Welcome to CNCF Birmingham! We're continuing to run the events online, so make sure to checkout the Zoom url to join.

The format has also changed slightly, to shorten the event to a single speaker sandwiched between some discussion and chit-chat.

Without further ado, here's the agenda:

6.00-6.15 - Meet and greet.
6.15-6.50 - GitOps and Kubernetes - Steve Waterworth
6.50-7.30 - Open Discussion CNCF Tech Radar

Talk and sessions

Steve Waterworth - GitOps and Kubernetes

DevOps is all about automation, build better software faster. Kubernetes
automates the management of your containers. This session will provide an introduction to GitOps and how to use it to go fully automatic.

Objectives: Introduction to GitOps, How to use GitOps with Kubernetes, How to avoid common mistakes with GitOps.

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Open Discussion CNCF Tech Radar

CNCF initiated a tech radar scheme to better understand users experiences of the tools and their patterns of usage. There is active development in this space and a couple of initial maps have been made.

https://www.cncf.io/blog/2020/06/12/introducing-the-cncf-technology-radar/

https://www.cncf.io/blog/2020/09/11/cncf-end-user-technology-radar-observability-september-2020/

Have a read and see how it resonates with your own experiences and share with others during the open discussion section.

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We're always looking out for suggestions for topics, format and speakers, so if you're interesting in getting involved then please reach out to us either through the messaging service, or

info@cloudnativebirmingham.dev