The Joy of Kubernetes - Learn to feel the container orchestration love
David O’Dwyer, Principal Engineer, LiveWyer
This is an introductory level workshop designed to showcase the benefits of Kubernetes and will enable attendees to understand the basics needed to setup their own cluster.
The scope of this workshop is broad and will suit anybody working in a DevOps environment that wants to learn more about how and why to implement Kubernetes in their organisation. Through a mixture of presentations, demos and hands-on examples, workshop attendees will:
♦ Understand why containers are useful, but have limitations.
♦ Learn how to solve some these limitations with Kubernetes Pods.
♦ Know why the world’s biggest companies are powered by schedulers and containers.
♦ Have a basic core understanding of how to use Kubernetes.
David O’Dwyer is the founder of LiveWyer, a London based consultancy which specialises in infrastructure development built on open-source technology. LiveWyer is a member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
Drawing on a broad systems architecture background, David and his team have successfully deployed a number of Enterprise solutions built around the lean, agile Kubernetes system. Having worked with a number of server management technologies he now firmly believes Kubernetes is a key technology in making the use of containers both production ready and accessible.
