PodCTL - Enterprise Kubernetes

SEASON 2 - EPISODE 3

ABOUT THE SHOW:
In this show, we look at the how Kubernetes is created as an open source projects, with contributions from hundreds of engineers, and governance by the CNCF. We explore the frequency of releases, and how new features are categorized and updated.
SHOW LINKS:

• Kubernetes Homepage
• CNCF Homepage
• Business stories of companies using Kubernetes

FEEDBACK?
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Twitter: @PodCTL
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SHOW: 72
SHOW OVERVIEW: Brian talks with Joe Fernandes (@JoeFern1, VP of Product Management, Red Hat Cloud BU) about Red Hat's experience with Kubernetes, innovating upstream and integrating products, OpenShift 4 cloud-like architectural changes, allowing developers to be productive, and new ways to create a better customer experience.

SHOW NOTES:

• OpenShift Homepage - http://openshift.com
• Try OpenShift 4 - http://try.openshift.com
• Learn OpenShift - http://learn.openshift.com
• OpenShift Commons - http://commons.openshift.org
• OpenShift Blog (Joe Fernandes) - https://blog.openshift.com/author/joefernandes/

SHOW TOPICS:
Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s start by talking about your experience at Red Hat in managing OpenShift.

Topic 2 - We talk a lot about Kubernetes on this show obviously. Tell us how you and the OpenShift product team first got involved with Kubernetes.

Topic 2a - Give the audience a sense of what it takes to build (and continue to maintain) not just a commercially-supported Kubernetes distribution, but all the on-going integrations to make it a production application platform.

Topic 2b - What are some of the things needed to evolve a platform from “just running containerized apps” to one that is intelligent enough to manage many different types of applications?

Topic 3 - There is always some Twitter chatter that Kubernetes is too complicated and nobody should run Kubernetes except the 3 major public cloud providers. What types of things has OpenShift needed to do to be able to run “like a managed cloud platform”?

Topic 4 - When you get “above” Kubernetes, you have to start thinking about how developers will interact with the platform. This is where there are a lot of opinions, and many new innovations/projects. How does OpenShift think about “building on the platform”?

Topic 5 - Part of “the cloud experience” is being able to gather information about how the platform is used, in order to make better product decisions. The public cloud does this behind the scenes for every customer. Can OpenShift do anything to help create better customer experiences?

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Show: 7

Show Overview: Brian and Tyler talk with Clayton Coleman (@smarterclayton, Lead Kubernetes Architect) and Derek Carr (@derekwaynecarr, Kubernetes Lead Engineer) about the Kubernetes development process, the role of SIGs, the process for deciding what gets included in a release, as well as an in-depth discussion about the extensibility of Kubernetes 1.8
Show Notes:

• The early days of Kubernetes
• Contributing to Kubernetes
• Kubernetes 1.8 features
• Kubernetes 1.8 features (tracking spreadsheet)
• An Overview of Project "Istio"

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Both of you are top contributors to Kubernetes, both also lead (or co-lead) some of the SIG/Working group. Can you give us a sense of your community involvement from a contributor and leader perspective?
Topic 2 - Derek, you're on the nomination list for the Kubernetes Steering Committee. Chris Aniszczyk mentioned it a couple weeks ago, but what does that group do that’s different than SIGs?
Topic 3 - When there are 100s of contributors and many different focus areas, what is the process for deciding what’s included or prioritized or dropped from a specific release?
Topic 4 - Kubernetes 1.8 has a mix of Alpha, Beta and Stable features. What do you see as the key focus areas in this release? (e.g. RBAC, CRI-O, etc.)
Topic 5 - How does Kubernetes look at the explosion of “tools” around core Kubernetes (deployers, application templates, application frameworks) and when to make those parts of the project or keep them separate?

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SHOW: 76

SHOW OVERVIEW: Chris talks with Daniel Oh (@danieloh30, Principal Technical Product Marketing Manager, Red Hat) about new innovation in deploying Java applications on Kubernetes, with Quarkus. 

SHOW NOTES:

• OpenShift Homepage - http://openshift.com
• Try OpenShift 4 - http://try.openshift.com
• Learn OpenShift - http://learn.openshift.com
• Quarkus Homepage
• Understanding Java Quarkus (videos)

SHOW TOPICS:
Topic 1 - Quarkus: What is it, how does it save developers so much time, and how do folks get started

Topic 2 - Java developers are in demand across the planet and the Java language is evolving at the speed of cloud-native. How do you stay sharp on the skills you need and stay aware of the new things in the ecosystem?

Topic 3 - Does this change the reality of Java development on containers? Will Quarkus help developers feel more comfortable using Java as serverless apps on immutable infrastructure (i.e. Kubernetes/OpenShift)? How does Quarkus change the reality for developers?

Topic 4 - Does Quarkus help Spring Boot apps and Spring Developers with Kubernetes/OpenShift?

Topic 5 -  How does Quarkus unify imperative and reactive applications? 

FEEDBACK?
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Twitter: @PodCTL
Web: http://podcast.podctl.com

Show: 5

Show Overview: Brian and Tyler talk with Chris Aniszczyk (@cra, CTO/COO of CNCF, Executive Director of OCI) about the Cloud-Native Ecosystem, if there is a CNCF "stack", the CNCF process for project acceptance, and the growth vs. hype of Kubernetes.
Show Notes:

• [TRANSCRIPTION] PodCTL #5 - Understanding the Cloud-Native Ecosystem
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Homepage
• CNCF Landscape
• Open Containers Initiative (OCI) Homepage
• KubeCon & CloudNativeCon - Austin, TX (Dec.6-8)

News of the Week

• Mesosphere adds Kubernetes support to DC/OS
• Mirantis claims that Kubernetes is OpenStack 2.0

Interview with Chris Aniszczyk
Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. What hats do you wear at both the CNCF and OCI?
Topic 2 - How do the CNCF projects and OCI projects work together? (example: why is rkt or containerd in the CNCF and not OCI?)
Topic 3 - What is the role of the CNCF?

Is there a CNCF stack?

Can you talk about how projects get engaged with CNCF and the process of “official” vs. “incubation”, etc?

Will it ever make sense to have a “certification” program for CNCF-associated offerings, or does that create too much overhead?

Topic 4 - With so many projects being created, in different parts of the stack, where do you potentially see the next “official” projects coming from?
Topic 5 - Can you give us your perspective on some of the noise recently around Kubernetes?
Community Question of the Week:
Q: My company runs mostly pre-packed Windows applications. Is there anything that we can do with Containers or Kubernetes to help them?
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