OpenShift is an open-source container application platform that brings Docker and Kubernetes together to help organizations build, deploy, and manage containerized applications. Open source OpenShift (OKD) powers some of the largest Kubernetes clusters, such as in CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Join us for a fireside chat with an OpenShift veteran Radek Vokál, on the current state of the OpenShift project, its vibrant community, and the pivotal role Red Hat plays in its development and growth.

In this episode we delved into how observability is integrated within OpenShift, discussing key strategies, tools and open source projects for effective monitoring, troubleshooting and cost management. Whether you're managing complex deployments or seeking to enhance system performance, this episode offers valuable insights and practical guidance on leveraging OpenShift for improved observability. Don't miss this in-depth discussion!

Our guest is Radek Vokál, Senior Manager, Red Hat Observability Product Management. With 20 years at Red Hat, Radek has been involved in OpenShift from engineering and product side. Radek currently leads product management for the OpenShift Observability. Radek has also been a co-organizer of the DevConf.cz open source community conference in the Czech Republic for the last 17 years.

The episode was live-streamed on 8 August 2024 and the video is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPNHJ7Nn8uA

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Show Notes:

00:00 Episode and guest intro

06:29 What's OpenShift

10:22 OKD (OpenShift Core) open source

14:49 Product management for open source

19:27 Cost and resource efficiency of Kubernetes clusters

30:06 Observability at OpenShift

39:54 Open source observability stack used at OpenShift

42:12 Moving away from Grafana and adopting Perses OSS

45:04 OpenShift roadmap

48:40 Adopting OpenTelemetry

56:52 CrowdStrike and Azure outages

58:15 AWS taking down a suite of services

1:00:28 Jaeger V2 is coming

1:02:45 Episode outro

Resources:

• https://okd.io/
• https://www.redhat.com/observability
• https://github.com/korrel8r/korrel8r
• https://horovits.medium.com/033e7518eefb
• https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7223575687339622400/

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Radek Vokál

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