All posts by CNCF


Conftest joins the Open Policy Agent project
Project Post Conftest joins the Open Policy Agent project
Guest post from Gareth Rushgrove, maintainer of the Open Policy Agent project Today the Open Policy Agent maintainers are happy to announce that Conftest has formally joined the project. A bit of history Conftest is a command line...
July 23, 2020

Advanced Cloud Engineer Bootcamp makes it simple for IT pros to learn cloud
Staff Post Advanced Cloud Engineer Bootcamp makes it simple for IT pros to learn cloud
Following the successful launch of the Cloud Engineer Bootcamp last month, The Linux Foundation and CNCF heard from many sysadmins, developers, engineers, and others who wanted a similarly structured program to help them learn the skills necessary to...
July 22, 2020

ZDNet: "The Linux Foundation offers Advanced Cloud Engineer Bootcamp program"
ZDNet: "The Linux Foundation offers Advanced Cloud Engineer Bootcamp program"
Cloud jobs are hotter than hot. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, Indeed.com reported that between October 2015 and October 2019, cloud computing jobs increased by 55%. By 2022, Gartner predicts the public cloud services market alone will be...
July 22, 2020

Linkerd case studies: meeting security requirements, reducing latency, and migrating from Istio
Project Post Linkerd case studies: meeting security requirements, reducing latency, and migrating from Istio
Guest post originally published on the Buoyant blog by William Morgan, CEO of Buoyant and Linkerd maintainer Adoption of the Linkerd service mesh continues to grow rapidly across industries and verticals. But why are organizations adopting Linkerd? In...
July 21, 2020

Which Kubernetes certification is right for you?
Member Post Which Kubernetes certification is right for you?
Guest post originally published on the New Relic blog by Isaac Eldridge, technical content editor at New Relic Since it was open sourced by Google in 2014, Kubernetes has skyrocketed in popularity. Now a graduated project of the Cloud Native Computing...
July 20, 2020

TheServerSide: "How TUF can secure software systems from update vulnerabilities"
TheServerSide: "How TUF can secure software systems from update vulnerabilities"
A new open source technology to secure software system updates called The Update Framework, has become the first specification and security project to graduate from the CNCF incubation process. This complements other tools to secure various aspects of...
July 17, 2020

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) 101 with DevOps vs SRE
Member Post Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) 101 with DevOps vs SRE
Guest post originally published on the MSys Technologies blog by Sunny Raskar Consider the scenario below An Independent Software Provider (ISV) developed a financial application for a global investment firm that serves global conglomerates, leading central banks, asset...
July 17, 2020

TechTarget: "Google's OUC play muddies Istio service mesh outlook"
TechTarget: "Google's OUC play muddies Istio service mesh outlook"
Google launched Open Usage Commons last week and donated the trademark for its Istio service mesh project to the new organization, deepening ongoing industry debate about the project’s governance and long-term future.
July 16, 2020

Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Coming in November
Staff Post Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) Coming in November
This autumn The Linux Foundation and CNCF are excited to add a new Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) to the growing list of Kubernetes certification programs. CKS will join the popular and highly respected Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)...
July 15, 2020

ContainerJournal: "Google proposes changes to Istio Steering Committee"
ContainerJournal: "Google proposes changes to Istio Steering Committee"
Google is making a case for changing the rules under which the open source Istio service mesh project for Kubernetes environments is managed with a proposal to create a new Steering Committee charter around Contributor Seats and Community...
July 14, 2020