, France, Cloud Native Computing Foundation's flagship conference gathers adopters and technologies within the community for four days of education, networking, and collaboration to further the advancement of open source and cloud native.

Cloud Native Security Slam is coming up!

Security Slam is a 30-day challenge designed to help creators and users of CNCF projects improve their software supply chain security at scale. Participants will have access to the Security Slam Library, which will include a curated list of topically organized articles and videos to help improve security posture. Success metrics and participation awards will be announced at the kickoff webinar, so be sure to sign up and join us for this exciting event!

ICYMI: CNCF online programs this week

A weekly summary of CNCF online programs from this week.

Tackling the Kubernetes software packaging puzzle with CNCF project Carvel

Cora Iberkleid & Gabry Brody, VMware

Get more with multi-arch clouds

Jason Andrews, Arm

Leveraging a service mesh to scale development environments

Nočnica Mellifera, Signadot

Detecting five famous exploits with Falco

Mike Coleman, Sysdig

Why the serverless paradigm is a great fit for AI powered apps

Mikkel Mørk Hegnhøj & Sohan Maheshwar, Fermyon

The technical

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

Announcing Linkerd 2.14: Improved enterprise multi-cluster, Gateway API conformance, and more!

William Morgan, Linkerd

What is Flux CD?

Weaveworks

Invert your rightsizing: A guide to optimizing Kubernetes clusters with Karpenter

Kush Mansingh, Speedscale

Enhancing Kubernetes application security with NeuVector

Rajesh Kumar, InfraCloud Technologies

A closer look at flat-network multicluster and HTTPRoute timeouts with Linkerd 2.14

Flynn, Buoyant

Applying Kubernetes validating admission policies using Kyverno CLI

Mariam Fahmy, Nirmata

The editorial

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

Launching the new CNCF End User Technical Advisory Board: Amplifying End User voices

Taylor Dolezal, CNCF

Upbound contributes control plane provider technology to Crossplane

Bassam Tabbara, Upbound

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China: Meet your event co-chairs!

CNCF

Black Kite added to the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program’s Approved Products List (CDM APL)

Black Kite blog

GitOpsCon Europe 2023 calls for proposals

The Linux Foundation

CNCF Microsurvey: Training helps developer careers and pay, but lack of time and cost hinder efforts

CNCF

FREE Express Learning courses from Linux Foundation Training & Certification!

• Security Self-Assessments for Open Source Projects (LFEL1005)
• Securing Projects with OpenSSF Scorecard (LFEL1006)
• Automating Supply Chain Security: SBOMs and Signatures (LFEL1007)

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 Los Angeles 2024 CFP closes November 1
• KCD Oslo, Norway 2024 CFP closes November 13

Upcoming 2023 KCD Events:

• KCD Austria (September 26 - 28) - Only 30 tickets left!
• KCD El Salvador (September 29-30) - A free hybrid event!
• 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:

• Dallas - September 23
• Indore - September 23
• Medellin - September 23
• Copenhagen - September 25 
• Aarhus - September 26
• Costa Rica - September 26
• Granada - September 26
• Aalborg - September 27
• Prague - September 27
• Rioja - September 27
• Stockholm - September 27
• Johannesburg - September 28
• Odesa - September 28
• Québec - September 28
• Security India - September  28
• Kochi - September 30

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

Online Programs

Cloud Native Live

• September 26: Linkerd 2.14 - Enterprise multi-cluster, Gateway API conformance, and more Flynn, Buoyant - RSVP

On demand webinars

• September 28: Optimizing breaking attack chains Yiscah Levy Silas, ARMO - RSVP
• September 28: Keys to building trusted software in cloud native pipelines Michelle DiPalma & Veda Shankar, Red Hat - RSVP
• September 28: Kubernetes bill shock Nic Vermande, Spectro Cloud - RSVP

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