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2024 year in review of CNCF and top 30 open source project velocity 
Staff Post 2024 year in review of CNCF and top 30 open source project velocity 
By Chris Aniszczyk  By consistently tracking open source project velocity, we are able to see the trends and technologies resonating with developers and end users. We have been tracking these trends since 2017; all previous blogs...
January 29, 2025
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Announcing the Cloud Native Security White Paper
End User Post Announcing the Cloud Native Security White Paper
The CNCF Security Special Interest Group (SIG) has just released a new Cloud Native Security Whitepaper to help educate the community about best practices for securing cloud native deployments. The whitepaper intends to provide organizations and...
November 18, 2020

Envoy Mobile Joins the CNCF
Envoy Mobile Joins the CNCF
Envoy project cross-post by Michael Schore Just over a year ago, we announced Envoy Mobile’s initial OSS preview. Today, we have some exciting news to share: Envoy Mobile is officially joining its parent project Envoy as...
November 17, 2020 | Michael Schore

Cloud Native Survey 2020: Containers in production jump 300% from our first survey
Staff Post Cloud Native Survey 2020: Containers in production jump 300% from our first survey
Today we are very excited to release our Cloud Native Survey 2020. The report showcases the CNCF Cloud Native Survey results, which was conducted this year for the eighth time.  The results show continued growth of...
November 17, 2020

A guide to setting up Kubernetes Service Level Objectives (SLOs) with Prometheus and Linkerd
Member Post A guide to setting up Kubernetes Service Level Objectives (SLOs) with Prometheus and Linkerd
Guest post originally published on Buoyant’s blog by Kevin LeimkuhLer SLOs are a lot easier with a service mesh in hand In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to easily create service health SLOs on Kubernetes with Prometheus,...
November 13, 2020 | Kevin Leimkuhler

Implementing GitOps on Kubernetes Using K3s, Rancher, Vault and Argo CD
Member Post Implementing GitOps on Kubernetes Using K3s, Rancher, Vault and Argo CD
Originally published on Rancher Federal by Adam Toy As Kubernetes continues to establish itself as the industry standard for container orchestration, finding effective ways to use a declarative model for your applications and tools is critical...
November 12, 2020 | Adam Toy

The top Kubernetes APIs for cloud-native observability, part 1: the Kubernetes metrics, service, & container APIs
Member Post The top Kubernetes APIs for cloud-native observability, part 1: the Kubernetes metrics, service, & container APIs
Guest post by Caleb Hailey, CEO of Sensu (This series is adapted from Sensu’s whitepaper on the top 7 APIs for cloud-native observability) An important early step (just after “Orchestration & Application Definition” in the CNCF...
November 11, 2020 | Caleb Hailey

CNCF Releases Free Training Course Covering Basics of Service Mesh with Linkerd
Staff Post CNCF Releases Free Training Course Covering Basics of Service Mesh with Linkerd
Introduction to Service Mesh with Linkerd is the newest training course from CNCF and The Linux Foundation. This course, offered on the non-profit edX learning platform, can be audited by anyone at no cost. The course...
November 10, 2020

Announcing Linkerd 2.9: mTLS for all, ARM support, and more!
Project Post Announcing Linkerd 2.9: mTLS for all, ARM support, and more!
Project blog, cross-posted from Linkerd, written by William Morgan We’re very happy to announce the release of Linkerd 2.9, the best Linkerd version yet! This release extends Linkerd’s zero-config mutual TLS (mTLS) support to all TCP...
November 9, 2020 | William Morgan

KubeCon North America: Sessions we’re excited about!
KubeCon North America: Sessions we’re excited about!
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA Virtual sponsor guest post from Isabel Macaulay, Product Marketing Manager at AWS With KubeCon North America 2020 fast approaching, we wanted to share some events and sessions taking place the week of...
November 9, 2020 | Isabel Macaulay

