Intro and Deep Dive to the CNF Working Group

Overview

Explore the Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) Working Group in this 24-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022. Gain insights into the group's mission to recommend best practices for networking applications running on Kubernetes. Learn about the challenges faced by developers, operators, and the Kubernetes community in implementing CNFs. Discover key concepts such as CNF definition, design ideals, and use cases including on-boarding and lifecycle management. Delve into categories of best practices, security principles, and the involvement of CNCF projects. Understand how to contribute to the CNF Working Group through discussing ideas, drafting content, and building tests.

Syllabus

CNF WG Co-Chairs
CNF WG Intro
Cloud Native Network Function Definition o
Goals
Design Ideals
Portability
Flexibility + Extensibility
Automatability
Challenges - Developers
Challenges - Operators
Challenges - Kubernetes community
CNF Use Cases
Developer/Operator User Story
Use Case: On-boarding CNFS
Use Case: Life-Cycle Management
UC: Bump in the wire Firewall
Categories for Best Practices
Lifecycle/Onboarding Practices
Security Practices
Principle of Least Privilege
CNCF Projects
Other Orgs and Projects
Contributing to CNF WG
Discussing Ideas
Drafting Content
Ready to Build Tests?