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<div class="kubecon-page">

<img src="https://fluxcd.io/img/flux-horizontal-color.png" alt="Flux CD Logo" class="page-logo">

<h1>Flux at KubeCon NA 2025</h1>
<p style="text-align: center; font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 500;"> Welcome, Flux friends! We're excited to see you in Atlanta. Here's your guide to all things Flux and GitOps at KubeCon North America 2025. </p>

<div class="fluxcon-card"> <img src="https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/fluxCon-horizontal-color.svg" alt="FluxCon"> <h3>FluxCon is Here!</h3> <div class="fluxcon-details"> The first-ever FluxCon is our co-located event for the whole community.

<strong>When:</strong> Monday, November 10, 2025 - 1:20 pm - 5:40 pm

<strong>Where:</strong> Building B | Level 3 | B309 </div> <a class="sched-link" href="https://colocatedeventsna2025.sched.com/list/descriptions/area/FluxCon" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> View the Full FluxCon Schedule </a> </div>

<div class="info-box"> <h3>Visit the Flux Project Booth</h3>
<p> Have questions? Want to talk GitOps? Or just want to grab some stickers? Come say hi to the Flux maintainers! Stefan will also be be at the booth for extended Q&A after each session.</p>
<p style="font-size: 1.3rem; font-weight: 600; text-align: left; margin-top: 1rem; padding-left: 1rem;">Booth 8A, Project Pavilion

We'll be using
<strong>
Flux Operator MCP Server</strong>
to show off
<a href="https://fluxcd.io/blog/2025/05/ai-assisted-gitops">
AI Assisted GitOps</a>.

The Project Pavilion is located in the Solutions Showcase. We're near the center :)</p> </div>

<h2>Talks on Flux</h2>
<p>Don't miss these Flux and GitOps-ecosystem sessions during the main conference.</p>

<div class="talk-list">

<div class="talk-card">
<div class="talk-avatars">
<img src="https://avatars.sched.co/6/73/23335813/avatar.jpg?490" alt="Tamao Nakahara">
</div>
<div class="talk-details">
<h3>Project Lightning Talk: ⚡ GitOps With Or Without Git Using Flux</h3>
<h4>Tamao Nakahara, Community Maintainer</h4>
<span class="talk-time">
<strong>Mon, Nov 10</strong> • 11:55pm - noon EST (and outside the venue for Q&A)
<br>
Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 2
</span>
<a class="sched-link" href="https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27d61" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
View on Sched
</a>
</div>
</div>

<div class="talk-card">
<div class="talk-avatars">
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/b0xE9fJ.png" alt="Stefan Prodan">
<img src="https://avatars.sched.co/a/60/22649481/avatar.jpg?7f8" alt="Dipti Pai">
</div>
<div class="talk-details">
<h3>Flux - The GitLess GitOps Edition</h3>
<h4>Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane & Dipti Pai, Microsoft</h4>
<span class="talk-time">
<strong>Tues, Nov 11</strong> • 5:45pm - 6:15pm EST
<br>
Building C | Level 3 | Georgia Ballroom 2
</span>
<a class="sched-link" href="https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27NnQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
View on Sched
</a>
</div>
</div>

<div class="talk-card">
<div class="talk-avatars">
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/b0xE9fJ.png" alt="Stefan Prodan">
</div>
<div class="talk-details">
<h3>AI-Assisted GitOps With Flux MCP Server</h3>
<h4>Stefan Prodan, ControlPlane</h4>
<span class="talk-time">
<strong>Thurs, Nov 13</strong> • 11:00am - 11:30am EST
<br>
Building B | Level 2 | B206
</span>
<a class="sched-link" href="https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Fco" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
View on Sched
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="banner-image">
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/U4dbhWJ.jpeg" alt="Flux Maintainer, Stefan Prodan, speaking to a crowd at KubeCon">
</div>
<h2>Talks about GitOps</h2>
<p>These talks cover techniques that are useful with Flux. Make a friend and share your experiences!</p>
<div class="talk-card">
<div class="talk-avatars">
<img src="https://avatars.sched.co/0/fc/6825234/avatar.jpg?9cc" alt="Jesse Suen">
</div>
<div class="talk-details">
<h3>Bringing OCI into the GitOps World</h3>
<h4>Jesse Suen, Akuity</h4>
<span class="talk-time">
<strong>Thurs, Nov 13</strong> • 11:45am - 12:15pm EST
<br>
Building B | Level 4 | B406b-407
</span>
<a class="sched-link" href="https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Fdg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
View on Sched
</a>
</div>
</div>

