Kubernetes Community Documentation

Welcome to the Kubernetes community documentation. Here you can learn about what's happening in the community.

Slack Chat

Kubernetes uses Slack for community discussions.

Join: Joining is self service. Go to slack.k8s.io to join.

Access: Once you join, the team can be found at kubernetes.slack.com

Archives: Discussions on most channels are archived at kubernetes.slackarchive.io. Start archiving by inviting the slackarchive bot to a channel via /invite @slackarchive

To add new channels, contact one of the admins. Currently that includes briangrant, goltermann, jbeda, sarahnovotny and thockin.

kubernetes mailing lists

Many important announcements and discussions end up on the main development group.

kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com

Google Group

Users of kubernetes trade notes on:

kubernetes-users@googlegroups.com

Google Group

Weekly Community Video Conference

The weekly community meeting provides an opportunity for the different SIGs and other parts of the community to come together.

Special Interest Groups (SIG)

Much of the community activity is organized into a community meeting and numerous SIGs. Each of those groups operates a little differently which is reflected in how they capture notes, examples, and other information. Each groups material is in its subdirectory in this project.

The SIG meeting calendar is available as an [iCal to subscribe to] (https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/cgnt364vd8s86hr2phapfjc6uk%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics) (simply copy and paste the url into any calendar product that supports the iCal format) or [html to view] (https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cgnt364vd8s86hr2phapfjc6uk%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles).

Name	Leads	Group	Slack Channel	Meetings
API Machinery	@lavalamp (Daniel Smith, Google) [@deads2k (David Eads, Redhat)] (https://github.com/orgs/kubernetes/people/deads2k)	Group	#sig-api-machinery	Every other Wednesday at 11:00 AM PST
Apps	@michelleN (Michelle Noorali, Deis) @mattfarina (Matt Farina, HPE)	Group	#sig-apps	Wednesdays at 9:00 AM PST
Auth	@ erictune (Eric Tune, Google) @ericchiang (Eric Chiang, CoreOS) [@liggitt (Jordan Liggitt, Redhat)] (https://github.com/orgs/kubernetes/people/liggitt) [@deads2k (David Eads, Redhat)] (https://github.com/orgs/kubernetes/people/deads2k)	Group	#sig-auth	Biweekly Wednesdays at 1100 to 1200 PT
Autoscaling	@fgrzadkowski (Filip Grządkowski, Google)	Group	#sig-autoscaling	Biweekly (or triweekly) on Thurs at 0830 PT
AWS	@justinsb (Justin Santa Barbara) @mfburnett (Mackenzie Burnett)	Group	#sig-aws	TBD
Big Data	@zmerlynn (Zach Loafman, Google) @timothysc (Timothy St. Clair, Red Hat) @wattsteve (Steve Watt, Red Hat)	Group	#sig-big-data	Suspended
Cluster Lifecycle	[@lukemarsden (Luke Marsden, Weave)] (https://github.com/lukemarsden)	Group	#sig-cluster-lifecycle	Tuesdays at 09:00 AM PST on Zoom
Cluster Ops	@zehicle (Rob Hirschfeld, RackN) [@mikedanese (Mike Danese, Google] (https://github.com/mikedanese)	Group	#sig-cluster-ops	Thursdays at 1:00 PM PST on hangouts
[Docs] (docs/README.md)	[@pwittrock (Philip Wittrock, Google)] (https://github.com/pwittrock) [@devin-donnelly (Devin Donnelly, Google)] (https://github.com/devin-donnelly) [@jaredbhatti (Jared Bhatti, Google)] (https://github.com/jaredbhatti)	[Group] (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-sig-docs)	[#sig-docs] (https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/sig-docs)	Tuesdays @ 10:30AM PST on Zoom
Federation	@quinton-hoole (Quinton Hoole, Google)	Group	#sig-federation	Bi-weekly on Thursdays at 9:30 AM PT on hangouts
Instrumentation	@piosz (Piotr Szczesniak, Google) @fabxc (Fabian Reinartz, CoreOS)	Group	#sig-instrumentation	Thursdays at 9.30 AM PST
Network	@thockin (Tim Hockin, Google) @dcbw (Dan Williams, Red Hat) @caseydavenport (Casey Davenport, Tigera)	Group	#sig-network	Thursdays at 2:00 PM PST on Zoom
Node	@dchen1107 (Dawn Chen, Google) @euank (Euan Kemp, CoreOS) @derekwaynecarr (Derek Carr, Red Hat)	Group	#sig-node	Tuesdays at 11:00 PT
OpenStack	[@idvoretskyi (Ihor Dvoretskyi, Mirantis)] (https://github.com/idvoretskyi) [@xsgordon (Steve Gordon, Redhat)] (https://github.com/xsgordon)	Group	#sig-openstack	Every second Wednesday at 5 PM PDT / 2 PM EDT
Rktnetes	[@euank (Euan Kemp, CoreOS)] (https://github.com/euank) [@tmrts (Tamer Tas)] (https://github.com/tmrts) [@yifan-gu (Yifan Gu, CoreOS)] (https://github.com/yifan-gu)	Group	#rkt-runtime	Tuesdays at 10:00 PT
Scalability	@lavalamp (Daniel Smith, Google) @countspongebob (Bob Wise, Samsung SDS) @jbeda (Joe Beda)	Group	#sig-scale	Thursdays at 0900 PT
Scheduling	@davidopp (David Oppenheimer, Google) @timothysc (Timothy St. Clair, Red Hat)	Group	#sig-scheduling	Alternate between Mondays at 1 PM PT and Wednesdays at 12:30 AM PT on Zoom
Service Catalog	@pmorie (Paul Morie, Red Hat) @dutronlabs (Chris Dutra, Apprenda)	Group	#sig-service-catalog	Mondays at 1 PM PST
Storage	@saad-ali (Saad Ali, Google) @childsb (Brad Childs, Red Hat)	Group	#sig-storage	Bi-weekly Thursdays 9 AM PST (or more frequently) on Hangouts
Testing	@spiffxp (Aaron Crickenberger, Samsung) @ixdy (Jeff Grafton, Google)	Group	#sig-testing	Tuesdays at 9:30 AM PT
UI	@romlein (Dan Romlein, Apprenda) @bryk (Piotr Bryk, Google)	Group	#sig-ui	Wednesdays at 4:00 PM CEST
Windows	@preillyme (Patrick Reilly, Kismatic) @sschuller (Sinclair Schuller, Apprenda	Group	#sig-windows	Bi-weekly Tuesdays at 10:00 AM PT

