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2021 KubeCon NA Talk ideas
Gergely Csatari posted on May 19, 2021


Bringing Order to the Chaos – Platform and Workload Conformance for Cloud Native Telco Applications

  • Type: Panel
  • Panelists: Rihab Banday , Georg Kunz , Gergely Csatari (will submit) , Taylor?, Bill?
  • Abstract: 

    Stable platform APIs and capabilities are key for application portability across platforms. One of the key success factors of the Kubernetes project has been to define stable APIs by means of the K8s conformance project. Telco workloads, often referred to as Cloud Native Network Functions (CNF), impose a few specific additional platform requirements. In CNCF, the Telco User Group and the CNF Working Group are addressing this challenge by defining best practices for building CNF-s based on use cases. The LFN Anuket project is complementing this effort by building on top of these CNCF projects by specifying cloud infrastructure and matching workload properties and by leveraging CNCF tooling to build reference implementations and conformance test suites.

    In this panel we will discuss how these projects are complementing each other and how the two teams work together to jointly support the telco industry on their journey to adoption of cloud native principles.


  • Speaker Details (for all speakers):

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    • Is this speaker employed at an end user company? :

    • Biography (Please provide a biography that includes any ongoing projects and previous speaking experience, written in the third person. Max of 800 characters.):

    • Has Speaker 1 spoken at any KubeCon + CloudNativeCon conferences before?

    • I confirm that none of the speakers above violate the following policy: An individual may only be listed as a speaker on up to two proposals, no matter the session format (Presentation - Solo or Dual, or Panel).*

    • What gender does Speaker 1 identify with?
    • Does Speaker 1 identify as a person of color
  • Title (ideas - WIP)

    • Bringing Order to the Chaos – Platform and Workload Conformance for Cloud Native Telco Applications

    • ...

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2021 KubeCon EU Talk ideas
Gergely Csatari posted on Dec 08, 2020


CNTT / Anuket

What Anuket thinks about containers

  • Status: Draft
  • Speakers (first one submits): Gergely Csatari , Georg Kunz

  • Session Format: Dual Presentation: 35 minutes, 2 speakers presenting on a topic

  • Level of Expertise for Intended Audience: Any

  • Which Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosted software will your presentation be focused on?*: Kubernetes, CNI

  • Topi:

  • Is your presentation considered a case study?: No

  • Session Description (Please provide a detailed, focused description on what this session will cover, written in the third person. This is what will be used in the online schedule, if accepted. 

    Note: We will not select a submission that has already been presented at a previous CNCF or Linux Foundation event within the last year. If your submission is very similar to a previous talk, please include information on how this version will be different. ) (1000 chars):


    The cloud native ecosystem is evolving at an incredible pace and the telco industry is embracing cloud native principles to develop and deliver 5G. However, a challenge emerging from this dynamics is that integrating and running workloads on telecom cloud infrastructures has shown to be complex and time consuming, due to varying interfaces and capabilities. Luckily, the Anuket project is set to address this industry challenge. Anuket is a new project combining the powers of CNTT and OPNFV to jointly harmonise interfaces and characteristics of telco cloud infrastructures using open and standardised solutions.

    This presentation will give an overview of how Anuket defines a Kubernetes Reference Architecture based on a technology agnostic Reference Model, how this model is implemented in a Reference Implementation and how different implementations can be tested with a Reference Conformance test suite. They will moreover explain how Anuket collaborates with related efforts in CNCF.


  • Benefits to the Ecosystem (This is your chance to elaborate. Tell us how the content of your presentation will help better the ecosystem or anything you wish to share with the co-chairs and program committee. We realize that this can be a difficult question to answer, but as with the description, the relevance of your presentation is just as important as the content.) (max 1000 chars):

    Attendees will get an overview of the Anuket Kubernetes Based Reference Architecture (RA2), Reference Implementation (RI2) and Reference Conformance (RC2).


