Getting the Russian Doll out of your cluster (Talos KMS) and Developer Experience

AGENDA

16:30: Doors open

17:00: Welcome by Cloud Native Aarhus

17:10: Welcome by our hosts Systematic

17:15: Talos KMS: Getting the Russian Doll out of your cluster by Anders Lantz, DevOps Engineer @ Eficode

18:00: Break with food

18:30: Developer Experience. Is that supposed to be good? by Thomas Vitale, Software Architect @ Systematic

19:15: Networking

20:00: Doors close

Talk 1

Talos KMS: Getting the Russian Doll out of your cluster by Anders Lantz, DevOps Engineer @ Eficode

While Talos Linux provides robust security tools, features such as disk encryption is not enabled by default. Furthermore, the commonly used encryption settings often give a false sense of safety while leaving critical data exposed to attackers.

In this session, we will have a brief overview of the Talos storage layout and then dig into the encryption functionality it offers. We will then examine why standard encryption methods often just "kick the problem down the road" and demonstrate a solution to truly secure your clusters storage.

Bio:

Anders Lantz: Platform engineer, thinker and general nerd at Eficode

Talk 2

Developer Experience. Is that supposed to be good? by Thomas Vitale, Software Architect @ Systematic

As a developer, working with cloud native technologies too often leads to too much cognitive load, inefficient inner development loops, and friction in the path to production. As a platform engineer, providing a superior experience to developers, the end users of the platform, is key to achieve a successful adoption.

This session is structured as a series of iterations on the developer experience to improve those three aspects and boost productivity, while following an approach based on open-source technologies. We’ll follow the adventures of a developer who has just joined a new team and hopes to get their first feature to production.

Bio:

Thomas is a local Aarhus hero of Cloud Native. From being the KubeCon and KCD speakers to CNCF Ambassador, KCD organiser and track chair, he gives a interesting spark of development perspective to the CNCF community.