Welcome to Cloud Native Trento - UniTrento: Kubernetes in research & service mesh!

This event is co-organised and sponsored by the UniTrento DISI (Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science).

Join us for this event and help us shape the world of cloud native technologies in Trentino Alto-Adige.

We're an official user community group of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

What to expect

Vendor-agnostic talks, no sales pitch, from practitioners to practitioners

• 🗣️ Three speakers

• 👥 Meet old and new friends from the community

• 🍕 Free food and drinks afterwards

• ✔️ Just RSVP and book your ticket (it's free, but we need to know how much food and drinks to buy)!

Agenda

• 17:30 Doors open and welcome (intro and talks start at 18:00)

• 18:00 Sarah Christoff - Service Mess(h)es

• 18:20 Matteo Franzil - Sharpening Kubernetes Audit Logs with Context Awareness

• 18:40 Lorenzo Cereser - ReCluster : Managing heterogeneous Kubernetes clusters by custom metrics

• 19:15 Food and drinks

• 20:00 Event ends

Speakers

Sarah Christoff - Consultant Software Engineer, Developer Relations specialist, and Technical Evangelist with experience in cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, and open-source ecosystems. Skilled in designing and implementing Kubernetes CRDs and OpenAPI schemas, developing comprehensive testing strategies for Rust-based platforms, and delivering scalable storage solutions for AI hyperscalers. Experienced in technical content creation, community building, and guiding open-source projects toward mature governance and development practices. Frequent public speaker with a strong focus on developer engagement and technology adoption.

Matteo Franzil - PhD Student in Information Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Trento, Italy. His research focuses on the investigation of real-time and scalable end-host monitoring solutions, aiming to extract clearer insights in a more intelligent and efficient way.

Lorenzo Cereser - Computer Science master's graduate of the University of Trento and independent researcher at CRITLab, following a research period at the Shinagawa Lab, University of Tokyo. Currently working in technology strategy consulting at Boston Consulting Group, after roles at KPMG and Accenture.

Sessions

1. Service Mess(h)es

You've deployed your application into your cluster, and now you want it to communicate with your state store. Open up some ports, hardcode some IP addresses, and it works, right? There may be a different way to do things.

We'll cover what a service mesh is, how it works, and if you need one. We'll recount the history of the service mesh wars and the outcome, and uncover our top four contenders in the service mesh space. You'll walk away from this 15 minute breakdown with the first step to introducing a mesh into your environment.

2. Sharpening Kubernetes Audit Logs with Context Awareness

Kubernetes comes with a powerful observability feature: audit logs. They provide a detailed chronological record of all API interaction in the cluster, but are disabled by default. If you try turning them on, you will see why: an endless flow of seemingly disaggregated information will start filling up your disk, as the various components of the cluster talk to each other and react to requests. In this talk, we will see how using a combination of heuristics and machine learning logs can be meaningfully grouped and correlated in real time, streamlining data consumption both for simple and complex cluster actions.

3. ReCluster : Managing heterogeneous Kubernetes clusters by custom metrics

Kubernetes usually treats nodes as interchangeable; they aren't always, especially if you upcycle older machines to cut cost and e-waste, or when you simply have to make smart use of whatever infrastructure is on hand. ReCluster makes node heterogeneity work with vanilla Kubernetes: it scores nodes by the metrics that matter to you, such as energy, cost, and performance, while consolidating workloads onto the most suitable machines.

Parking

You will find a parking spot at - Vietnam Parking

Location

University of Trento. Building Polo Ferrari 2 - Via Sommarive 9, Room B107

The organizer & sponsor

UniTrento DISI (Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science) .

Check them out at [https://www.unitn.it/it). https://www.linkedin.com/school/unitrentodisi

A big thanks to Andrea Giardini (CNCF Ambassador) and CNCF for sponsoring food and drinks via the ambassador program.

🌐 Stay connected with the community on LinkedIn or join the conversation in the CNCF Slack at #cloud-native-trento.