We are thrilled to invite you to our next CNCF meetup!

📅 Date: Wednesday, April 23rd

📍 Location: Amadeus, 485 Rte du Pin Montard

We'll have two great talks from Grafana Labs for this edition:

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Stripping Down for Security: Why We Went Distroless in Mimir

In the world of cloud-native observability, security and reliability are critical—but traditional container images come with unnecessary baggage. In this talk Ying-Jeanne Wang (Senior Software Engineer at Grafana Labs), will share why they took the leap to distroless containers in Mimir, how it improved the security posture, and the operational impact on our day-to-day workflows.

Highlights:

✅ Why distroless is a game-changer for securing observability workloads.

✅ The key challenges we faced during migration (and how we tackled them).

✅ How going distroless changed the way Mimir is operated in production.

✅ Q&A

Whether you're considering distroless or just curious about securing your workloads, this session will give you practical takeaways (and maybe a few scars from lessons learned).

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Dashboard Makeover

Take your dashboarding skills to the next level and learn how to deliver visually appealing, highly impactful Grafana dashboards with design details that will wow your colleagues.

In this presentation, Ronald McCollam (Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs) will teach you how to create dashboards tailored to specific personas and share tips and tricks for designing clear and engaging dashboards every time.

Highlights:

✅ Tips for identifying and achieving each dashboard’s purpose

✅ Guide to choosing the most impactful type of dashboard

✅ Strategies for utilizing visual hierarchy to make dashboards appealing and easy to use

✅ Q&A

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💬 Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with fellow tech enthusiasts and contribute to growing the local CNCF community!

📢 Spread the word! Share this announcement with your colleagues, friends, and networks. The more, the merrier—let’s make the discussions rich and dynamic!

⚠️ Important: Due to security protocols, registration is required. Unregistered guests won’t be able to enter the venue.

See you there!