Experience k0s + k0rdent at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, and enter to win a skateboard!
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Atlanta is gearing up for one of the most anticipated tech gatherings of the year, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025. The conference is stacked with hundreds of exciting talks, brilliant co-located events, new topics and insights, and of course the amazing companies exhibiting in the solutions showcase — all happening next week, November 10 –14, 2025.
The Mirantis team is thrilled to be part of this landmark event, bringing a host of exciting sessions, demos, and community engagements centered around k0s and k0rdent.
There are limited edition skateboards on offer that you won’t want to miss. Stay tuned, and read the blog to see how you can win.
Whether you're a cloud-native enthusiast, Kubernetes user, experienced platform engineer or just starting your platform journey, this is your chance to learn alongside us! Join the ride, and celebrate KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Atlanta with us.
Day 0: CNCF Hosted Co-Located Events and Project Lightning Talk
The excitement starts from Day 0 with the plethora of CNCF co-located events, with several featuring talks on k0s & k0rdent. We also have a booth full of swag at Cloud Native + Kubernetes AI Day and a project lightning talk around k0s.
Join us at Cloud Native + Kubernetes AI Day
As a sponsor of Kubernetes AI Day, Mirantis is excited to be part of the conversation shaping the future of AI and Kubernetes.
Join us on November 10 to explore how Kubernetes is powering AI workloads at scale and how Mirantis helps platform engineering teams optimize infrastructure for AI inference and training at scale.
Discover how k0rdent helps teams eliminate GPU waste and bottlenecks by maximizing utilization and accelerating model deployment pipelines, while also enabling sovereign AI that keeps sensitive data local and compliant with regional regulations.
Visit our booth to see hands-on demos and learn how Mirantis helps you build AI platforms that are efficient, compliant, and ready to scale.
Project Lightning Talk
k0s: CNCF Sandbox Distro Updates - Jussi Nummelin, Technical lead
Monday November 10, 2025 1:06pm - 1:11pm EST
Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 2
Join us for a lightning‐fast tour of k0s, the CNCF Sandbox distro that turns Kubernetes complexity into “one-click” magic. We'll give a quick intro to k0s, the current state of things, and plans for the near future.
Kubernetes on Edge Day
1. The Immutable Lightness of an Edge Platform - William Rizzo, Mirantis & Mauro Morales, Spectro Cloud
Monday November 10, 2025 9:10am - 9:35am EST
Edge platforms are remote, resource-constrained, and mission-critical—making them ideal candidates for an immutable architecture. Edge environments demand resilience, security, and operational simplicity. This talk reimagines Kubernetes at the edge through a radical embrace of immutability, exploring how purpose-built, read-only operating systems, ephemeral workloads, and stateless infrastructure can transform the edge from a liability into a strength.
Inspired by Kundera’s existential lens, we’ll explore the philosophical and practical implications of immutability at the edge, using CNCF projects like k0s, Kairos, and Cluster API. We’ll architect a platform where every layer—from firmware to containers—is reproducible and replaceable, not mutable.
We'll see how immutable builds can reduce attack surfaces, simplify updates, and achieve true zero-touch provisioning.
Join us to challenge the status quo—and embrace the lightness of being immutable.
2. Securing the Edge: Multi-Cluster Governance With Kyverno on k0rdent’s Fleets - Dolis Sharma, Nirmata & Prashant Ramhit, Mirantis
Monday November 10, 2025 11:50am - 12:15pm EST
As organizations scale AI workloads and applications across edge environments, enforcing consistent governance and security policies becomes increasingly challenging. This session introduces a practical approach to scalable policy enforcement across fleets of Kubernetes clusters using Kyverno and k0rdent, with k0s as the lightweight Kubernetes distribution powering edge nodes.
The session covers fleet-wide governance strategies, including dynamic resource allocation (DRA) for GPUs, policy automation in disconnected or constrained environments, and real-world patterns for enforcing compliance in the field.
Through demos and architecture walk-throughs, this session provides actionable insights for those deploying Kubernetes at the edge, particularly in industries like telco, manufacturing, and smart infrastructure. We will also share patterns for integrating policy-as-code workflows and automating Kyverno validation via CI/CD or offline pipelines.