Helm Chart Repository Deprecation Update
Project Post Helm Chart Repository Deprecation Update
Cross-post from Helm’s blog Back in 2019, when the Helm v2 support timeline and end of life plan was announced, the deprecation of the helm/charts GitHub repository was announced, as well. The primary reason for the deprecation is the significant...
November 5, 2020

CNCF Welcomes Katie Gamanji as Ecosystem Advocate
Staff Post CNCF Welcomes Katie Gamanji as Ecosystem Advocate
The End Users in the CNCF Community are the companies and organizations that put our open source technology to work, increasing efficiencies, productivity, and profitability. They are critical to driving innovation that matters, and to keeping...
November 4, 2020 | Cheryl Hung

The need for Kubernetes Native Messaging Platform in Hybrid Cloud Environment
The need for Kubernetes Native Messaging Platform in Hybrid Cloud Environment
Guest post originally published on KubeMQ’s blog by Lior Nabat, CTO, KubeMQ A fast-growing trend in IT infrastructure today, Hybrid Clouds are becoming increasingly popular among enterprise organizations worldwide. Used by major market leaders to connect...
November 3, 2020 | Lior Nabat

CNCF Statement on the Passing of Dan Kohn
CNCF Statement on the Passing of Dan Kohn
This weekend, we lost a titan of the open source community with the passing of Dan Kohn. CNCF, the foundation Dan helped build as its Executive Director, will always be home to Dan’s legacy as a...
November 2, 2020

A Fireside Chat to Demystify KEPs
A Fireside Chat to Demystify KEPs
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA Virtual sponsor guest post from Amanda Katona, Cloud Native Community Engagement Director at VMware To get into the KubeCon mood, I recently ordered some Boston clam chowder takeout, selected a cozy fireplace Zoom...
November 2, 2020 | Amanda Katona

How To Run Kubernetes Workflow Automation with AWS EKS, GCP GKE, Azure AKS
Member Post How To Run Kubernetes Workflow Automation with AWS EKS, GCP GKE, Azure AKS
Guest post originally published on CTO.ai’s blog by Benjamin Slater, Director of Technology and Tristan Pollock, Head of Community at CTO.ai  One of the latest additions to the technical jargon soup is Kubernetes (k8s). It gets...
November 2, 2020 | Benjamin Slater and Tristan Pollock

Kubernetes Controllers Basics
Member Post Kubernetes Controllers Basics
Guest post originally published on Fairwinds’ blog by Robert Brennan, Director of Open Source Software at Fairwinds If you’re new to Kubernetes, one of the first concepts you’ll want to familiarize yourself with is the Controller. Most...
October 30, 2020 | Robert Brennan

Helm Project Update: New Location For Stable and Incubator Charts
Project Post Helm Project Update: New Location For Stable and Incubator Charts
Post originally published on Helm’s blog by Matt Farina As previously announced, the stable and incubator repositories have moved to a new location. This post will update you on the new locations and provide directions to...
October 30, 2020 | Matt Farina

Kubernetes 1.19: The future of traffic ingress and routing
Kubernetes 1.19: The future of traffic ingress and routing
Guest post originally published on eficode’s blog by Michael Vittrup Larsen, Consultant at eficode The Kubernetes community is giving up on Ingress and will reinvent traffic routing to scale better with multiple teams and roles. Kubernetes...
October 29, 2020

Community leader spotlight: Paris Pittman
Community Post Community leader spotlight: Paris Pittman
You may already know her as a Kubernetes Steering Committee member and maintainer or as a regular speaker at KubeCon + CloudNativeCons across the globe. But this month, we’re shining a spotlight on Paris Pittman for...
October 29, 2020

Project spotlight: Linkerd
Staff Post Project spotlight: Linkerd
We’re shining a spotlight on the Linkerd project for its participation in Google Summer of Code and the Linux Foundation’s CommunityBridge. For several years now, Linkerd has sponsored intern projects that can impact the community at...
October 29, 2020