So it finally happened yesterday…technical difficulties during our live streaming show, KBE Insider. We rolled with it…check out our unintentional podcast debut with Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent (creators of the Cilium eBPF-based networking project) and Chair of the CNCF’s Technical Oversight Committee.

Meet Cilium, that incubating project leveraging the four letter acronym eBPF

For those who may not know, Cilium is an open source software, fueled by the Kernel technology eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter), that provides networking, observability, and security for container workloads. Cilium is currently an incubating project with CNCF, check-out the full list of graduated and incubating CNCF projects here. 

eBPF has been a topic of interest in the last few months for a lot of the use cases it supports. Our KBE Insider co-host Josh Berkus mentions, as a reviewer for KubeCon call for papers (CFP), he’s noticing a lot of speaking submissions on eBPF for KubeCon Europe. So don’t forget to look out for the approved eBPF sessions once the KubeCon Europe agenda is published. In the meantime learn more about eBPF and watch a demo on how to run eBPF programs with kubectl-trace (only prerequisite you need is to have a cluster running, which you can learn with our Kubernetes Fundamentals learning path).

Rescheduled - version 2.0 of KBE Insider with Liz Rice on 1/27 at 10:00 am ET (3:00 pm GMT)

As we attempted to reboot the system to crack the non-existent video, we killed the live stream (or podcast in this case). Just as we were going to talk to Liz about CNCF and get her inside scoop. Lucky for you, you’ll only have to wait a day. We were able to convince Liz to return for version 2.0 with the promise the video will work this time - set your reminder for tomorrow and subscribe to KBE Insider so you don’t miss any episodes or maybe podcasts.

So it finally happened yesterday…technical difficulties during our live streaming show, KBE Insider. We rolled with it…check out our unintentional podcast debut with Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent (creators of the Cilium eBPF-based networking project) and Chair of the CNCF’s Technical Oversight Committee.

For our last KBE Insider episode of the year, we spoke with Kaslin Fields. If you missed it, you can watch it on-demand and make sure you sign-up for notifications (our next episode is with Liz Rice!).

Here are the top 6 takeaways:

• #1 Be honest. Truthfulness matters in tech, especially open source. Your honest opinions matter when it comes to decisions made within the community. So don’t hold back because something you bring up can spark a discussion that can have a huge impact on the future of the project.
• #2 Non-code contributions matter too. Just because you’re not contributing code, doesn’t mean you can’t contribute. Non-code contribution could be a great introduction into contributing and getting to know the community better. As Kaslin reminds us, there is a lot of behind-the-scenes work that keeps this project and community running.
• #3 The Kubernetes community likes to be social. Engagement is important with the project. Kaslin points out that the community is always communicating in open spaces, such as slack, twitter, GitHub, Meetups, etc.
  • Kaslin mentions the CNCF ambassadorship and how that has really helped with engaging with the community in various channels, such as the CNCF Twitch channel, making technology more accessible to more people. Learn more on how you can become a CNCF ambassador or reach out to them to speak at your next event!  
• #4 Developer Advocacy has been around for a while. Organizations are putting more value on developer advocacy. During the episode, everyone mentioned they’ve been doing developer advocacy work for some time, but in the beginning a lot of that was while doing your primary job because being the advocate was just secondary. Nowadays, developer advocacy demands it’s on headcount and is in high demand, check the CNCF job board for the latest job openings within the community. 
• #5 We all make mistakes, get over it! Kaslin refers to a book she recently read, that the reason a lot of people don’t contribute to open source projects is because they fear they could make a mistake in such a public forum. It has nothing to do with their skill set or if it’s too technical. She was referencing the book, “Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software” by Nadia Eghbal.
• #6 Read Kaslin’s blog post on, "The KubeCon CFP - How to Speak at KubeCon” before you submit your CFP. It’s one day before the deadline to submit your CFP for KubeCon Europe in Valencia, Spain next year, so chances are you’re waiting until the very last minute to do so on December 17th. Before you hit that “submit” button, make sure you read Kaslin’s blog post, she’s got some pro tips! 

Sign-up for notifications and stay up to date with KBE Insider, we help you reach people deeply involved with the Kubernetes community, hear what they have to say, and engage with Kubernetes experts from across the globe.

For our last KBE Insider episode of the year, we speak with Kaslin Fields. Here are the top 6 takeaways with Kaslin Fields.

With Kube by Example (KBE) we aim to continuously provide updated content with our learning paths as well as ongoing website improvements, such as new features we deploy on the KBE website. Our most recent feature additions to the KBE website allow us to collect more feedback from the community. 

On the community page you’ll find a poll we’re running to see what our community’s experience and knowledge level is with Kubernetes. This helps us plan our curriculum for appropriate levels and prioritize lessons. Take the poll now and give us your input!

Another feature we’ve rolled out this week is a widget to collect feedback on our learning paths. You can now give us “star” ratings of your learning path experience. If you want to include more feedback, you’re welcome to before you submit, and all submissions remain anonymous. We want to know how to make your experience better, because we built KBE for the community. Look for the red “feedback” button on the right-side of your screen to submit feedback on all nine learning paths.

New Lessons and Guided Exercises for Application Development on Kubernetes

Under our “Development” learning path, we recently updated “Application Development on Kubernetes” with some new lessons and guided exercises:

• Lesson 1: Running and Interacting with Your First Application
  • Guided exercise
• Lesson 4: Customize Deployments for Application Requirements
• Lesson 5: Implementing Cloud Deployment Strategies
  • Guided exercise

Stay tuned as we have a full roadmap of curriculum on the way for next year and plan to continuously update our current learning paths with new revised content. After you complete any of our lessons or learning paths, don’t forget to click the feedback button and let us know what you think...do you want more tutorial videos, more guided exercises, a mix of both? 

