Cloud Native Manchester: Exploring the Power of Open Source Telemetry Pipelines, Fluent Bit Edition

I was going to speak in June at the Cloud Native Manchester meetup, but due to transit strikes in my country I was unable to make the trip over to Manchester. 

The meetup is described as, "A Northern outpost for all things Cloud Native - from Kubernetes to Etcd and everything in between... If you're interested in container orchestration and all its surrounding ecosystem, then we welcome you onboard!"

I love a new meetup and was super happy to be asked to speak, especially on my favorite topic, Fluent Bit! After discussing with the organizers what to do with my cancelled speaking slot, we optioned for me coming at the next meetup to be scheduled in September. 

So let's take a look at the coming event in September, tentatively set for Sep 25.

All Things Open 2025 - Cloud Metrics: The Cost-Value Equation

I missed the 2024 All Things Open, having last spoken in 2023, but I'm back this year at All Things Open in Raleigh, NC! 

I've always been a regular visitor to the All Things Open conferences, as they have a rock start organization since they started and put on a great annual event in the city of Raleigh. This year is the 13th edition and I've only been absent for a few across the pandemic years.

The selection committee was kind enough to select one of my favorite topics that I've been working on to address different audiences, but that helps you personally tell your stories effectively and move people to action.

Let's look at the abstract and details of my session.

Mastering Fluent Bit: Controlling Logs with Fluent Bit on Kubernetes

This series is a general purpose getting started guide for those of us wanting to learn about the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) project Fluent Bit. 

Each article in this series addresses a single topic by providing insights into what the topic is, why we are interested in exploring that topic, where to get started with the topic, and how to get hands-on with learning about the topic as it relates to the Fluent Bit project.

The idea is that each article can stand on its own, but that they also lead down a path that slowly increases our abilities to implement solutions with Fluent Bit telemetry pipelines.

Let's take a look at the topic of this article, using Fluent Bit to get control of logs on a Kubernetes cluster.