  • Open Source Projects (Please list out all open source projects that you will be discussing in your presentation and include any relevant links for these projects.): Anuket

  • Have you presented this talk, or one similar to it, at a previous KubeCon + CloudNativeCon?: No

  • Resources (Optional):

  • Speaker Details (for all speakers):

    • Name
    • Preferred Pronouns (they/them/ze/him/her/etc.)
    • Company
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    • Country of Residence

    • Is this speaker employed at an end user company? :

    • Biography (Please provide a biography that includes any ongoing projects and previous speaking experience, written in the third person. Max of 800 characters.):

    • Has Speaker 1 spoken at any KubeCon + CloudNativeCon conferences before?

    • I confirm that none of the speakers above violate the following policy: An individual may only be listed as a speaker on up to two proposals, no matter the session format (Presentation - Solo or Dual, or Panel).*

    • What gender does Speaker 1 identify with?
    • Does Speaker 1 identify as a person of color


Open Infrastructure Summit presentation on What CNTT thinks about containers
Gergely Csatari posted on Sept 22, 2020



CNTT talk proposals to Open Infrastructure Summit 2020.10
Gergely Csatari posted on Jul 29, 2020

CFP logistics

Talk ideas

What CNTT thinks about containers?

  • Presenter(s) (first one submits): Gergely Csatari , Georg Kunz
  • Select the format: Presentation
  • What is the general topic of the presentation?: 5G, NFV & Edge
  • Select the technical level of your presentation content: Intermediate
  • Abstract (1000 chars):
    Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Task Force (CNTT) is an initiative to standardise the cloud infrastructures running telecom workloads. Integrating and running workloads on telecom cloud infrastructures has shown to be complex and time consuming, mainly due to varying interfaces and capabilities. The mission of CNTT is to harmonise interfaces and characteristics of telco cloud infrastructures using open and standardised solutions. As part of this process CNTT is working on a virtual machine and a container based cloud infrastructure definition. In this presentation Georg and Gergely will explain how CNTT defines a Reference Architecture for Kubernetes based on a technology agnostic Reference Model, how this model is implemented in a Reference Implementation and how different implementations can be tested with a Reference Conformance test suite.
    (892)
  • Social Summary (100 chars):
    An introduction of the Kubernetes based workstreams of CNTT.
    (60)
  • What should attendees expect to learn? (1000 chars)
    Attendees will get an overview of the CNTT Kubernetes Based Reference Architecture (RA2), Reference Implementation (RI2) and Reference Conformance (RC2) and the related activities in OPNFV.
    (190)
  • Are you available to discuss the topic of this presentation with attending media? (Y/N) Y
  • PLEASE PROVIDE ANY RELEVANT LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SUCH AS CODE REPOSITORIES, CASE STUDIES, PAPERS, BLOG POSTS ETC. (UP TO 5 LINKS)
    1. https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/tree/master/doc/ref_arch/kubernetes
    2. https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/tree/master/doc/ref_impl/cntt-ri2
    3. https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/tree/master/doc/ref_cert/RC2
    4. Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Taskforce - CNTT

CNTT and CNTT Reference Model introduction

  • Presenter(s) (first one submits): Gergely Csatari , Beth Cohen  
  • Select the format: Presentation (maybe Panel?)
  • What is the general topic of the presentation?: 5G, NFV & Edge
  • Select the technical level of your presentation content: Intermediate
  • Abstract (1000 chars):
    Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Task Force (CNTT) is an initiative to standardise the cloud infrastructures running telecom workloads. Integrating and running workloads on telecom cloud infrastructures has shown to be complex and time consuming, mainly due to varying interfaces and capabilities. The mission of CNTT is to harmonise interfaces and characteristics of telco cloud infrastructures using open and standardised solutions. In this presentation Gergely will describe the different document types of CNTT and their relationship to each other with an extensive description of the Reference Model.
    (635)
  • Social Summary (100 chars):
    An introduction to CNTT and the CNTT Reference Model.
  • What should attendees expect to learn? (1000 chars)
    Attendees will get an overview about the different CNTT document types and an explanation of the CNTT Reference Model.
  • Are you available to discuss the topic of this presentation with attending media? Y
  • PLEASE PROVIDE ANY RELEVANT LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SUCH AS CODE REPOSITORIES, CASE STUDIES, PAPERS, BLOG POSTS ETC. (UP TO 5 LINKS)
    1. https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT
    2. https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/tree/master/doc/ref_model