How to start a SIG

• Propose the new SIG publicly, including a brief mission statement, by emailing kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com and kubernetes-users@googlegroups.com, then wait a couple of days for feedback
• Create a group with at least 2 owners (and one of which should be sarahnovotny at google.com): kubernetes-sig-foo@googlegroups.com
  • Put a description of the topic in the welcome message
  • Set "Join the group" and "Post" to "Public"
• Ask a repo maintainer to create a github label, if one doesn't already exist: area/foo
• If you wish, request a new kubernetes.slack.com channel (#sig-foo) from @sarahnovotny. New users can join at slack.kubernetes.io.
• Organize video meetings as needed. No need to wait for the Weekly Community Video Conference to discuss. Please report summary of SIG activities there.
• Request a Zoom account from @sarahnovotny if you expect more than 30 attendees or attendees from China.
• Add the meeting to the community meeting calendar by inviting cgnt364vd8s86hr2phapfjc6uk@group.calendar.google.com.
• Use existing proposal and PR process
• Announce new SIG on kubernetes-dev@googlegroups.com and ask a repo maintainer to create a kubernetes/community directory and github team for the new group
• Submit a PR to add any SIG-related docs, schedules, roadmaps, etc. to your new kubernetes/community/SIG-foo directory.
• Slack activity is archived at kubernetes.slackarchive.io. To start archiving a new channel invite the slackarchive bot to the channel via /invite @slackarchive