Cloud Foundry / Cloud Foundry Summit NA 2020 - Virtual

A Bit about Cloud Foundry, A Byte About Eirini - Julz Skupnjak, IBM & Georgi Dankov, SAP

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

The Eirini project is bringing Kubernetes as a container scheduler to the Cloud Foundry Application Runtime. In other words: the `cf push` developer experience we all love, with the most popular container orchestrator under the covers.This session takes you on a whirlwind tour of the why and how of eirini. What is the latest state (v1.0+ released, v3 support, and more), how can you use it, what are we working on next. And if you want to know how you get the latest and greatest Eirini running on your Kubernetes cluster, come and join the talk. Spoiler alert: The latest Eirini is now avaialbe on KubeCF and CF-for-K8s.

Bringing the Simplicity of "cf map-route" to Kubernetes - Tim Downey & Nitya Dhanushkodi, VMware

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

Cloud Foundry for Kubernetes seeks to bring the simple, self-service APIs of Cloud Foundry to the powerful, but complicated world of Kubernetes. By bringing the “cf map-route” experience to Kubernetes, developers can focus on core application business logic instead of complex Kubernetes networking configuration.

In this session, Tim and Nitya will cover the design decisions, implementation, and extensibility of the new networking tier in CF for Kubernetes. They will demonstrate how CF for Kubernetes leverages Istio service mesh and Kubernetes networking features to enhance the platform. They will also present a new Kubernetes custom resource and controller: the CF Route CRD and RouteController. The CF Route CRD and RouteController lend future extensibility to the networking tier by opening up potential for additional control planes and pluggable ingress implementations in the future.

CRD-ifying Cloud Foundry for Kubernetes - Angela Chin & Connor Braa, VMware

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

Over the past year, there has been major effort invested in re-platforming Cloud Foundry to run on Kubernetes. As part of this re-architecture, the idea of utilizing Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) has come to the forefront of discussion. In this session, Angela and Connor will examine why CRDs are so compelling to use as a core component of the future cf-for-k8s. We will highlight the benefits of a CRD-centric approach for users, application developers, and contributors and offer some thoughts on what a CRD-centric cf-for-k8s might look like. Attendees should leave with a strong understanding of why and how they might utilize CRDs.

Cloud Foundry for Everyone! - Matthias Haeussler & Mirna Alaisami, NovaTec Consulting GmbH

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

This talk will give an overview of the various possibilities to easily access and get in touch with the Cloud Foundry platform. Cloud Foundry comes in various flavors, there is a big range of commercial hosted offerings, private deployment options and various development environment alternatives. This presentation is intended for users who would like to get their first hands-on experience or for others who might want to evaluate an alternative deployment option. The analysis will compare the public offerings based on the metrics of price, availability, options and available services as well as the self-deployed options in terms of simplicity in setup and handling and requirements. It is supposed to cover the breadth of the Cloud Foundry offerings and give an easy entry path to the technology. This is an updated version of the talk with strong focus on new Kubernetes-based options.

Cloud Foundry for K8s - Same Great PaaS. Brand New Foundation - Andrew Wittrock, VMWare & Eric Promislow, SUSE

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

Come check out this talk on Cloud Foundry for Kubernetes (cf-for-k8s), a fully native Kubernetes foundation. We will walk through the project, give a glimpse of the community involvement, and explore how you can contribute to cf-for-k8s projects.

Cloud Foundry on Kubernetes for the Big Leagues: kubecf Multi-cluster - Simon Moser, IBM; Vlad Iovanov, SUSE & Enrique E. Encalada, IBM

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

Now that Kubernetes is here for Cloud Foundry, IBM & SUSE are showcasing advanced, multi-cluster deployment topologies to support demands for scale, robustness and flexibility.These new ways of layering Cloud Foundry on top of Kube can be used to improve application availability, to support isolation segments, or to drive massive Cloud Foundry installations. Join us to learn how you can take your Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry infrastructures to the next level.

CredHub and k8s - Project Update - Jacob Knostman & Tom Kennedy, VMware

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

The CredHub team will be talking briefly about our current explorations in the Kubernetes space, including service authentication/application bindings, credential generation, and more. We will also provide updates on our future roadmap plans.

Data Service Automation for Cloud Foundry on Kubernetes - Julian Fischer, anynines GmbH

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

Running Cloud Foundry on Kubernetes implies that the lifecycle management tool BOSH becomes obsolete. A reason to look at the future of data service automation for Cloud Foundry. In this session you will learn how the entire lifecycle of on-demand provisioning data services can be automated to serve thousands of data service instances of various types. An open source data service framework covering large swathes of the lifecycle automation will be drafted. See how existing technologies such as Operators and Helm can be of use. Furthermore see how the integration with both Kubernetes CRDs and the Open Service Broker API can be combined. At the end of this session you will have gained a conceptual understanding of how to automate stateful workloads for future Cloud Foundry environments.

Deep Dive with KubeCF - Thulio Ferraz Assis, SUSE & Enrique Encalada, IBM

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

KubeCF, an open-source distribution of the Cloud Foundry Application Runtime (CFAR), aims to provide developers and enterprises with the best of two worlds, Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry, throughout a made easy approach. With KubeCF, users can continue focusing on their business logic development, while running on a container-native landscape, reducing the hassle of doing this from the ground up in Kubernetes. Kubernetes was never built to be a comprehensive platform; technologies like KubeCF can complement Kubernetes. In this talk, Thulio and Enrique will showcase how KubeCF is the bridge that gets us from BOSH releases for VMs to a Kubernetes-native PaaS. You will learn how to use KubeCF on any local development, and get some insights and lessons learned since its inception.

