KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2020

First time attending KubeCon + CloudNativeCon? Not sure how to approach it? Getting decision paralysis from all there is to learn from? We gotchu.

Come join us at the start of the conference to learn the best ways to get the most out of your time here. Collectively, both Karen and Michelle have been to almost every KubeCon + CloudNativeCon event since its inception and have identified tricks/tips to help guide you through your first conference, including:

-Attending sessions
-Hallway tracks
-CNCF projects
-Meeting project maintainers
-Mentoring sessions
-Approaching the sponsor hall
-How to think about CFPs for the future

So you have installed your Kubernetes cluster, and you have deployed some apps on it, but the idea of putting it into production makes you uneasy... Well, this talk is for you!

The path form a working Kubernetes cluster to a production-ready one can be rough and complicated, with lots of things to think of, and many pitfalls to avoid. In this talk Kevin & Horacio will share with you the common pitfalls and their best known antidotes, in order to make sure that you deliver a secure and highly available Kubernetes to your end-users.

After sharing with you a cost-effective HA setup for a typical Kubernetes production environnement, Kevin and Horacio will cover the basic security best practices, adapted to any enterprise context.

They will also discuss some of the most recognized CNCF projects tools to enhance Kubernetes observability, reliability, security and management.

You know security is important, but what does that actually mean in containers and Kubernetes, and more importantly, what are you supposed to do about it? If you’re new to Kubernetes, or at least Kubernetes security, this session will cover the fundamental concepts in container security -- including supply chain security and runtime security -- and give you context for the security tooling and open source projects like Falco and Open Policy Agent you will encounter in the cloud native ecosystem. We’ll use a real world example (“Oh no! This cluster is open to the internet!”) and cover a cheat sheet that you help you prevent bad things from happening.

You should expect to leave this session with a mental model of how to think about container security, a list of security-related decisions you need to make on “day 0," and resources for how to keep security front and center in your team.

Like a kid in a theme park, the number of shiny exciting new technologies teams encounter as they move into and re-architect for the cloud can be overwhelming. Thus we welcome you, to CloudLand! Adopting the cloud comes with a lot of questions to explore and tools to learn. Why should I care about "Cloud Native?" What technologies count as “Cloud Native?" What Cloud Native technologies does my team/business need and why? Through colorful illustrations and a memorable theme park analogy, you will learn:
How to identify "Cloud Native" technology and why it matters,
The key characteristics of categories of technologies from the CNCF Landscape,
And get an introduction to many of the individual CNCF projects that fill in the Cloud Native Landscape.

As part of the cloud native journey, users are leveraging service mesh to solve the rising challenges of microservices in a consistent manner such as how to observe microservices, how to handle network failures, how to control traffic and how to secure microservices etc. without redeploying their services. Join us for a live interactive session where our panel of service mesh experts will address your most challenging inquiries around service mesh!