Cloud Native and Kubernetes Edinburgh May 2024

Hey folks, we've another awesome CNK Edinburgh meetup scheduled. Slight change this month to the usual format, with no less than three talks interspersed with decent pizza and drinks.

We'll open the doors at 6pm for food and drink, and then kick off with the first talk at 6:30pm sharp.

Agenda

• Food and drink, sponsored by Chronosphere.
• Power up with Podman (Eric D. Schabell, Chronosphere)
• Anti-patterns of Cloud Operation (Giacomo Marletta, Amigoco)
• TerraIccaraus: How Did HashiCorp End Up in IBM? (Fintan Ryan, GitHub)
• Wrap up, social

Talk Details

· Power up with Podman (Eric D. Schabell, Chronosphere)

Curious about containers beyond Docker? There’s a new generation of containers on the scene, Podman! Supporting secure, rootless containers for Kubernetes microservices, it was designed and built with the cloud in mind. Benefitting from the lessons learned out in the open from Docker, this next generation of containers will quickly become a trusted daily driver in your dev workflow. Covering what you need to know as an end-user from the UI to the backend, sharing a real world use case leveraging Podman for open source observability workshops https://o11y-workshops.gitlab.io. Attendees will learn how Podman and the adorable seal mascots Caitlín, Maighréad and Róisín can transform their local development!

· Anti-patterns of Cloud Operation (Giacomo Marletta, Amigoco)

When deploying and running workloads in the cloud, it is good to consider different viewpoints. Large cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform all offer prescriptive guidance regarding how to build your own Cloud Operating Model, including typical team structures observed and well-architected principles. While these can provide a valuable starting point and reference, it is worthwhile considering things to avoid.

This talk provides some light-hearted examples of anti-patterns observed over several large cloud implementations, covering the domains of Architecture, Security, DevOps and Quality Assurance.

This talk is suitable for anyone involved in a technical project, with no prior technical knowledge required.

· TerraIccaraus: How Did HashiCorp End Up in IBM? (Fintan Ryan, GitHub)

IBM recently announced that they are acquiring HashiCorp. In this talk we will explore how the company which gave the cloud native world ubiquitous tools like Terraform become an acquisition target and what routes IBM may take now that they own HashiCorp?

Bio: Fintan Ryan is Director for Market Insights at GitHub, and is a recovering industry analyst having covered all things Cloud Native at Gartner and RedMonk.