BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//pretalx//cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org// BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Brussels BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000326T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-HF8XUP@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T081500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T181500 DESCRIPTION:Breakfast and Coffee & Tea - Day 1 DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foyer SUMMARY:Breakfast and Coffee & Tea - Day 1 - URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/HF8XUP/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-XJSFTE@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T092500 DESCRIPTION:Opening Day 1 DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Opening Day 1 - Kris Buytaert\, Toshaan Bharvani URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/XJSFTE/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-39GGMS@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T102000 DESCRIPTION:Why is it that we're so good at building things that work\, as long as nobody asks what "it works" means? Why is it that we're so good at shipping changes to production\, as long as nobody asks what counts as "a change"? Together we'll go on a journey\, touring the space of where huma ns meet configuration as code with a blend of stories\, visions\, laments\ , and insights. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Working Configs\, Humanity\, The Real World\, Joy and Happiness: Pi ck Two(ish) - Hazel Weakly URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/39GGMS/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-T7JBSA@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T102000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T111000 DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, OpenTofu cofounder Sebastian Stadil will provide an update on the project\, as well as share popular tricks and tips when migrating to\, or using at scale\, OpenTofu! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:OpenTofu: 18 Months Later - Sebastian Stadil URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/T7JBSA/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-R7CKYH@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T112500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T121500 DESCRIPTION:You may or may not remember Steve Ballmer's famous "developers\ , developers\, developers" cheer from the late 90's\, but Microsoft has kn own something for a very long time that some OSS companies might learn fro m. When a tool or product exists in order to run third-party content -- th at third-party content is the *real value* of your tool because without th at content\, there's no reason to buy the product.\n\nCommercially support ed open source projects often lose track of this real value. And all too o ften\, they learn that hard fact after community-hostile decisions decimat e their ecosystem. SaltStack learned this the hard way\, so did Hashi\, Ch ef\, and others.\n\nI'd like to talk about the idea that *the ecosystem is the product* and the thing that you build and sell only exists to support it. It's a subtle but important shift in mindset that I think helps keep focus on what's really important\, and I'm using it to help direct the pro jects that I'm working on now. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:It's all about the ecosystem\, bby - Ben Ford URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/R7CKYH/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-K3KEZX@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T121500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T122000 DESCRIPTION:An intro to some of the AI assistance opportunities available t o the discerning ops persona\, and how they score for some common tasks\; Do they make things simpler or harder ? DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:AI for Automation scorecard - Karanbir Singh URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/K3KEZX/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-BZPAHL@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T122000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T122500 DESCRIPTION:Buckle up for a wild chase through the nuances of GitLab.\nI’ ll share all the practical insights\, lesser-known tips\, and small wins I 've stumbled upon over the last few years.\nWe’ll cover Identity and Acc ess Management\, GitLab's User Interface and\, of course\, Pipelines\, a.k .a.\n\n- Who gets the keys?\n- There's a lot of buttons!\n- GitLabs bigges t rabbit hole: CI\n\nWhether you’re a seasoned GitLab user or just start ing out\, this talk promises actionable insights and time-saving technique s to enhance your GitLab experience within only 5 minutes. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:GitLab unplugged: Real-Life Tips and Tales - Jan Bundesmann URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/BZPAHL/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-UGEQAF@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T122500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T123000 DESCRIPTION:Let's go over what Chef has on the plate! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Software formerly known as Chef - Heather Thacker URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/UGEQAF/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-FSRVXS@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T123500 DESCRIPTION:Vox Pupuli is a Puppet focused community. The goal is to unite lonely module and tooling authors to provide a home for orphaned modules a nd to ensure a continued development of the code base. In this ignite we w ill inform you about the state of Vox Pupuli. Last year we announced optio ns to sponsor us\, this year we want to update you on the funding we recei ved!\n\nYou can also watch the slides online at: https://bastelfreak.de/cf gmgmtcamp2025/ignite.html#1 DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Vox Pupuli - Community Update - Tim Meusel URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/FSRVXS/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-GEJCYD@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T123500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T124000 DESCRIPTION:You’ve heard about `emacs` vs `vim` \, or maybe `vscode` vs ` jetbrains`\, I’m here to tell you there’s a text editor that is on eve ry POSIX machine none of us know. `ed`\, and in this ignite talk I’ll te ll you everything you need to know to use it. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:You say you can exit vim\, have you ever tried exiting ed instead? - JJ Asghar URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/GEJCYD/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-3XWFN8@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T124000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T124500 DESCRIPTION:In this session we will explore the difference between single v s parallel queues as operational models for a salt master's MWorker pool. You can take from this discussion one more argument in favor of a single queue model (at least when humans are not involved)\, which yields a clear performance increase. We will also cover some jinja caching additions an d how to disable an unneeded pillar render. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Use one or more weird tricks to speed up your salt master - Justin Findlay URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/3XWFN8/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-WRZL3U@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:We’ve been working with the same automation primitives since the beginning - scripts that define our infrastructure\, our configuration \, and that glue everything together. In this talk we break down why we th ink the future of how you design automation will instead be based on a hyp ergraph of functions. Using real examples from System Initiative\, we will show you what it’s like to build automation this way today\, and get yo u thinking about what it’s possible to do together in the future. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:The future is a hypergraph - Adam Jacob URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/WRZL3U/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-CR8UGL@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:To understand the inner workings of Kubernetes and to prepare f or the K8s certification exams\, I decided to create a K8s cluster from sc ratch\, the hard way\, on premises (“de meterkast”) on virtual machine s all using Alpine Linux. This talk is how I tried to do it\, how I succee ded\, failed and added a CEPH cluster and ETCD cluster along the way. It i ncludes a lot of technical details\, but if there is one thing that you sh ould learn during this talk\, it’s not about K8s at all: Containers are not VMs! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:Kubernetes from Scratch\, The Hard Way - Alain van Hoof URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/CR8UGL/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-L77FXL@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:Most DevOps/Agile people have never heard about Software Config uration Management (SCM). Those who have consider SCM to be either a burea ucratic obstacle or a superfluous task. After all isn't DevOps/Agile a com plete development method and it doesn't (explicitly) mention SCM.\n\nThat couldn't be more mistaken. All projects need to apply SCM concepts and pri nciples to avoid that a certain amount of chaos reigns. Outside the softwa re world it has long since been common practise to use configuration manag ement. For many aspects software projects are no different from non-softwa re projects.\n\nIn this presentation\, I would like to take things to the extreme and put forward my view on what\, when and how to introduce SCM in a young\, agile start-up. Just about the most informal\, light-weight and fast-paced setup one could imagine.\n\nEven if your company is not a youn g\, agile start-up maybe your needs (the what) and your priorities (the wh en) could/should be the same\, though the implementation (the how) will pr obably differ. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:B.Con (Overflow + Main) SUMMARY:Introducing Software Configuration Management to a young\, agile st art-up - Lars Bendix URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/L77FXL/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-ZRFZV7@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:The Dockerfile is widely used to create container images\, but it's fraught with problems like a lack of reproducibility\, gaps in securi ty\, and sub-optimal dependency management. These problems lead to large i mage sizes\, unpredictable build processes\, and a lot of management chall enges.\n\nIn this talk we will address these problems and show how Flox ca n change the standard way we build container images to make it more secure and simpler.\n\nThrough practical examples we will look at how companies use Flox to empower their developers to create efficient\, reliable\, and secure container images. And why stop there\, when Flox provides a way to improve your whole SDLC!\n\nThis presentation will be useful for both adva nced container users and new ones\, since at Flox we focus heavily on prov iding the best DX while not compromising security DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Niks (B.1.036) SUMMARY:The environments inside your containers - Rok Garbas URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/ZRFZV7/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-XS3EQP@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T142500 DESCRIPTION:It's been a year since we last met on CfgMgmtCamp.\nIn this tal k we want to take a short tour to outline the most important user visible changes.\nTo this end we want to highlight specifically our revamped Websi te where all documentation for the project are now united.\nAlso we are pr oud to finally present a GUI. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Pulp (B.1.029) SUMMARY:What's new in Pulp? - Matthias Dellweg URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/XS3EQP/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-3BC7QX@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T142500 DESCRIPTION:In this talk well discuss what's happened in the open source pr oduct releases from Puppet to developer tools recently and what direction we're thinking.. did anyone say Puppet 9?\n\nWe will also look at an overv iew of the state of community and where we think we can focus working bett er together. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:State of Puppet - David Sandilands URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/3BC7QX/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-8ZCRRN@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T142500 DESCRIPTION:Over the past year\, Foreman has seen significant updates that enhance its flexibility\, performance\, and support for modern infrastruct ure needs. In this session\, we’ll walk through the key changes and new features\, including enhancements in host provisioning\, Secure Boot suppo rt\, the integration of GitHub Actions (GHA) into Foreman\, and expanded I Pv6 capabilities\, which is currently in the refinement stage. We will als o cover the upgrade from PatternFly 4 to PatternFly 5\, the Ruby 3 upgrade \, and the Rails 7 upgrade. Additionally\, we will highlight the Foreman B irthday event\, the introduction of popular use-case demos\, and improveme nts to the documentation and the docs team. This talk will provide insight s into how these updates improve Foreman’s functionality and address evo lving user needs\, helping administrators manage their environments with g reater ease and security. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Foreman Community Updates - Nofar URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/8ZCRRN/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-RY9YZU@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:As one of the big events on the Ansible Community calendar\, Cf gMgmtCamp is an opportunity to get together and review how we're doing as a community.\n\nThis talk is aimed at anyone with an interest in Ansible\, as all voices are welcome in the discussion of how to shape the community in the coming year. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:Ansible - State of the Community - John "gundalow" Barker URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/RY9YZU/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-N8GY3W@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:When it comes into infrastructure deployment\, Terraform/OpenTo fu has become a go-to tool for many engineers. A variety of providers enab les the usage of a broad range of hyperscalers and applications. Even thou gh most integrations might already be available by now\, there are still s ome missing spots in the landscape.\n\nWith some Golang basics and the Ter raform SDK\, you can craft a provider Minimum Viable Product in a couple o f hours - let a me (a lousy developer) show you how! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013) SUMMARY:Writing a Terraform/OpenTofu provider MVP for dummies - Christian S tankowic URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/N8GY3W/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-UGQHAP@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T142500 DESCRIPTION:This presentation covers automating AWS services with Ansible\, focusing on key modules and recommended practices for managing resources like EC2 and S3. It highlights recent updates and invites community collab oration. Come join us and see how Ansible can make AWS automation easy and reliable! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 2 (B.1.014) SUMMARY:Automating AWS Cloud Services with Ansible - Alina Buzachis URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/UGQHAP/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-WHTKEC@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T142500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:Testing Puppet code can be a hassle\, but voxbox is here to sav e the day! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Testing Puppet code with voxbox - Robert Waffen URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/WHTKEC/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-UQHFN8@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T142500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:With each generation of Puppet\, we have worked hard to improve upon it and increase its ease of use\, however with this comes the unfort unate need to upgrade and change and Puppet 7 to Puppet 8 has shown to be a particularly challenging one\, so let's talk about how we can make it ea sier. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 2 (B.1.011) SUMMARY:Can you help me upgrade to Puppet 8? - David G Swan URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/UQHFN8/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-SQFYHD@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T142500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:We will discuss the state of multiple host management aspects i n IPv6 world DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Managing hosts with Foreman in IPv6 world - Shimon Shtein URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/SQFYHD/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-KHRMTB@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T142500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:Pulp is an open source project that makes it easy for developer s to fetch\, upload\, and distribute Software Packages on-prem or in the c loud. In this session I will share what my team has learned while operatin g Pulp over the last 2 years. I will also discuss what changes we want to make in Pulp 4 as a result of this experience. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Pulp (B.1.029) SUMMARY:Reflections on 2 years of operating Pulp - Dennis Kliban URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/KHRMTB/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-EDFRP8@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T142500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DESCRIPTION:Introduction to Ansible development tools (ADT) and why is it r equired?\nWhat is included in ADT?\nEnhanced capabilities of Ansible VS Co de extension\nWorking with Ansible development container\nScaffolding with Ansible plugins for Red Hat Developer Hub (RHDH) DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 2 (B.1.014) SUMMARY:Streamlining the Ansible creator experience with the new and improv ed Ansible Development tools - Ganesh B Nalawade URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/EDFRP8/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-GYKK3P@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T151500 DESCRIPTION:It is very common now for developers to code and test their app lications on VMs\, either locally hosted or on the cloud. As individuals h ave editor preferences (nvim\, vscode\, etc)\, so they have hypervisor. On ce you create a bolt inventory file listing the server or servers\, then b olt can easily configure those servers using custom puppet code. Instead o f manually creating the bolt inventory\, it is easy to create a dynamic in ventory plugin--if it doesn't already exist--to suit your particular use c ase. This talk illustrates how we setup our own local dynamic inventory pl ugins to help with our automated development and testing. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Bolt dynamic inventory making puppet easy - Gavin Didrichsen URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/GYKK3P/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-TTSDUC@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:What's new and what's todo.\nWe will show what has happened reg arding APT content-management in Katello\, e.g. 'Structured APT'.\nAnd giv e an outlook on what will be done next\, e.g. Errata for Debian/Ubuntu. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Pulp (B.1.029) SUMMARY:State of deb-support in Katello - Markus Bucher\, Quirin Pamp URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/TTSDUC/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-PMPARV@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T151500 DESCRIPTION:The OpenTofu community continues to roll out features that elev ate the IaC experience beyond expectations. This talk dives into the uniqu e and much-awaited capabilities exclusive to OpenTofu\, designed to addres s real-world challenges and enhance flexibility\, security\, and efficienc y in IaC workflows.Discover how State Encryption ensures sensitive data is protected natively\, without the need for external solutions. \n\nExplore the game-changing Static Evaluation\, enabling unparalleled flexibility b y decoupling backend configurations from runtime execution. Learn how the Exclude directive simplifies resource management by letting you ignore spe cific resources during deployment. Dive into Per-Provider Configuration\, a feature that allows you to customize behaviors for each provider in your stack\, ensuring optimal performance.Join us to get these features in act ion\, and to get a sneak peek at an upcoming addition designed to further cement OpenTofu’s position as a leader in the IaC space. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013) SUMMARY:Breaking New Ground with OpenTofu Exclusive Features - Ronny Orot URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/PMPARV/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-7ZNWBM@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T151500 DESCRIPTION:Nix offers an alternative to the well-known container-based dep loyment flow\, and can offer several benefits compared to those container- based deployments.\nHowever\, it's not immediately obvious how you would u se nix to deploy services on machines running Linux distributions other th an the nix-native NixOS.\nTo address this\, we developed a tool called sys tem-manager\, which allows you to manage certain aspects of the system con figuration of a Linux system using nix\, while leaving others to be manage d using the usual tools of the underlying distribution. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Niks (B.1.036) SUMMARY:system-manager: unleashing nix on (almost) any distro - Ramses URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/7ZNWBM/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-GK8THR@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:As we all know\, infrastructure automation has evolved beyond s imple scripting\, yet many organizations still rely on copying and pasting tasks from online sources into Ansible playbooks. While it seems expedien t and "works on my machine"\, this approach introduces technical debt\, re duces maintainability\, and increases security risks. This session will de monstrate how Ansible Development Tools provide an intuitive and integrate d experience for authoring automation content as an alternative to ad-hoc practices with disconnected tooling.\n\nDuring this talk\, we'll take a lo ok at tools like the VSCode extension\, ansible-creator\, ansible-lint\, a nd navigator\, as well as Ansible development environments. We'll examine how automation developers can seamlessly author reliable\, idempotent play books that are tested\, validated\, and documented. We'll also show how to use the same tools and practices to generate\, test\, and build Ansible c ollections to distribute and share your automation content.\n\nBy embracin g Ansible development tools\, organizations can avoid playbooks that incre ase the risk of deployment failure and move towards robust automation cont ent that has predictable results\, scales reliably across environments\, a nd gives teams confidence to rapidly iterate and roll out improvements in production environments. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 2 (B.1.014) SUMMARY:Beyond copy-paste: Using Ansible Development Tools for Robust Autom ation Content - Sorin Sbarnea URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/GK8THR/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-HSDKVH@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:[SOPS (Secrets OPerationS)](https://github.com/getsops/sops) is a tool for managing encrypted secrets for DevOps. This talk compares it t o other solutions and shows how it can be used to manage secrets in Ansibl e. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:Using SOPS to manage secrets in Ansible - Felix Fontein URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/HSDKVH/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-LAFEVQ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:How to setup a Puppet Environment which manages more than 100k nodes?\nWhat kind of requirements or limitations do we have to take care a bout?\nHow to support all internal tenants and projects?\nHow to roll out global changes?\n\nThis talk will provide insights in high volume Puppet s etup and why we need a fully automated base infrastructure and how we can achieve this DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 2 (B.1.011) SUMMARY:Scaling Puppet beyond scalability - or how to manage 100k+ nodes - Martin Alfke URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/LAFEVQ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-BV3Y8M@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:We show how the CUE registry allows reproducible sharing of con figuration and how this registry serves as a platform for unified configur ation management. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:The CUE Registry: versioning now and beyond - Marcel van Lohuizen URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/BV3Y8M/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-QF73PQ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:Foreman is a large application and getting it our users reliabl y requires effort. During this talk we'll go through how software gets fro m developers to users by using exciting things like processes and procedur es. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Delivering Foreman: getting code from developers to users - Ewoud K ohl van Wijngaarden URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/QF73PQ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-UXZJYV@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:Getting to multi mllion cores of managed infrastructure\, with no drama. Stories from the trenches of how Red Hat scales our managed Open Shift services in hybrid cloud with Automation and Config Management. And Automation that manages Automation. And automation that manages automation that manages automation. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:No Drama: Config Management at Million core scale - Karanbir Singh URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/UXZJYV/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-DQUHEL@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:Mgmt is a real-time automation tool that is fast and safe.\nIs this running in production? What's taken so long?\nIt was important for us to be better than legacy tools\, not just a 1:1 replacement.\nI believe w e've surpassed what was possible classically\, and we're now using mgmt fo r real production workloads.\n\nWe are managing routers\, vm hosts\, provi sioning metal with automatic power-on\,\nand so much more. I'll also dig i nto the new language features\, and show you a\nbunch of common mcl patter ns so you can learn to read and write effective code.\n\nAs usual\, I'll l ive demo to your hearts content!\n\nA number of blog posts on the subject are available: https://purpleidea.com/tags/mgmtconfig/\nAttendees are enco uraged to read some before the talk if they want a preview! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:B.Con (Overflow + Main) SUMMARY:Mgmt Config: Running in Production and Best Practices - James (purp leidea) URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/DQUHEL/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-7HXT7V@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T151500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:Description: Most of us remember how long it took for Puppet to get Debian 12 packages. The build pipeline was long and complex and used a lot of internal tooling that had to be updated manually.\nIn current new s though\, the new OpenVox build pipeline has been totally revamped and si mplified and adding support for RHEL 10 took about 10 minutes. Most of tha t was spent waiting for the build to complete. Nick would like to explain how it works and what we still have left to do. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Overview of the new OpenVox build pipeline - Nick Burgan URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/7HXT7V/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-8DFG7U@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T151500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:Foreman AMA DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Foreman AMA - Nofar URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/8DFG7U/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-TH3FAJ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T151500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T154000 DESCRIPTION:The _module system_ is a powerful Nix DSL for writing high-leve l abstractions. In this talk\, I'll give you an introduction to the module system\, showcasing its wide range of use cases: Starting from simple dev elopment shells\, over dotfile and system management\, all the way to mult i-host abstractions. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Niks (B.1.036) SUMMARY:Declarative multi-host abstractions with Nix - infinisil / Silvan M osberger URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/TH3FAJ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-QYFHTB@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:Crossplane (https://www.crossplane.io/) and its user experience has matured greatly over the years and there are now numerous layers you can interact with while designing and building your internal developer pla tform powered by Crossplane. Should you directly declare the cloud resourc es you want Crossplane to create\, should you create developer friendly si mplified abstractions on top\, should you stick with YAML or use a more fu ll featured high level programming language? We will explore each of thes e layers in further detail through live demos to understand and efficientl y harness the capabilities and experience of each. This will be a broad to ur through the possibilities offered by Crossplane\, all of which lead to a reliable and robust control plane to manage everything in the cloud that your organization could need! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Elevate Your Infrastructure - Exploring Crossplane's Full Potential - Yury Tsarev\, Tobias Kässer URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/QYFHTB/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-8ENFTR@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:**Uyuni is a configuration & infrastructure management tool tha t saves time\, costs and headaches when managing and updating tens\, hundr eds or even thousands of machines.**\n\nWith automated patch and package m anagement\, **it enables the deployment of patches and packages based on s oftware channels and repositories that can be assigned.**\n\nUyuni makes i t easier to **onboard and manage any Linux server** connected to the netwo rk\, from IoT edge devices to Kubernetes environment\, no matter where it is located (private or 3rd party data center or in the public cloud).\n\nU yuni is a single tool for **automated deployment** of hardened OS template s (bare metal/VM/container) to tens of thousands of servers and IoT device s for faster\, consistent and repeatable **provisioning and configuration* * without compromising speed or security.\n\nThe **CVE audit** feature all ows to check the status of public security patches and with **OpenSCAP** i t's also possible to check for specification compliance and apply remediat ion right from Uyuni. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:B.Con (Overflow + Main) SUMMARY:Uyuni: the open-source configuration and infrastructure management solution for software-defined infrastructure - Pablo Suárez Hernández URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/8ENFTR/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-KDMN38@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T162500 DESCRIPTION:The Puppet Report Processor is a component in Open Source Puppe t that collects data about nodes during Puppet runs and processes the info rmation into reports. Puppet can send this data to dashboards\, but some times\, customized handling of this data is needed. Writing a custom repor t processor allows you to tailor reports for specific use cases\, such as logging specific metrics\, integrating with other monitoring tools\, or al erting based on custom-defined conditions. Custom processors enable deeper \, more targeted insights into your infrastructure. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 2 (B.1.011) SUMMARY:The Puppet Report Processor and customising your data - Greg Hardy\ , Bronach Falls URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/KDMN38/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-9NUL9E@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:How do you upgrade 3000 individual PE environments?\n3000 envir onments that you don't manage and others own.\n3000 environments without S SH access.\n\nCome with me on a "funny" journey and learn how we made this possible and how the PE upgrade process differs from Open Source.\nLets d o a deep dive into PE 2019->2021->2023 Upgrades and our open source toolin g that made this possible.