Is Your Developer Experience COVID-Immune? - Dormain Drewitz, VMware

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

Modernizing applications for faster delivery cycles has long been a desire for organizations. But achieving that outcome is complicated, so other work takes priority. Years go by and the pain of maintaining and updating code lingers.

Then Spring 2020 happened. Suddenly, delivering new experiences digitally became the *only* way to reach customers. And competitors that moved faster were taking share in bigger chunks.

In this talk, you’ll learn how COVID-19 has been a crucible moment for companies that have invested in developer experience. From healthcare to retail to finance, the ability to deliver software quickly with Cloud Foundry has separated the digitally prepared from the digital laggards.

Paketo Buildpacks, From Source Code to Application Images - Daniel Thornton, VMWare

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

As CF for Kubernetes continues to grow, the process for pushing source code to production will still be as simple as running 'cf push'. But, the build path that your application travels from source to running container has changed. The buildpacks responsible for adding the dependencies an application needs have been completely reimagined.

Building on top of the experience building and maintaining Cloud Foundry Buildpacks comes the Paketo Project. It aims to resolve the technical and organizational issues that affected the old CloudFoundry Buildpacks.

This talk will address how Paketo Buildpacks reshape the buildpack experience to be modular, extensible and approachable.

Panel: Cloud Foundry – A Kubernetes Serving Kitchen - Bernd Krannich, SAP SE; Dieu Cao, VMWare; Jeff Hobbs, SUSE; Simon Moser, IBM; and Moderated by Daniel Jones, EngineerBetter

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

The re-platforming of Cloud Foundry onto Kubernetes is in full swing. Eirini, Quarks, kubecf, cf-for-k8s are all projects in that space, addressing different aspects of a Cloud Foundry to Kubernetes integration. In the latest sequel to earlier panel discussions during Cloud Foundry summits (e.g. “Cloud Foundry Test Kitchen” – https://youtu.be/v9aUSiZn6-Y), representatives of major companies in the Cloud Foundry ecosystem will talk about their view on the status quo, what’s ahead in terms of development in Cloud Foundry components, how the above-mentioned projects relate and what the move to Kubernetes as a basis means for consumers of the Cloud Foundry platform.

SUSE and Cloud Foundry: Helping Customers Simplify, Modernize, and Accelerate - Troy Topnik, SUSE

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

SUSE has been at the forefront of adopting Kubernetes as a platform for running Cloud Foundry. As part of our mission to help our customers adopt cloud-native technologies, we've learned that the path to successful utilization of Kubernetes can be difficult - for end user software developers, for platform operators, and even for Cloud Foundry itself. This session will summarize how KubeCF, Quarks, and Stratos are building a bridge for platform operators from current BOSH-based releases to the next generation of Cloud Foundry components currently under development.

Simplified Kubernetes User Experience with TAS4K8S - Boskey Savla, VMware

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

Kubernetes solves a lot of challenges that come with managing an infrastructure stack. At the same time giving development teams direct access to the Kubernetes API for workload deployment and maintenance isn’t an optimal user experience. In this talk, we look at how VMware Tanzu is helping create an infrastructure stack that supports Kubernetes yet gives Development teams the CF experience via Tanzu Application Service Powered by cf-for-k8s.

Stratos Project Update: What's Next? - Neil MacDougall, SUSE

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

In this talk, I will review the progress made on the Stratos project since the last summit and demonstrate some of the newer features we've added recently. For those not familiar with Stratos, the demo will also provide an introductory overview of Stratos and its capabilities. I'll end the session by looking forward, talking about what's next for the project, including adding support for the V3 API and improving the extension mechanism. If you don't know what Stratos is, want to hear what the team has been up to and where they are going, this is the talk for you.

Welcome & Opening Remarks - Chip Childers, Executive Director, Cloud Foundry Foundation

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

Welcome & Opening Remarks - Chip Childers, Executive Director, Cloud Foundry Foundation

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

What We Learned From Deploying 7000 Cloud Foundry Foundations Per Month - Rowan Jacobs, VMware

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

The Cloud Foundry Toolsmiths team at VMware deploys up to 7,000 Cloud Foundry foundations a month for internal testing for VMware and open source Cloud Foundry R&D teams. Here's what we've learned about observability, reliability, repeatable deployments, and keeping our Concourse happy.

What's New for Services on the CF API V3? - Felisia Martini & Derik Evangelista, VMware

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

The services endpoints on the Cloud Controller API have been a general source of pain for consumers. Some of the problems with the V2 implementation include: needing several requests to get basic information about a service or service instance, multiple endpoints to manage the same resource, leaking abstractions between the API and the Service Broker, and lack of features like blocking during service instance creation. This contributes to frustrate not only API consumers but also CLI/GUI users.

The SAPI team is working on improving many aspects of the services API with V3 of the cloud controller API. The new services endpoints provide much more flexibility and control over the workflows available for service offerings and service instance management. Many of these features and improvements are already available as experimental APIs on recent versions of Cloud Foundry.

Why Empathy Matters in Infrastructure Technology - Craig McLuckie, VMware

For more info: https://www.cloudfoundry.org/

The industry has standardized around Kubernetes as its leading orchestration platform. But due to its complexity – and a lack of experience and expertise – Kubernetes remains a challenge to deploy and manage.

Faced with an increasing amount of pressure to create innovative software that delivers competitive business advantages and beneficial user experiences, developers hold a crucial role in the development cycle. Thus, it's the developer experience that must be at the forefront. Empathy must be top of mind for the individuals behind the delivery of orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.

Craig McLuckie, Vice President of R&D at VMware, will discuss the importance of the developer experience, the role empathy can play for the broader developer ecosystem, and how his team is ensuring the VMware Tanzu portfolio extends beyond IT infrastructure.