Cloud Native University
Introduction to Cluster API - Jussi Nummelin, Mirantis
Monday November 10, 2025 9:55am - 10:20am EST
Building B | Level 2 | B213-214
Kubernetes Cluster API (CAPI) has emerged as the standard for declarative, GitOps-driven management of Kubernetes clusters. In this session, we will peel back the layers of the CAPI to reveal how its core controllers, webhooks and CRDs work together to reconcile your desired cluster state. You’ll discover how Machine and Infrastructure Providers translate high-level specifications into real infrastructure—whether on AWS, Azure, vSphere or even bare-metal. We’ll examine the mechanisms that enable automated cluster creation, scaling and rolling upgrades, and explore health-checking machines so that failures are detected and remediated automatically. By the end of the session, you will understand why Cluster API is far more than a collection of CRDs, and you will leave with concrete examples and code snippets ready to integrate into your CI/CD pipelines, empowering you to manage production-grade clusters with confidence and precision.
OpenFeature Summit
Doctor Flag: Into the Kubernetes Featureverse with k0rdent and OpenFeature - Prithvi Raj, Mirantis
Monday November 10, 2025 1:35pm - 2:00pm EST
Building B | Level 2 | B213-214
In the modern cloud-native platform building era, the complexities are infinite. Building features is easier than managing them in production across clusters, environments, and teams. This talk aims to highlight pain points where the real complexity begins while building features using OpenFeature in a multi-cluster, multi-cloud environment managed by open source k0rdent
We'll explore how platform engineers can manage feature lifecycle across the Kubernetes multiverse, from progressive rollouts to flag-based experimentation using OpenFeature as the control layer and k0rdent as the policy, observability, and automation backbone. We’ll emphasise on designing GitOps-friendly feature flag workflows using OpenFeature and enforce policy-driven feature rollout gates with k0rdent.
Come observe flag impact across clusters using k0rdent’s telemetry and enable safe, self-service feature toggling for developers in distributed teams.
WasmCon
Monday November 10, 2025 2:40pm - 2:50pm EST
Building B | Level 5 | Thomas Murphy Ballroom 4
This session explores deploying ONNX machine learning models via WebAssembly on lightweight k0s Kubernetes clusters—enabling fast, secure AI inference in resource-constrained environments. The talk demonstrates running pre-trained models from frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow through ONNX, executed inside WebAssembly’s sandboxed runtime on minimal Kubernetes.
Topics include:
– ONNX Runtime with WebAssembly on k0s
– Using WASI to access and run models
– Optimizing performance for Wasm-based inference
– Model loading, caching, and scaling strategies
– CI/CD integration for Wasm ML pipelines
Attendees will see real-world benchmarks comparing Wasm-based vs. containerized inference, focusing on latency, memory usage, cold start, and throughput. This approach reduces infrastructure cost, improves isolation, and unlocks edge AI use cases where traditional containers fall short.
Platform Engineering Day
Monday November 10, 2025 3:20pm - 3:45pm EST
Building B | Level 5 | Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
The stakes for security, consistency, and control are higher than ever as building platforms takes center stage in cloud-native organizations. When a developer platform spans multiple clusters, clouds, and teams, policy enforcement and operational resilience become existential, not optional. Yet, ensuring compliance, stability, and self-service at scale remains one of the hardest challenges for platform teams.
In this session, we’ll dive into how Kyverno enables declarative governance and automation across environments without complex admission webhooks or YAML gymnastics when paired with k0rdent, a multi-cluster container platform built for distributed Kubernetes operations.
We’ll walk through real-world use cases where Kyverno and k0rdent combine to power secure developer self-service, enforce platform standards, support AI/ML workloads, and reduce operational toil. This is platform engineering done right, resilient by default, policy-driven by design, and open source at its core.
ArgoCon
Monday November 10, 2025 5:15pm - 5:25pm EST
Building B | Level 3 | B312-313a
As GitOps adoption rises in popularity, the needs of engineering teams have outgrown simple single-repository deployments. Instead, teams are favoring more complex, production-ready architectures that span multiple repos. Why make the switch? Would one repo be best or multiple?