\n\nYou can also watch the slides online at: htt ps://bastelfreak.de/cfgmgmtcamp2025/pe.html#1 DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Doing mass Puppet Enterprise upgrades in highly restricted environm ents - Tim Meusel URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/9NUL9E/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-DNPT93@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T162500 DESCRIPTION:During this talk\, I will walk you through the process of deplo ying NixOS on the nodes of a Turing Pi cluster board. More specifically\, we will deploy NixOS with a single command. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Niks (B.1.036) SUMMARY:One Command NixOS Setup for Turing Pi Cluster Boards - Wout Swinkel s URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/DNPT93/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-AH78JZ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T162500 DESCRIPTION:Monitoring Kubernetes doesn’t have to be complicated. In this talk\, I’ll introduce a new module we’re developing for Icinga\, curr ently in beta\, that simplifies Kubernetes monitoring in the same way Icin ga has for traditional infrastructure. We’ll explore how this module mak es it easier to monitor your clusters’ health and performance\, allowing you to identify issues early. Whether you’re new to Kubernetes or manag ing large-scale clusters\, this session will provide a preview of what’s to come and how it can streamline your monitoring processes. Feedback and insights are welcome as we refine the tool. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:Simplifying Kubernetes Monitoring with Icinga - Blerim Sheqa URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/AH78JZ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-7DMX87@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:Secure Boot is part of UEFI\, which uses cryptographic mechanis ms to ensure the authenticity of the software loaded and executed by the f irmware. \n\nForeman will support provisioning of Secure Boot enabled host s for any supported Linux operating system in near future. In our presenta tion we want to give an insight into how Secure Boot works in general\, wh ich changes were necessary in Foreman to support Secure Boot for all opera ting systems\, and how provisioning of a Secure Boot enabled host actually works. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Secure Boot for Arbitrary Operating Systems with Foreman - Markus R eisner\, Jan Löser URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/7DMX87/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-RXSRKK@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T162500 DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I’ll share how we built a custom workflow to h arness Terragrunt’s run-all feature in Atlantis\, allowing us to run Ter raform across multiple\, interdependent stacks in parallel. I’ll walk yo u through the challenges we faced\, the bugs we tackled\, and the lessons we learned so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Our setup relies on Terraform and GitLab\, but it’s easy to adapt for OpenTofu or other vers ion control and CI/CD tools. If you’re looking to streamline Terragrunt- based infrastructure workflows without the headaches\, this talk is for yo u!\n\nKnowledge of terraform or tofu is **required**. You must have an ide a of what terragrunt run-all is and what is used for. Knowledge of Atlanti s is not required. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013) SUMMARY:Boosting terragrunt performance in Atlantis with run-all and provid er caching: a practical configuration example - Marco Marongiu URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/RXSRKK/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-RTV7UM@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:An overview and demonstration to how through the use of Ansible and goss the open-source project [Ansible-Lockdown](https://github.com/an sible-lockdown) can help you achieve industry recognised security baselin es [Centre For Internet Security](https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-benchmark s) and [DoD STiG](https://public.cyber.mil/stigs/) to assist you on your j ourney to achieving compliance.\nWhy compliance matters? - Industry\, gove rnment\, regulatory\, requirements\nHow we do achieve? - We have to bring systems it compliance and validate it\nWhat do we do? We use ansible-lock down DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:Making OS compliance bearable - Mark Bolwell URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/RTV7UM/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-7QPPY3@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:This talk show how you can use Ansible and Icinga to manage you r infrastructure\, having event driven and request driven infrastructure.\ nThis setup allows you to use Ansible and Request Tracker to drive new har dware adoption and automate internal requests for resources.\nIn the same way Ansible and Icinga are used to auto remediate know incidents as to red uce human interventions and reduce the on-call support. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 2 (B.1.014) SUMMARY:Running Ansible\, Icinga and Request Tracker to have event driven a utomated infrastructure management - Toshaan Bharvani URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/7QPPY3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-JTEHTH@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:Katello adds a suite of content management tools to Foreman. Co ntent distribution & mirroring\, patching\, lifecycle management\, and acc ess management are all included. In this presentation\, I will give an in troduction to Katello and demonstrate new features that have come out rece ntly. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Pulp (B.1.029) SUMMARY:Introduction to Katello - Ian Ballou URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/JTEHTH/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-W7WAZG@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T162500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:A real life view into how an enterprise company uses Choria for orchestration and what we had to build around it. This talk gives the bas ics of Choria along with infrastructure considerations such as running onl y from Jenkins and code considerations including control repo organization \, org specific stdlib and interacting with other teams. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 2 (B.1.011) SUMMARY:How we use Choria orchestration in an enterprise setting - Garrett Honeycutt URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/W7WAZG/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-HS8ELE@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T162500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:Managing secrets in Kubernetes can be a complex and overwhelmin g process\, especially with the wide range of available options. This talk \, designed for intermediate users\, aims to demystify the process by prov iding a practical roadmap drawn from my own journey. I will explore common challenges and share insights from transitioning through various approach es\, from Kubernetes' built-in secrets to external tools like Sealed Secre ts\, CSI Secrets Store\, and External Secrets. Through real-world examples and lessons learned\, attendees will leave with actionable strategies to manage secrets more securely and efficiently in their Kubernetes environme nts\, while contributing to stronger community practices and more resilien t applications. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:Got a Secret\, Can You Keep It? - Mastering Secret Management in Ku bernetes - Engin Diri URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/HS8ELE/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-PWFLR7@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T162500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DESCRIPTION:Declarative systems work better when they encompass more of the ir domain.\nNix is a general configuration language with the power to brid ge multiple domains. \nThis talk will focus briefly on a couple of project s to explore how Nix can be used\, and lays out a vision for functional De vOps\, to provide a unified experience for\n- **build**: a brief analysis of the Nix architecture\n- **operating system** configuration: principles behind NixOS\n- **process managers**: Nix processmgmt and Nix RFC 163 serv ices\n- **continuous integration**: Hercules CI\n- **deployment of distrib uted systems**: NixOps4 DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Niks (B.1.036) SUMMARY:Nix all the things - Robert Hensing URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/PWFLR7/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-XH77AU@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T174000 DESCRIPTION:To upgrade the operating system underneath an application\, eve rybody should just redeploy said application on a new system\, which thank s to automation is both easy and fast.