Alexis Richardson, Weaveworks CEO and CNCF Chair, discusses exactly what cloud native is, and why everyone should care.

1. What is Cloud Native and
why should I care?
Alexis Richardson
CNCF TOC Chair & CEO Weaveworks
Kubecon - 30 March 2017

3. CoreDNS Fluentd gRPC Kubernetes Linkerd OpenTracing Prometheus
containerd rkt
A home for these amazing projects that enable
modern applications

4. CNCF = Open Source Cloud Computing for Applications
We curate & promote a trusted tool kit for modern architectures
Non-profit, part of the Linux Foundation & funded by sponsors

5. SPEED
FREEDOM
TRUST

6. Netflix pioneered
the concept of
cloud native as a
practical tool
https://www.slideshare.net/AmazonWebServices/dmg206

7. Netflix wanted SPEED and ACCESS at SCALE
https://www.slideshare.net/AmazonWebServices/dmg206

8. Netflix wanted SPEED and ACCESS at SCALE
https://www.slideshare.net/AmazonWebServices/dmg206 Must Read!

9. Cloud native powers a whole industry today

10. Can anyone be like Netflix?

11. Maybe we can dream :-)

12. The Need for Speed. This is real.
Puppet Labs state of devops 2015

13. So what is it about Cloud
Native that helps me go fast

14. To learn more
@Weaveworks we
experimented on
our own product

16. Our business needs @Weave
Speed
Work on app fast and not on infra, integration & plumbing (eg Kube-Prometheus)
Freedom
Want out app to run anywhere - OpenSource, not AmazonSource
Trust
24/7 uptime, fast recovery, scale any component independently

17. Frontend
(Nginx)
The Interwebs
RDS
Instance
Frontend
(Nginx)
Frontend
(Nginx)
Authenticatin
g Proxy
WeaverangCollection
Service
AWS
DynamoDB
Query
Service
WeaverangControl
Service
AWS
SQS
WeaverangPipe Service
AWS
S3
Consul
Cluster
NATS
Cluster
Static
Content
Users
Service
Core Services
Scope
Services
AWS
DynamoDB
AWS S3
WeaverangDistribution
Service
WeaverangIngester
Service
Consul
Cluster
Cortex ServicesMonitoring & Management Services
Grafana
Prometheus
Weave
Scope
WeaverangNode
Exporter
WeaverangScope
Probes
Kubediff
NOT one pattern. NOT only “12 factor”

19. Our technical needs @Weave
Automation
Orchestration, pipelines
Packaging
Containerised deployment
Modern practices
Microservices, monitoring, logging, ….

20. Cloud Native is Patterns

21. If Cloud Native is Patterns
→ Which OSS Tools can we trust?

22. Tools you can trust
CoreDNS Fluentd gRPC Kubernetes Linkerd OpenTracing Prometheus
Registry Logging Transport Orchestration Routing Tracing Monitoring
containerd rkt

23. Current CNCF Projects
Prospective CNCF Projects

24. Current CNCF Projects
Prospective CNCF Projects

25. OSS is great … why do we
need a Foundation?

26. from SPEED
to FREEDOM
& TRUST

27. ..a benevolent technocracy run by civilised robots?

28. ..a federation of collaborating powers?

29. ..a confluence of karmic forces?

30. The Linux Foundation
Safeguards Linux for the long term
Provides a nexus for collaboration and trust
Is an ubiquitous open source brand
Good for customers & the community!
The LF is great because it makes it easy to bring together collaborators for
projects like a common tool kit for cloud native applications → enter the CNCF

31. from TRUST
to FREEDOM

32. Software is eating the world

33. Open source is eating software

34. Cloud is eating open source

35. We risk Cloud Lock In

37. No lock in
Common open source cloud software → Anyone can use
United Nations → Docker + Google + IBM + eBay + ...?
Enable competition & user choice → “No kingmakers”

38. Common Open Source
is not proprietary

39. Common Standards?

40. Common Standards
Projects

41. CNCF is “projects first”
Interoperability helps users
→ Speed
Choice is good - eg rkt,containerd
→ Freedom
High quality projects that work well alone or together
→ Trust

42. CNCF helps developers and end users
Education
Help you get started quickly with common examples & tools
Promotion
And clear trusted guidance to wide audience
Infrastructure
And project support services

43. Our future
Amazing tools like
Kubernetes & containerd
Interoperability
driven by
community (you)
Everyone wants to
be cloud native
https://www.cncf.io/blog/2016/11/08/cloud-native-software-can-trust

44. SPEED
FREEDOM
TRUST