Better Together Edge: Building Cross Community Consensus

  • Presenter(s) (first one submits):  Beth Cohen, Sukhdev Kapur, Ahmed El Sawaf, Ildiko Vancsa
  • Select the format Panel: Max Speakers 3, Max Moderators 1): Panel
  • What is the general topic of the presentation? (5G, NFV & Edge)
  • Select the technical level of your presentation content (N/A)
  • Abstract (1000 chars):

    Last year, the Cloud iNfrastructure Telco Taskforce (CNTT) was created by a consortium of global telecom leaders to establish a common language, reference architectures and standards to support NFVs. In April 2020, based on community interest, an Edge work stream was added to identify the requirements for ORAN, 5G, edge networking and other telecom Edge use cases.

    Due to the nature of Edge, it quickly became obvious that we would have to work collaboratively across multiple other Open Source and Standards bodies to achieve our goals. 

    This panel made up of people representing not only CNTT, but OpenStack, CDIM, TIP, and OPNFV, will discuss the trials and tribulations, tips and tricks to making it work across such a diverse membership to design infrastructure with significant resource constraints and WAN connections. 

  • Social Summary (100 chars):

    Cross community collaboration to define Telecom Edge infrastructure reference architectures

  • What should attendees expect to learn? (1000 chars)

    The panel discussion will cover the charter and goals, details of the work effort to add an Edge component to the CNTT common reference language and architectures, and most importantly how vendors and service providers alike can contribute to and benefit from the project. The work is focused on using both OpenStack and Containers as Edge needs to incorporate both.  There are both technical and organizational challenges to overcome such as:

    • Who gets to set the definitions?
    • How doe Edge fit into a set of requirements written for large Telecom data center installations?
    • How does a group of architects work without developers?
    • How can we get the project to move forward and get buy in from the developer and testing communities?
  • Are you available to discuss the topic of this presentation with attending media? (Y)
  • PLEASE PROVIDE ANY RELEVANT LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SUCH AS CODE REPOSITORIES, CASE STUDIES, PAPERS, BLOG POSTS ETC. (UP TO 5 LINKS)

https://github.com/cntt-n/CNTT/issues/1660

https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/2020-07-28+-+%5BCNTT+EDGE%5D+-+Meeting+Agenda+and+Minutes

Example talk idea

  • Presenter(s) (first one submits):
  • Select the format (Presentation: Max Speakers 3 - Panel: Max Speakers 3, Max Moderators 1):
  • What is the general topic of the presentation? (AI, Machine Learning, HPC; CI/CD; Container Infrastructure; 5G, NFV & Edge; Getting Started; Hands-on Workshops; Open Development; Private & Hybrid Cloud; Public Cloud; Security)
  • Select the technical level of your presentation content (Beginner; Intermediate; Advanced; N/A)
  • Abstract (1000 chars):

  • Social Summary (100 chars):

  • What should attendees expect to learn? (1000 chars)

  • Are you available to discuss the topic of this presentation with attending media? (Y/N)
  • PLEASE PROVIDE ANY RELEVANT LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SUCH AS CODE REPOSITORIES, CASE STUDIES, PAPERS, BLOG POSTS ETC. (UP TO 5 LINKS)
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LFMS 2020 presentation on CNTT
Gergely Csatari posted on Mar 01, 2020