\n\nAfter recovering from the shock of reading "just"\, "easy" and "fast" in once sentence\, we have to realiz e that a fresh deployment is not always the easiest/fastest path forward\, or maybe not even possible at all. This is where distributions come to he lp us by offering support for major upgrades "in place".\n\nFor Enterprise Linux such upgrades are done by [Leapp](https://leapp.readthedocs.io/)\, which is both a framework to orchestrate complex upgrades and a collection of helpers (so called actors) for upgrading Enterprise Linux setups with common applications installed.\n\nHowever\, "common applications" might no t include the one *you* are developing and have deployed on-premises at ma ny customers.\n\nIn this talk we will show how we developed the custom act ors required for upgrading [Foreman](https://theforeman.org) from EL8 to E L9\, which challenges we faced and which shortcuts we took. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Upgrading custom applications from EL8 to EL9 by writing own Leapp actors - Evgeni Golov URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/XH77AU/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-CFRTJF@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T174000 DESCRIPTION:As organizations increasingly adopt containerization\, Kubernet es has become the de facto standard for orchestrating clusters. However\, for many teams\, the complexity and overhead of managing a Kubernetes clus ter can be daunting. In this talk\, we'll explore an alternative approach to container orchestration that leverages Ansible's automation capabilitie s and Podman's container manager.\nWe'll discuss how to use Ansible to def ine and manage containerized applications and services. We'll also dive in to the world of Podman\, a powerful\, lightweight alternative to Docker th at provides an easier and more secure way to run containers. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:Simplifying container orchestration with Ansible and Podman - Fabio Alessandro "Fale" Locati URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/CFRTJF/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-NXJTDG@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T174000 DESCRIPTION:Managing compliance in infrastructure as code environments is e ssential but can be daunting. Enter `compliance_engine`\, a new open-sourc e Ruby gem designed to streamline the mapping of compliance standards to P uppet code. Building on the foundation of SIMP's `compliance_markup`\, thi s reimagined backend prioritizes performance\, flexibility\, and maintaina bility.\n\nIn this session\, we’ll explore the evolution from `complianc e_markup` to `compliance_engine`\, highlighting the architectural improvem ents that make it faster and easier to use. We’ll dive into real-world e xamples\, demonstrating how the gem simplifies the enforcement of complian ce policies\, reduces complexity\, and supports emerging standards. Attend ees will gain insights into the challenges of implementing compliance as c ode and learn how `compliance_engine` can transform their approach to regu latory compliance in Puppet environments. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Compliance as Code: Building an Open Source Compliance Backend for Puppet - Steven Pritchard\, Kendall Moore URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/NXJTDG/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-VBP93V@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T174000 DESCRIPTION:Katello provides patching\, lifecycle management\, and more to Foreman. While most users use Katello to keep EL and Debian machines up t o date\, did you know that it also has a container registry? Come to this presentation to learn how to use the container registry and what features are coming in the near future. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Pulp (B.1.029) SUMMARY:The Present and Future of Katello's Container Registry - Ian Ballou URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/VBP93V/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-T7NB9G@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T171500 DESCRIPTION:Born of a real world requirement from an EDA customer\, this se ssion details how you can use Python and Boto3 to modify the kernel comman d line parameters on first boot of an EC2 instance. This is something that according to conventional wisdom "cannot be done"\, and is only possible on the second boot. Yet on in a large compute environment\, every second o f billable runtime matters\, both to keep costs down\, and improve overall runtimes. With a little inventiveness and a little open source magic\, is actually entirely possible to achieve this efficiency\, and in this sessi on I will show you how. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:B.Con (Overflow + Main) SUMMARY:Increase efficiency in EDA workloads - first boot automation on AWS with Python and Boto3 - James Freeman URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/T7NB9G/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-L7WJRN@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T174000 DESCRIPTION:Kubernetes is the most popular container orchestration platform out there\, and for anyone who wants to do GitOps on Kubernetes\, ArgoCD is a leading open source project in this space. This presentation will wal k you through the management of multi-architecture applications for Kubern etes with ArgoCD. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:Continuous Delivery on multi-architecture Kubernetes clusters with ArgoCD - Dave Neary URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/L7WJRN/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-FCSFJP@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T171500 DESCRIPTION:What is new in HDM Release 3? DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 2 (B.1.011) SUMMARY:HDM Release 3 - Martin Alfke URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/FCSFJP/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-3R8EQB@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T171500 DESCRIPTION:Join me for a chat on how we prepare trainees for roles in tech in our organisation in a fun and engaging way.\nI'll share how we structu re our three year traineeship program\, taking our new colleagues from tot al beginners to competent professionals!\n\nWhether you're someone who is training\, or getting trained - let's think about shaping the next generat ion of industry professionals. We'll explore training plans\, learning tip s\, and teamwork strategies together. Don't miss how we help trainees step smoothly into their future roles as developers and system administrators. \n\nJoin me for a brief\, laid-back discussion on building a future where our trainees shine in their tech careers. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Innovation Incubator - Our DevOps Training Blueprint - Feu Mourek URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/3R8EQB/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-3FHRGQ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T174000 DESCRIPTION:Why would you want to develop Ansible in a container or a cloud ? How could this help your development workflow or interaction with your t eam?\n\nThis session aims to navigate through the concept of an Ansible De velopment Environment\, exploring what it entails and how to effectively m anage and distribute these environments\, whether locally\, across teams\, or within cloud infrastructure.