Managing Flink on Kubernetes & How to contribute to Apache Flink

Updated Abstract & Speaker bios

This time we will have two talks for our meetup, one of which will have a hands on part!

In the first talk, Robert Metzger will introduce you to the various ways of contributing to Apache Flink. We will start by an introduction into the Apache Software Foundation, its history and present-day status, and where Apache Flink fits within the Foundation. We’ll then give an overview of the different areas to contribute, and what to consider in those areas.

For example, how can I help users best on the user@flink mailing list, how are decisions being made in the community, how can I help with Flink releases or how can I contribute code to the project.

After the talk, the speaker is happy to help (those interested) on how to set up an environment for contributing code and documentation to Flink or the Flink website.

For the second talk, we will be exploring options for managing Flink clusters on Kubernetes. How difficult is to build an integrated solution?

Andrea Medeghini's experience on running Flink on Docker containers led him to consider implementing a tool for managing clusters and jobs, and monitoring their status, with the potential to become an integrated console.

Andrea will share his findings and gotchas with the community. The presentation will be more like a hands-on session.

Speaker Bios:

Robert Metzger is a PMC member at the Apache Flink project, co-founder and software engineer at Ververica (formerly data Artisans) and a member of the Apache Software Foundation. He has worked on many Flink components including the Kafka and YARN connectors. He is a frequent speaker at conferences such as the Hadoop Summit, ApacheCon, QCon and meetups around the world. Robert studied Computer Science at TU Berlin and worked at IBM Germany and at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose.

Andrea Medeghini, IT Contractor / Software Engineer
"I have been in the IT industry for quite a while, working as software engineer on different areas, including micro services, stream processing, containers, and continuous delivery. I love Docker and I like to think of Kubernetes as the new application server for modern applications."