KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2024

Istio based ServiceMesh offers a lot of features. However realisation of these features differ in their requirement for adoption levels. Adoption of Service Mesh for a single service, all services in a call graph, all services of the organisation unlocks different sets of features. At Flipkart, leading e-commerce service in India, with ~6K services and a scale of 15 Mil RPS, practical constraints, scale challenges and failures of attempts at traditional onboarding, pushed us to arrive at a ZERO touch, operator powered and phased onboarding model. This approach expedited our Public Cloud bursting, Disaster Recovery solutions and unlocked features like service graph, securing east-west traffic etc.. With the services already onboarded to mesh, they are able to leverage mesh features with minimal and incremental changes that increased the usage. In this talk we like to share our journey of adopting Service Mesh, challenges faced and how adoption progressed with the operator model

After a decade of Cloud Native shaking up the software world, it’s time to reflect, recharge and ride the next exciting wave. This panel of industry leaders from Kubernetes Distribution Vendors to Enterprises, CNCF and NASSCOM (group of Indian companies) will explore - Global Cloud Native growth & end user needs - Out-of-the-box use cases, like digital currency transforming banks & farmer lending - Trends of adoption of k8s in India - What makes an Indian end user unique, when it comes to security, sustainability, regulatory compliance & scalability - Exciting ways companies are teaming up with the OSS community, with CNCF playing a key role - Real-world stories that highlight challenges and opportunities This will offer perspectives on unconventional adoption, with a special focus on India while keeping the global picture in mind. Expect to be inspired by innovative use cases, motivated to dive deeper into the CNCF community and enlightened on how leaders can craft winning strategies.

Cloud native has totally revolutionized how we scale and build resilient apps -- but let’s be honest, it’s not always a walk in the park! This keynote is all about the real stories from teams who’ve been through the trenches of cloud native adoption. We’ll talk about those long nights spent debugging, the heart-stopping moments when production goes down, and the ongoing struggle to nail down seamless observability and cost-efficient scaling.

Over the last decade, end users’ needs have evolved from simple container orchestration to juggling multi-cloud and edge environments. But guess what? The challenges are a natural part of growth, and we’re here to dive into them! We’ll share experiences from both fast-growing startups and large enterprises, uncovering the common pain points that we all face: simplifying deployments, boosting security, and making everything run smoother and faster.

With a focus on practical insights and solutions, we’ll explore what the future of cloud native can look like: a world where the tools are powerful, intuitive, and accessible, allowing end users -- whether in small teams or large organizations -- to innovate and scale with confidence. Join us to see how we can make cloud native not just a powerful toolkit but an accessible, user-friendly ecosystem for the next generation of builders and operators