\n\nWe will cover:\n- Introduction to Ansi ble Development Environments\n- Key Technologies and Tools\n - For instan ce: Dev Containers\, DevPod\, Eclipse Che or Coder\n- Best Practices for M anaging and Distributing Development Environments\n- Motivation and Use Ca ses\n- Live Demos\n- Problem-Solution Mapping: What tool fits certain use cases? DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 2 (B.1.014) SUMMARY:Comparing Ansible Development Environment Implementations - Niklas Werker URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/3FHRGQ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-TCKR7P@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T171500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T174000 DESCRIPTION:Overview of possibilities to assign classes to nodes DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 2 (B.1.011) SUMMARY:1001 ways of assigning a class to a node - Marcus Poller URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/TCKR7P/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-YUVUTN@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T171500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T174000 DESCRIPTION:Configuration management is nothing new for Michael Stahnke. In this ignite talk\, he’ll be looking at Nix\, the functional package man ager (and a bit of NixOS) from a foundational point of view and contrastin g it from the theory and foundations coming from Puppet (with a few other tool comparisons thrown in). \n\nWhile configuration management’s role i n delivering applications has changed over the years\, the time is ripe to take what we’ve learned in the last 15 years - through containers\, clo ud native architectures and massively distributed systems - and develop a continually evolving approach.\n\nThis will have some humor\, some informa tion\, and some ideas about where we could head in the configuration manag ement space given our cumulative knowledge. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:A puppet pro decides to learn nix. - Michael Stahnke URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/YUVUTN/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-3YX7ZF@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T171500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250203T174000 DESCRIPTION:As nftables becomes the standard for Linux packet filtering\, w e can efficiently automate Linux firewalls across multiple protocol layers . This session introduces a Rust-based SDK for nftables automation\, cover ing programmatic options\, practical applications\, and insights from real -world implementations. Attendees will learn about nftables’ capabilitie s\, common challenges in automation\, and how lessons from Rust can apply across other languages and automation frameworks. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:B.Con (Overflow + Main) SUMMARY:From Containers to Port Knocking: Advanced Firewall Automation with nftables and Rust - Jasper Wiegratz URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/3YX7ZF/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-8P88WY@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T081500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T181500 DESCRIPTION:Breakfast and Coffee & Tea - Day 1 DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foyer SUMMARY:Breakfast and Coffee & Tea - Day 2 - URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/8P88WY/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-ZHGUM7@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T091500 DESCRIPTION:Opening Day 2 DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Opening Day 2 - Toshaan Bharvani\, Kris Buytaert URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/ZHGUM7/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-EYDVJG@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T092000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T101000 DESCRIPTION:Troubleshooting can be one of the most difficult aspects of sof tware operations. \n\nThere are several reasons for this. One is that our views of the systems we run are often mediated through limited forms of ob servability. At their best\, such tools tend to show us only state\, not h ow systems got into a state. \n\nAnother problem is that issues can be int ermittent\, and difficult to reproduce. Many of the most challenging issu es involve systems that are not broken\, merely slow or consuming excessiv e resources. \n\nThere is uncertainty\, and\, often\, there is a lot of pr essure to get things resolved quickly. Much of the time\, we don't really understand the system end-to-end when we begin an investigation. \n\nSo ho w do we do this work? This talk will dive into what we know about how the best troubleshooters succeed at their work\, combining what we know from c ognitive science research on 'cognition in the wild' in a variety of domai ns with my own research on troubleshooting activities in software. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:How we troubleshoot difficult problems: cognition and understanding causality in distributed software systems - Laura Nolan URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/EYDVJG/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-AVUFQQ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T101000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T110000 DESCRIPTION:Drawing on principles from Lean thinking\, value stream mapping \, and Team Topologies\, this talk explores how to change the way we desig n and build Infrastructure as Code to accelerate development rather than c reate bottlenecks. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:From bottleneck to enabler: Pulling infrastructure coding out of th e value stream - Kief Morris URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/AVUFQQ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-W7QSQG@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T112000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T121000 DESCRIPTION:Configuration language [Pkl](https://pkl-lang.org) can be used for all of your configuration\, large or small. Whether defining a collect ion of services in an Infrastructure-as-Code way\, or just configuring you r local machine\, Pkl can make all of it DRYer\, safer\, and more ergonomi c. This talk demonstrates how Pkl’s very strong validation system\, flexible output renderers\, and best-in-class editor support make Pkl a t ruly generic configuration language. You will see why Pkl is consistently the better (safer\, more ergonomic\, more comprehensible) alternative to t emplating. Finally\, you will see how configuring your whole technology st ack at once leads to even DRYer and safer configurations. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Pkl-ing your config makes it last longer - Philip Hölzenspies URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/W7QSQG/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-YEHSQU@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T121000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T121500 DESCRIPTION:How did I end up here?..\nI don't know really\, but we can look back at what happened together\, the chances I got\, and how I navigated them. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:How did I end up here?.. - Bryan Honof URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/YEHSQU/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-S9ZRBD@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T121500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T122000 DESCRIPTION:ARA (ARA Records Ansible) is an Ansible development tool that m akes it much easier to understand\, troubleshoot and debug Ansible content during development process. This tool can also help you to collaborate wi th your team members on Ansible content development.\n\nThis talk will cov er the following topics:\n\n- What is ARA and how it works\n- How to set u p ARA in your environment\n- How to use ARA to understand\, troubleshoot a nd debug Ansible content\n- How to use ARA to collaborate with your team m embers on Ansible content development\n- How to integrate ARA into your CI /CD pipeline\n- How to use ARA to track changes in your Ansible content\n\ nThis talk is designed for Ansible content developers of all levels. Wheth er you are a seasoned expert or just starting with Ansible\, DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Most useful development tool for Ansible content that is rarely use d is even better for the teams - Kirill Satarin URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/S9ZRBD/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-BSUMTD@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T122000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T122500 DESCRIPTION:Already successfully presented at both the London Ansible MeetU p and AnsibleFest 2021\, this newly revised session (adapted to the exciti ng Ignite format) aims to promote interest and excitement in the field of positive psychology\, and demonstrate how you don't need to work in this f ield to benefit from it. In fact\, the design of Ansible directly supports positive psychology\, and in this session I will demonstrate how. