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Explore the new Learn Kubernetes with Google website!

As Kubernetes has become a mainstream global technology, with 96% of organizations surveyed by the CNCF1 using or evaluating Kubernetes for production use, it is now estimated that 31%2 of backend developers worldwide are Kubernetes developers. To add to the growing popularity, the 2021 annual report1 also listed close to 60 enhancements by special interest and working groups to the Kubernetes project. With so much information in the ecosystem, how can Kubernetes developers stay on top of the latest developments and learn what to prioritize to best support their infrastructure?

The new website Learn Kubernetes with Google brings together under one roof the guidance of Kubernetes experts—both from Google and across the industry—to communicate the latest trends in building your Kubernetes infrastructure. You can access knowledge in two formats.

One option is to participate in scheduled live events, which consist of virtual panels that allow you to ask questions to experts via a Q&A forum. Virtual panels last for an hour, and happen once quarterly. So far, we’ve hosted panels on building a multi-cluster infrastructure, the Dockershim deprecation, bringing High Performance Computing (HPC) to Kuberntes, and securing your services with Istio on Kubernetes. The other option is to pick one of the multiple on-demand series available. Series are made up of several 5-10 minute episodes and you can go through them at your own leisure. They cover different topics, including the Kubernetes Gateway API, the MCS API, Batch workloads, and Getting started with Kubernetes. You can use the search bar on the top right side of the website to look up specific topics.
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As the cloud native ecosystem becomes increasingly complex, this website will continue to offer evergreen content for Kubernetes developers and users. We recently launched a new content category for ecosystem projects, which started by covering how to run Istio on Kubernetes. Soon, we will also launch a content category for developer tools, starting with Minikube.

Join hundreds of developers that are already part of the Learn Kubernetes with Google community! Bookmark the website, sign up for an event today, and be sure to check back regularly for new content.

By María Cruz, Program Manager – Google Open Source Programs Office

  1. CNCF Annual Survey 2021 ↩

  2. The State of Cloud Native Development report by Slash Data, as cited on CNCF Annual Survey 2021 ↩

Learn Kubernetes with Google: Join us live on October 6!

 

Graphic describing the Multi-cluster Services API functionalities

Kubernetes hasn’t stopped growing since it was released by Google as an open source project back in June 2014: from July 7, 2020 to a year later in 2021, there were 2,284 new contributors to the project1. And that’s not all: in 2020 alone, the Kubernetes project had 35 stable graduations2. These are 35 new features that are ready for production use in a Kubernetes environment. Looking at the CNCF Survey 2020, use of Kubernetes has increased to 83%, up from 78% in 2019. With these many new people joining the community, and the project gaining so much complexity: how can we make sure that Kubernetes remains accessible to everyone, including newcomers?

This is the question that inspired the creation of Learn Kubernetes with Google, a content program where we develop resources that explain how to make Kubernetes work best for you. At the Google Open Source Programs Office, we believe that increasing access for everyone starts by democratizing knowledge. This is why we started with a series of short videos that focus on specific Kubernetes topics, like the Gateway API, Migrating from Dockershim to Containerd, the Horizontal Pod Autoscaler, and many more topics!

Join us live

On October 6, 2021, we are launching a series of live events where you can interact live with Kubernetes experts from across the industry and ask questions—register now and join for free! “Think beyond the cluster: Multi-cluster support on Kubernetes” is a live panel that brings together the following experts:
  • Laura Lorenz - Software Engineer (Google) / Member of SIG Multicluster in the Kubernetes project
  • Tim Hockin - Software Engineer (Google) / Co-Chair of SIG Network in the Kubernetes project
  • Jeremy Olmsted-Thompson - Sr Staff software Engineer (Google) / Co-Chair of the SIG Multicluster in the Kubernetes project
  • Ricardo Rocha - Computing Engineer (CERN) / TOC Member at the CNCF
  • Paul Morie - Software Engineer (Apple) / Co-Chair of the SIG Multicluster in the Kubernetes project
Why is Multi-cluster support in Kubernetes important? Kubernetes has brought a unified method of managing applications and their infrastructure. Engineering your application to be a global service requires that you start thinking beyond a single cluster; yet, there are many challenges when deploying multiple clusters at a global scale. Multi-cluster has many advantages, it lets you minimize the latency and optimize it for the people consuming your application.

In this panel, we will review the history behind multi-cluster, why you should use it, how companies are deploying multi-cluster, and what are some efforts in upstream Kubernetes that are enabling it today. Check out the “Resources” tab on the event page to learn more about the Kubernetes MCS API and Join us on Oct 6!

By María Cruz, Program Manager – Google Open Source Programs Office

1 According to devstats

2 Kubernetes Community Annual Report 2020