In this session, I’ll explore practical strategies for managing Argo CD apps sourced from not one, but multiple git repositories. You’ll learn how to structure repos for separation of concerns, explore using ApplicationSets and the App of Apps pattern with multiple repos, and apply security best practices. I’ll walk through real-world use cases and challenges that come with a multi-repo structure, including handling dependencies and giving your teams autonomy, without sacrificing security.
Whether you’re a platform engineer scaling GitOps in the enterprise or a dev looking to make your infrastructure modular, this talk will educate you on the patterns and pitfalls of using multiple repos for your Argo CD app.
Main Event: KubeCon+CloudNativeCon (Day 1-3)
We’re excited to be part of the conference schedule with a project booth for k0s, a vendor booth where we discuss k0s + k0rdent and two impactful sessions that dive deep into platform engineering, Kubernetes distributions and feature k0s and k0rdent.
Visit Us at the k0s Project Booth
Want to dive deeper intok0s? Meet the contributor team, try live demos, and learn how to contribute. Visit the k0s booth to meet the project team. Refer to the project pavilion map to find the booth.
🛠Project Booth: 2A
📆Tuesday 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM , Wednesday 10:15 AM - 1:30 PM
📍Project Pavilion, Solutions Showcase Area
Get insights into:
Recent project updates
Community engagement pathways
New contributor opportunities
Join the main event sessions
Tuesday November 11, 2025 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
k0s is more than just a zero-friction Kubernetes distribution, it's a growing open source project committed to simplifying the Kubernetes experience while remaining fully upstream-conformant, production-grade, and lightweight. But like all great open source initiatives, k0s thrives when its community is active, and empowered. That’s where you come in.
In this contribfest, we’ll open the doors to the k0s contributor journey.
No matter whether you're a seasoned Go developer, a DevOps practitioner, a docs enthusiast, or someone curious about Kubernetes internals. You'll learn what makes k0s different from other Kubernetes distributions and where we need help: docs, CLI, testing, integrations, issues, features.
We will shed light on how to get started: contributor workflows, issues to pick and guide you.
Whether you're looking for a bug fix or major issue to hack on, or want to make long-term impact in the Kubernetes space, the k0s community is ready to support your contribfest journey.
Ulysses’ Odyssey Through Platform Engineering - William Rizzo, Mirantis
Thursday November 13, 2025 2:30pm - 3:00pm EST
Building B | Level 3 | B304-305
Embark on an epic journey paralleling Ulysses' Odyssey with the challenges faced in modern platform engineering. Like Ulysses navigating mythical trials, platform teams encounter cultural resistance, integration complexities, resource constraints, and technical debt. This session creatively aligns these common blockers to Ulysses’ legendary adventure, providing practical strategies to overcome each obstacle. Join us to discover how clear vision, resilience, and strategic navigation empower teams to successfully adopt platform engineering and drive exceptional developer experiences.
Join the Mirantis Booth at the Solutions Showcase, win a skateboard!
Join us in Atlanta from November 11–13 to see how Mirantis streamlines multi-cluster Kubernetes and unleashes AI infrastructure at scale. Mirantis is doing a skateboard raffle after each demo session, so make sure you are joining the demos according to schedule.
With k0rdent, platform engineering teams can:
Unify operations across hybrid multi-cloud
Streamline lifecycle management, from Metal-to-Model™
Build Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) that work across any cluster, anywhere
Stop by booth 820 for deep-dive sessions at the Mirantis Demo Theatre, running all day. Hear from Mirantis engineers as they share best practices shaped by 15 years of building and running infrastructure at scale.
And of course, don’t miss the fun! Grab exclusive Mirantis swag, and enter to win a limited-edition skateboard deck, with winners announced live after every demo session.
Don’t miss your chance to connect with Mirantis experts and see how you can take Kubernetes operations to the next level. Schedule a meeting today or visit us onsite to get started.
Other Project Engagement Opportunities
There are multiple ways you can engage with us at KubeCon+CloudNativeCon NA ‘25 with the latest project engagement opportunities for the community as well as for projects.
☕ Meet us at the Project Tables
Swing by the Project Tables in the Solutions Showcase to connect with project maintainers to learn more about the project, ask questions, or exchange ideas. Project Tables are open during the Solutions Showcase hours.
☕ Let’s Chat at Coffee Stations:
Coffee stations will be conveniently located on both sides of the Solutions Showcase, offering a refreshing array of hot beverages to energize and invigorate attendees throughout the event.
