MicroK8s - Production-grade, low-footprint K8s for the Edge

MicroK8s is a lightweight, open-source Kubernetes distribution certified by the CNCF. Its robust security features and small footprint make it an excellent choice for IoT use cases. This presentation will highlight its most prominent features, focusing on its suitability for offline and mission-critical deployments. Specifically, we will delve into the following: - The techniques we used to maintain its small footprint without sacrificing any functionality. - How MicroK8s achieves out-of-the-box zero-ops high availability. - The various ways to fine-tune a deployment to match specific needs, including through launch configurations, CAPI deployments, and manual tinkering. - How MicroK8s enhances security through fat packaging, OTA updates, and FIPS/CIS hardening. Additionally, we will present our future roadmap and welcome attendees' feedback to help shape the next steps of MicroK8s. Konstantinos is a Staff Engineer at Canonical, where he has been contributing to open-source software for the Ubuntu ecosystem for over 7 years. He is the original author and one of the current primary maintainers of MicroK8s, an innovative, fast, and compact Kubernetes distribution specifically designed for developers, IoT, and edge computing. Prior to joining Canonical, he worked at Microsoft - Skype in the Big Data Group. Konstantinos holds a Ph.D. in IaaS resource allocation and is an active member of the Athens Kubernetes User Group. He currently resides in Athens, Greece, where he continues to work on open-source technologies and explore emerging trends in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures. Yalton is Engineering Manager for the MicroK8s team at Canonical. His past role experiences range from product development and program management to sales. He has a long track record of interacting with customers at all levels. He worked in IoT, 5G, SW development, Kubernetes and OpenStack. Before Canonical, he worked at Ericsson and Nokia in different positions. Yalton holds an MBA degree and an MSc degree in communications. Open Source @ Siemens event, the annual series by Siemens for all topics around open source software, collaboration culture and technology. This year's instalment marks the 10th anniversary, while being open to the full public since 2021. The whole event was being recorded live at Galvanik in Zug, Switzerland. Learn more at https://opensource.siemens.io/events/2023/.