CNCF CNF Certification: A Community-Driven Program

Learn about the Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) Certification Program in this lightning talk that explores how the cloud native community is shaping network function certification standards. Discover why understanding and adopting underlying Kubernetes principles is crucial for avoiding repeated implementation problems. Explore how the CNCF's community-driven approach builds certification requirements from the ground up, connecting Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with Network Equipment Providers and CNF creators. Gain insights into how the certification program evaluates products for installability, compatibility, and resilience, while promoting essential cloud native properties like workload self-healing. Understand the paradigm shift that cloud native brings to software implementation and management, and how certification ensures adherence to best practices in networking products.