How Chick-fil-A adopts GitOps and K3s at the Edge

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner interview Brian Chambers, Chief Architect at Chick-fil-A. Brian walks through some of the design decisions, challenges and architecture of how Chick-fil-A uses Kubernetes at the edge in their restaurants. Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytes Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order. Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/kubernetesbytes and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. Interested in attending Boston DevOps Days? * https://bit.ly/dodb2023 (Main Website, Program, Registration, etc.) * https://www.linkedin.com/company/devopsdaysbos/(Real-time updates) Timestamps * 01:05 Introduction * 06:22 Cloud Native News * 19:13 Interview with Madhuri * 01:13:20 Takeaways Cloud Native News: * K8s 1.28 https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/08/15/kubernetes-v1-28-release/ * SC assignment stable- https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/08/15/kubernetes-v1-28-release/#automatic-retroactive-assignment-of-a-default-storageclass-graduates-to-stable * Non graceful shutdown stable - https://kubernetes.io/blog/2023/08/15/kubernetes-v1-28-release/#generally-available-recovery-from-non-graceful-node-shutdown * Ceph RBD and FS in tree deprecated * Control plan and node supported version go from n-2 to n-3 * Redhat Openstack services on OpenShift - https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openstack-services-openshift-next-generation-red-hat-openstack-platform * Alcion 21 Million funding round: https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/19/alcion-which-provides-backup-and-security-services-to-enterprises-raises-21m/ * Veeam was major funder: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/news/366552363/Veeam-leads-funding-round-for-SaaS-backup-provider-Alcion * Kubescape 3.0 - https://kubescape.io/blog/2023/09/19/introducing-kubescape-3/ * GPU sharing on Amazon EKS with NVIDIA time-slicing and accelerated EC2 instances or MIG based sharing * https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/gpu-sharing-on-amazon-eks-with-nvidia-time-slicing-and-accelerated-ec2-instances * https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/maximizing-gpu-utilization-with-nvidias-multi-instance-gpu-mig-on-amazon-eks-running-more-pods-per-gpu-for-enhanced-performance/ * Akuity launches Kargo - New Open Source project to automate declarative promotion of changes across multiple app environments - https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230918552920/en/Akuity-Launches-Kargo---a-New-Open-Source-Project-to-Automate-the-Declarative-Promotion-of-Changes-Across-Multiple-Application-Environments * OpenTofu - Linux Foundations alternative to Terraform - loads of community support * https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/announcing-opentofu?hss_channel=lcp-208777 * CFP already open for Paris!!!! https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/program/cfp/