Help us improve KBE!

We’re super excited to get real time feedback on our learning paths with the new widget, but in case you didn’t know, we have always had a dedicated feedback form. Let us know what you think of the new website features, lesson paths, KBE Insider show, and any general feedback or suggestions you think would help improve KBE for the community. 

We’ve rolled out a widget to collect feedback on our learning paths and have new lessons and guided exercises for Application Development on Kubernetes.

We launched Kube by Example (KBE) Insider earlier this year, not because we wanted to create yet another live streaming show, but because we noticed there was a gap in the Kubernetes community in regards to knowledge sharing. With KBE Insider, we wanted to give people the inside scoop on what’s happening within the Kubernetes community and the cloud native ecosystem. In addition, KBE Insider is a resource where people can get more connected with the people who are involved with Kubernetes and contribute to its future. 

Get started with KBE Insider

If you are like many other technology professionals, you are new--or at least relatively new--to Kubernetes.  In fact, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) recently released the transparency report for their annual KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, held as a hybrid event in Los Angeles last month. The transparency report found that “Of this year’s online registrants, 67% were first-time KubeCon + CloudNativeCon attendees while 60% of the in-person registrants were first-timers.” Next year, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022 will be hosted in Detroit, Michigan on October 24-28. Let’s see how many more will be first time attendees, we’re thinking the trend keeps rising towards more first time attendees. 

For these reasons, we saw a need to offer the Kubernetes community a starting point, a resource where you can learn by doing --- with hands-on learning paths and learn by watching --- with videos such as KBE Insider. Our goal is to give you a more holistic view of Kubernetes, with KBE and KBE Insider. 

Tune-in on the last Tuesday of the month at 10:00 am ET

The monthly KBE Insider live streaming cadence is the last Tuesday of the month at 10:00 am Eastern Time...but for the last episode of the year, we decided we would change it up. So mark your calendar for the next episode of KBE Insider with Kaslin Fields on Tuesday, December 7th at 11:00 am Eastern Time (8:00 am Pacific Time).

This is the last KBE Insider episode of the year! We talk to Kaslin Fields about her role as Developer Advocate at Google Cloud and CNCF Ambassador. We’ll learn how Kaslin makes technology, such as Kubernetes, more accessible to a broader audience through various mediums, including comics. Also, as a member of the Kubernetes SIG for Contributors, Kaslin will share her experience contributing to the Kubernetes community and share how you can get involved. 

Subscribe to the KBE Insider notifications for new upcoming shows and watch on-demand via the Red Hat Developer YouTube channel. 

Get Involved with KBE Insider

Do you want to be a guest on KBE Insider or know someone you think should be on KBE Insider? Send us a note with our feedback form!

We launched KBE Insider, not because we wanted to create yet another live streaming show, but purely because we noticed there was a gap in the Kubernetes community in regards to knowledge sharing.

Migrating to Kubernetes with Open Source Tools

Kube by Example (KBE) is here to provide the broadest and most informative Kubernetes tutorials, news, and community engagements. So if Kubernetes is the name of the game, let's cover one of our newest developer learning paths, “Migrating to Kubernetes”. 

Organizations consider migrating their monolithic applications to Kubernetes for the many benefits it provides such as scalability and portability, deployment consistency, resource optimization, as well as being open source. Our learning path applies open source tools to help you rehost, replatform, and refactor your applications to Kubernetes.

Start with Open Source Tools

Our learning path breaks down the various open source technologies to help expedite the modernization and migration of your applications to Kubernetes. Here are the three open source tools we focus on:

• Tackle helps you streamline your applications to Kubernetes by assessing your applications to get recommendations to automated testing
• KubeVirt provides an unified development platform where developers can build, modify, and deploy applications in both Containers and VMs in a common environment
• Forklift helps with rehosting the applications or components that are not as easy to containerize, by providing a VM migration solution

Make sure you check out the “Beyond KBE” resource links with videos and references to the GitHub repositories.

Adopt Kubernetes with the Konveyor Project

Tackle, KubeVirt, and Forklift are just a subset of open source tools that are part of the Konveyor project that Red Hat and IBM Research created to help in Kubernetes adoption. 
 

There are the other tools included in the Konveyor project that can be very useful in your Kubernetes adoption:

• Replatform with Move2Kube
• Migrate applications between clusters with Crane
• Pelorus measures software delivery performance

Learn more about the Konveyor Project at konveyor,io and join the #konveyor channel on slack.k8s.io

Kube by Example (KBE) is here to provide the broadest and most informative Kubernetes tutorials, news, and community engagements. So if Kubernetes is the name of the game, let's cover one of our newest developer learning paths, “Migrating to Kubernetes”.

Welcome to our Kube by Example (KBE) blog! This is where we’ll keep the KBE Community updated on everything KBE related, such as new learning paths, site updates, community engagement, and much more. 

What have we been up to? 

Last week at KubeCon North America we announced additions to our KBE curriculum, expanding our total learning paths from seven to ten. The two new learning paths that are now available are:

• Operators with Helm, Ansible and Go
• Migrating to Kubernetes

Stay tuned for AI/ML on Kubernetes, an additional learning path that will be ready later this month. Check out all of our learning paths here. 

If you were lucky to attend KubeCon in Los Angeles and stopped by the Red Hat booth, you may have seen a sneak peak of our new Kube by Example teaser video. Check it out below...and the first ten people to share the video on twitter with #KubebyExample will get some of the new Kube by Example swag we just released. 

Let us know what you think!

We’re always looking for new ways to improve Kube by Example. Let us know what you think and help us improve KBE. 

Welcome to our Kube by Example blog! We’ll keep the Community updated on everything Kubernetes related, like new learning paths, site updates, trends, and more.