📍 Ad-Hoc Meeting Tables:
Adjacent to the Project Pavilion, designated tables will be available for projects interested in hosting impromptu on-site meetings. These tables operate on a first-come, first-served basis, providing projects and event attendees the opportunity to convene and collaborate throughout the duration of the week.
Want to plan a quick sync or deep-dive chat with us during the event? Drop a note at praj@mirantis.com and we’ll make sure we catch up at KubeCon North America 2025!
Demo Theatre Sessions
Nov 11, Tue
10:00 – 10:15: Simplify VM Ops with k0rdent Virtualization, presented by Benjamin Lam
11:00 – 11:15: From Bare Metal to Model: Priming Bare Metal for AI Success, presented by Anjelica Ambrosio
12:00 – 12:15: Simplify Multi-cluster Operations with Declarative Templates, presented by Benjamin Lam
13:00 - 13:15: AI at the Edge: ONNX Inference in WASM on Featherweight K0s, presented by Prashant Ramhit
14:00 – 14:15: Bootstrap AI Services Instantly with k0rdent AI, presented by Anjelica Ambrosio
15:00 – 15:15: Manage Workloads Across AWS and Azure with k0rdent, presented by Benjamin Lam
16:00 – 16:15: Turn Kubernetes Complexity Into One-Click: Magic with k0s, presented by Jussi Nummelin
17:00 – 17:15: Build Instant Cloud Service Products with Product Builder , presented by Anjelica Ambrosio
Nov 12, Wed
10:00 – 10:15: Manage Workloads Across AWS and Azure with k0rdent, presented by Benjamin Lam
11:00 – 11:15: Turns Kubernetes Complexity Into One-Click” Magic with k0s, presented by Jussi Nummelin
12:00 – 12:15: From Bare Metal to Model: Priming Bare Metal for AI Success, presented by Anjelica Ambrosio
13:00 - 13:15: Simplify Multi-cluster Operations with Declarative Templates, presented by Benjamin Lam
14:00 – 14:15: Bootstrap AI Services Instantly with k0rdent AI, presented by Anjelica Ambrosio
15:00 – 15:15: Golden Paths or Spaghetti Pipelines, Platform Engineering best Practices, presented by Prithvi Raj
16:00 – 16:15: Simplify VM Ops with k0rdent Virtualization, presented by Benjamin Lam
17:00 – 17:15: Build Instant Cloud Service Products with Product Builder , presented by Anjelica Ambrosio
Nov 13, Thurs
10:00 – 10:15: Simplify Multi-cluster Operations with Declarative Templates, presented by Benjamin Lam
11:00 – 11:15: Bootstrap AI Services Instantly with k0rdent AI, presented by Anjelica Ambrosio
12:00 – 12:15: Manage Workloads Across AWS and Azure with k0rdent, presented by Benjamin Lam
12:30 - 12:45: From Bare Metal to Model: Priming Bare Metal for AI Success, presented by Anjelica Ambrosio
13:00 - 13:15: Simplify VM Ops with k0rdent Virtualization, presented by Benjamin Lam
14:00 – 14:15: Build Instant Cloud Service Products with Product Builder, presented by Anjelica Ambrosio
Stay Connected with k0s and k0rdent
Whether you're attending KubeCon+ CloudNativeCon North America 2025 or following the updates from afar, there are plenty of ways to stay connected and be part of the k0s or k0rdent community.
We’re an open, welcoming space for platform engineering enthusiasts, platform engineers, reliability folks, contributors, or anyone simply curious to learn more about building multi-cloud, multi-cluster applications. And we’d love to have you join us!
Here’s how you can get involved:
💻 Visit the k0s & k0rdent websites to learn about the project, use cases, architecture, and everything platform engineering.
💬 Join the conversation on the #k0s-users channel on the Kubernetes Slack and #k0rdent channel on the CNCF Slack, ask questions, share ideas, or just hang out with the community.
📺 Subscribe to the k0rdent YouTube Channel for community meetings, demos, tutorials, and project updates.
🐦 Follow @k0rdent on Twitter/X or @k0rdent on LinkedIn for the latest news, release updates, and community shoutouts.
See you in Atlanta!
Let’s build resilient platforms and connected communities together.
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