<div class="talk-card">
<div class="talk-avatars">
<img src="https://avatars.sched.co/b/ff/20351894/avatar.jpg?19e" alt="Alexis Richardson">
<img src="https://avatars.sched.co/f/a2/23272171/avatar.jpg?f4c" alt="Brian Grant">
</div>
<div class="talk-details">
<h3>GitOps Without Variables</h3>
<h4>Brian Grant & Alexis Richardson, ConfigHub Inc.</h4>
<span class="talk-time">
<strong>Thurs, Nov 13</strong> • 1:45pm - 2:15pm EST
<br>
Building B | Level 5 | Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1
</span>
<a class="sched-link" href="https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27FeG/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
View on Sched
</a>
</div>
</div>

<div class="talk-card">
<div class="talk-avatars">
<img src="https://avatars.sched.co/9/08/20023096/avatar.jpg?d94" alt="Dag Bjerre-Andersen">
</div>
<div class="talk-details">
<h3>GitOps and the Manifest Dilemma: Helm, Kustomize, Crossplane, Kro, and Beyond</h3>
<h4>Dag Bjerre-Andersen, Egmont</h4>
<span class="talk-time">
<strong>Thurs, Nov 13</strong> • 1:45pm - 2:15pm EST
<br>
Building B | Level 3 | B312-314
</span>
<a class="sched-link" href="https://kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Fe4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
View on Sched
</a>
</div>
</div>

</div>

<div class="info-box" style="margin-top: 2.5rem;"> <h3>Announcing Flux 2.7 GA</h3>
<p> We're thrilled to announce the <strong>Flux 2.7 General Availability</strong> release. This is a major milestone, bringing GA status to our image update automation features. </p>
<p> Key highlights include: </p>
<ul>
<li>General Availability of Image Update Automation</li>
<li>New API: <code>ExternalArtifact</code> for extending Flux with your own sources</li>
<li>New API: <code>ArtifactGenerator</code> for composing sources and decomposing monorepos</li>
<li><code>HelmRelease</code> using <code>valuesFrom</code> can now watch ConfigMaps and Secrets for value changes</li>
<li>OpenTelemetry (OTEL) tracing support</li>
</ul>
<p> <a href="https://fluxcd.io/blog/2025/09/flux-v2.7.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Read the full 2.7 Release Announcement </a> </p> </div>

<div class="psa-banner">
<p> <strong>Flux 2.7.x Upgrade Instructions</strong> The Flux 2.7 release removes old API versions. To ensure a smooth upgrade, please follow the detailed instructions before updating your clusters.



<a href="https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/discussions/5572" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Upgrade instructions & Support here </a> </p> </div>

<h2>Flux Resources</h2>
<p> Flux (and Flagger) is a set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes that are open and extensible. It is the GitOps engine for Microsoft’s Arc Kubernetes, AWS’s EKS-Anywhere, GitLab, and many more. </p>
<p> Flux is a CNCF graduated project and is General Availability. </p>

<ul class="resources-list">
<li>
<strong>Get started:</strong>
<a href="https://fluxcd.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fluxcd.io</a>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Get help:</strong>
<a href="https://fluxcd.io/support/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fluxcd.io/support</a>
</li>
<li>
<strong>Add yourself!</strong>
<a href="https://fluxcd.io/adopters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fluxcd.io/adopters</a>
</li>
</ul>

<h3>Ecosystem</h3>
<p> Flux has a rich ecosystem of extensions and compatible, open software.
Here are a few things to look at: </p>

<ul class="resources-list">

<li>
<strong>Headlamp's UI for Flux:</strong>
<a href="https://headlamp.dev/blog/2025/03/26/flux-ui-updates/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Flux UI blog post</a>
</li>

<li>
<strong>Flux Operator:</strong> easier Flux upgrades -
<a href="https://github.com/controlplaneio-fluxcd/flux-operator"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">controlplaneio-fluxcd/flux-operator</a>
</li>

<li>
<strong>Flux Operator MCP Server:</strong>
<a href="https://fluxcd.io/blog/2025/05/ai-assisted-gitops"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI Assisted GitOps</a>
</li>

<li>
<strong>CI/CD for GenAI:</strong> GenAI example using Flux:
<a href="https://github.com/helixml/genai-cicd-ref"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">helixml/genai-cicd-ref</a>
</li>
</ul>

</div>



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