Moin Moin!

The next Cloud Native and Kubernetes Community meetup is coming up very soon! We will talk about bare metal Kubernetes this time. With the Apeiro-Reference-Architecture and the NeoNephos Foundation on the Horizon for EU Cloud Edge Continuum Sovereignty, this topic is as important as ever! There will be drinks and pizzas, great talks and afterward there will be time to socialize and catch up!

MENU:

- 1st Talk (30min): Build Your Own IaaS with IronCore Utilizing controller-runtime and Kubernetes Aggregation Layer by Andreas Fritzler, Software at SAP

- 2nd Talk (30min): Building a Platform Engineering API Layer with kcp by Sebastian Scheele, CEO at Kubermatic

TALK 1: Build your Own IaaS with IronCore Utilizing controller-runtime and Kubernetes Aggregation Layer:

Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for container orchestration, but its extensibility allows it to manage much more than just containers. IronCore is an open-source project that demonstrates how to build a custom Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform by leveraging the Kubernetes controller-runtime library and the aggregation layer. This talk will guide you through the process of extending Kubernetes to manage IaaS resources like virtual machines, bare metal servers, networks, and storage as native Kubernetes objects. Additionally, you will learn how IronCore employs a CRD-based approach to seamlessly integrate and manage bare metal servers, enabling declarative provisioning and lifecycle management of physical hardware alongside virtual resources within the same Kubernetes framework.

The IronCore project is part of the Apeiro-Reference-Architecture (https://apeirora.eu/), SAP’s contribution to the European Union’s Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) for Next Generation Cloud Infrastructures and Services (CIS) (https://www.bmwk.de/Redaktion/EN/Artikel/Industry/ipcei-cis.html). Apeiro builds upon established cloud-native standards and architectural principles and aims to produce a blueprint for Europe’s cloud-edge continuum.

TALK 2: Building a Platform Engineering API Layer with kcp:

Self-service is a central aspect of platform engineering, and platform engineering teams frequently build on top of Kubernetes to utilise its amazing API design. The kcp project has been accepted into the CNCF Sandbox in 2023 and extends Kubernetes API concepts beyond container orchestration. This talk will discuss how kcp supercharges platform engineering with a global control plane for all internal services. As a central API layer, kcp enables a SaaS-like experience between internal service providers and developers, transforming internal developer platforms into a service marketplace. All via concepts and tools that developers working with Kubernetes already know and love. kcp expands the world of platform engineering beyond the limits of single Kubernetes clusters, and therefore transforms the scale at which platform teams and internal service providers can operate. This talk will explore patterns for both service providers and developers and how kcp makes their lives easier.

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We are looking for speakers & sponsors! Join the #cloud-native-hamburg channel on CNCF Slack to reach out to us!

- https://apeirora.eu