diff --git a/.cspell-config.json b/.cspell-config.json index 0184e4cd3..bdc558e40 100644 --- a/.cspell-config.json +++ b/.cspell-config.json @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ "com", "ConfigMap", "contrib", + "contribfest", "Controlplane", "CoreOS", "Cormier", @@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ "failovers", "faqs", "firewalld", + "Flickr", "foo", "fubarhouse", "Garima", diff --git a/_posts/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024.md b/_posts/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7f1ad931f --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024.md @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +--- +title: "Metal3 at KubeCon EU 2024" +date: 2024-04-10 +draft: false +categories: ["metal3", "talk", "conference", "kubecon"] +author: Lennart Jern +--- + +The Metal3 project was present at KubeCon EU 2024 with multiple maintainers, +contributors and users! For many of us, this was the first time we met in the +physical world, despite working together for years already. This was very +valuable and appreciated by many of us, I am sure. We had time to casually +discuss ideas and proposals, hack together on the +[ironic-standalone-operator](https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-standalone-operator) +and simply get to know each other. + +![Lightning +talk](/assets/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024/lightningtalk.jpg) + +*Photo by Michael Captain.* + +As a project, we had the opportunity to give an update through a [lightning +talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QsOQsQZQS8) on Tuesday! + + + + + +On Wednesday we continued with a [contribfest session](https://sched.co/1YheY) +where we gave an introduction to the project for potential new contributors. We +had prepared a number of good-first-issue's that people could choose from if +they wanted. Perhaps more important though, was that we had time to answer +questions, discuss use-cases, issues and features with the attendees. The new +[quick-start](https://book.metal3.io/quick-start) page was also launched just in +time for the contribfest. It should hopefully make it easier to get started with +the project and we encourage everyone to run through it and report or fix any +issues found. + +![Contribfest](/assets/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024/contribfest.jpg) + +*Photo from the official CNCF Flickr. More photos +[here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/143247548@N03/53609847541/in/album-72177720315561784/).* + +Finally, just like previous, we had a table in the Project Pavilion. There was a +lot of interest in Metal3, more than last year I would say. Even with five +maintainers working in parallel, we still had a hard time keeping up with the +amount of people stopping by to ask questions! My takeaway from this event is +that we still have work to do on explaining what Metal3 is and how it works. It +is quite uncommon that people know about baseboard management controllers (BMCs) +and this of course makes it harder to grasp what Metal3 is all about. However, +the interest is there, so we just need to get the information out there so that +people can learn! Another takeaway is that Cluster API in general seems to +really take off. Many people that came by our kiosk knew about Cluster API and +were interested in Metal3 because of the integration with have with it. + +For those of you who couldn't attend, I hope this post gives an idea about what +happened at KubeCon related to Metal3. Did you miss the contribfest? Maybe you +would like to contribute but don't know where to start? Check out the +[good-first-issue's](https://github.com/issues?page=1&q=archived%3Afalse+user%3Ametal3-io+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22+is%3Aissue+sort%3Acreated-asc+is%3Aopen)! +There are still plenty to choose from, and we will keep adding more. diff --git a/_sass/_reset.scss b/_sass/_reset.scss index 84999b1c0..e4c76a1e2 100644 --- a/_sass/_reset.scss +++ b/_sass/_reset.scss @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ audio, video { max-width: 100%; - height: auto; + // height: auto; } iframe { diff --git a/assets/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024/contribfest.jpg b/assets/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024/contribfest.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..68d2d921a Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024/contribfest.jpg differ diff --git a/assets/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024/lightningtalk.jpg b/assets/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024/lightningtalk.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9ea8f1b49 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/2024-04-10-Metal3_at_KubeCon_EU_2024/lightningtalk.jpg differ