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Cloud Native Aachen Meetup, August 2025
Talks
Our first talk by Simon Ostendorf, working student in the container platform team at CANCOM Managed Services GmbH, will highlight new and existing Kubernetes features for Identity and Secrets Management. With an example of a Kubelet Credentials Provider using the new "Service Account Token for Image Pulls"-Feature introduced as alpha in 1.33 he will showcase how the community uses KEPs to bring new features to Kubernetes. Do you want to learn more about integrating Kubernetes with external Secrets Stores like OpenBao / Hashicorp Vault? Then this is the talk for you!
Our second talk will be on "Expanding Kubernetes Networking for Telco CNFs" by Ingo Meirick from Ericsson. The presentation will highlight ongoing activities and use cases within the Kubernetes community that are driving the multi-networking enhancements.
Venue Information
Ericsson GmbH is proud to host the August edition of Cloud Native Aachen meetup and warmly welcomes all of you to the office at Ericsson-Allee 1, 1 Ericsson-Allee, Herzogenrath, 52134 on August 21st.
Please be aware that for security and compliance purposes at the venue, we need to provide your full name and affiliation for preparing the visitor badges. So, we REQUIRE attendees to register through the event page with your full name and affiliation updated in your profile. No other personal information other than this will be shared.
If you would like to attend but do not consent to your name being shared with the venue, please email us at meetups@cloudnative.ac. Please note that you will then have to directly share your information with the venue at the welcome desk anyway.
Travel
The venue is at Ericsson-Allee 1, 1 Ericsson-Allee, Herzogenrath, 52134. To reach by public transport, we recommend taking Bus No 47 from Aachen Bushof and lines RB20 from Aachen Hbf, with returning options at the end of the event.
Below you will find a map for reaching the entrance.
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6:30 PM CEST
Open Doors
in-personWhile the event will start from 7pm, we are looking forward to welcoming you all in starting from 6:30pm!
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7:00 PM CEST
Welcome Words
in-personWe will say hello, introduce ourselves as the organisers to new joiners, and kick off this amazing evening of food and talks.
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7:15 PM CEST
First Talk: "New Features in Identity & Secrets Management with K8s 1.33+"
in-personThis talk will highlight new and existing Kubernetes features for Identity and Secrets Management. With an example of a Kubelet Credentials Provider using the new "Service Account Token for Image Pulls" feature introduced as Alpha in 1.33 he will showcase how the community uses KEPs to bring new features to Kubernetes. Do you want to learn more about integrating Kubernetes with external Secrets Stores like OpenBao / Hashicorp Vault? Then this is the talk for you!
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7:45 PM CEST
Food & Drinks
in-personFood and drinks for everyone, thanks to our amazing sponsors!
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8:15 PM CEST
Second Talk: "Expanding Kubernetes Networking for Telco CNFs"
in-personThe current Kubernetes container networking model does not fully meet the requirements of telecom Cloud-Native Functions (CNFs). Initiatives like Multus have demonstrated the need for multi-network container workloads, suggesting that Kubernetes networking can be expanded to support multiple networks. This talk will discuss the Kubernetes Enhancement Proposal (KEP) for multi-networking, which aims to evolve Kubernetes to accommodate multiple networks by leveraging Dynamic Resource Allocation and the Gateway API. The presentation will highlight ongoing activities and use cases within the Kubernetes community that are driving this evolution.
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8:45 PM CEST
Food & Drinks
in-personJoin us in wrapping up the evening with some more networking over food and drinks.