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Positive Psychology with Ansible - James Freeman URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/BSUMTD/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-FKWD8R@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T122500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T123000 DESCRIPTION:Yaml can be a good compromise between free form text and the ri gidity of a markup language depending on the schema imposed. Jinja imitat es python's strong\, implicit typing but as a template imposed on yaml\, i t's both structureless and fundamentally at conflict with a whitespace-sen sitive language such as yaml. Allowing users to dynamically assemble sour ce data in production means they can't test before that point. Can we shi ft invariant parts of config left into CI while keeping CI fixed while pro duction continues to grow? DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Against yaml+jinja - Justin Findlay URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/FKWD8R/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-MX9C8H@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T123500 DESCRIPTION:Resources are often downloaded from the internet\, also in auto mation scripts. It is often impossible or cumbersome to validate the downl oads integrity and authenticity. At Asfaload\, we want to propose a soluti on we think is both practical and efficient. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Increasing the security of downloading resources from the internet - Raphaël Bauduin URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/MX9C8H/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-X8HNKZ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T123500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T124000 DESCRIPTION:Re-kicking failed pipelines and workflows can become tedious pa rticularly when these are transient failures\, impacting performance and c osting resources. In this talk we will show you how you can improve the re liability of your pipelines\, through the use of an automated workflow re- starter which will automatically trigger a rerun of your workflows in Gith ub Actions. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Let Red be Red and Green be Green - Dana Doherty URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/X8HNKZ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-GBP8QF@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T124000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T124500 DESCRIPTION:A lot of people ask me about what's changed in Puppet since old er versions 4 or 3 or older so this whistlestop ignite will look to highl ight how Puppet has changed and give some quick tips what to look for and modernize DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Puppet Evolution: Key Changes and Modernization Tips - David Sandil ands URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/GBP8QF/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-CJA9ER@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DESCRIPTION:Modern IT environments require infrastructure testing to ensure that systems are reliable\, secure\, and functioning as expected. Without thorough testing\, undetected issues can lead to system failures\, securi ty vulnerabilities\, and significant downtime\, which can be costly and da maging. \n\nWe share our experiences with tools such as testinfra\, server spec or goss to ensure the functionality of lab and customer environments. Framework such as DevSec can support achieving industry recognized securi ty standards and benchmarks. Highlighting the challenges and best practic es in testing multiple identically configured environments\, the session p rovides insights in projects from the field. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:B.Con (Overflow + Main) SUMMARY:Effective Infrastructure Testing: Lessons Learned from the Field - Leon Krass\, Christian Stankowic URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/CJA9ER/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-MDJ3YJ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T142500 DESCRIPTION:As AI integration becomes crucial for advanced data systems\, a utomation is essential to managing these increasingly complex environments . This talk will explore the use of Ansible to automate the deployment of a Neo4j GenAI environment on Fedora. By leveraging Ansible playbooks\, we will set up a fully functional AI-powered graph database that integrates w ith OpenAI for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tasks. The session wil l guide technical users through best practices for automating Neo4j enviro nments\, configuring AI APIs\, and handling large-scale data queries effic iently using modern infrastructure-as-code techniques. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:Automating AI-Powered Graph Databases with Ansible: A Neo4j GenAI C ase Study - Luca Berton URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/MDJ3YJ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-FGLTVM@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T142500 DESCRIPTION:"People don't want to work anymore!\n"We can't find good employ ees!"\n"We'd totally want better gender parity\, but we just don't get app lications from women!"\n\nIf quotes like this bounce around in your organi sation\, it's doing something wrong. Horribly wrong. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:It's Your Own Damn Fault! Why great people don't want to work with you - Florian Haas URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/FGLTVM/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-KCWFKJ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DESCRIPTION:The Foreman project has recently moved big parts of its CI to G itHub Actions (GHA)\, to allow better re-use of code between repositories\ , easier control of CI by repository owners and to reduce the maintenance cost of infrastructure. As with any other migration\, this was not painles s\, but we learned a lot\, created many useful snippets and found more pla ces for improvement.\n\nIn this talk we will share the benefits of this mi gration for developers\, show how the created workflows can be used in oth er projects\, but also highlight problems that GHA has over Jenkins and wh at we plan to do to fix these. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:CI in the Foreman Project: from Jenkins to GitHub Actions\, lessons \, problems\, outlook - Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/KCWFKJ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-ERF7ZA@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DESCRIPTION:As automation becomes ever more important\, safe and secure man agement of secrets is paramount. It is vital that secrets are managed in a secure\, centralized manner and that control is thus maintained over them . In this session we will explore the integration of Ansible with Conjur O pen Source\, and how this lends itself perfectly to secure\, centralized s ecrets management. As a bonus\, we'll even explore how Conjur Open Source can be used in a wider context to provide secrets to other platforms\, and even rotation of credentials on a Linux server can be managed. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 2 (B.1.014) SUMMARY:Securing Secrets at Scale: Integrating Ansible Automation with Conj ur - James Freeman URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/ERF7ZA/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-QWCHBS@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DESCRIPTION:Unlock the full potential of your Azure infrastructure with the combined power of Bicep and the Microsoft Graph API. We can now leverage Graph objects within Bicep.\n\nIn this session\, we will explore how Bicep \, Azure’s domain-specific language for deploying resources\, can be sea mlessly integrated with the Graph to enhance your Infrastructure as Code ( IaC) strategy. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013) SUMMARY:Leveraging Bicep and the Graph API for Advanced Azure Deployments - Maik van der Gaag URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/QWCHBS/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-P7CTWQ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DESCRIPTION:Kubernetes is still quite a popular choice with wide community adoption to run containerised workloads in the Cloud\, but it doesn’t co me with batteries included. And some of that is intentional to allow freed om to make different choices or extend its functionality as needed. For ex ample scaling compute nodes is one of the things which is not built-in. Ma king sure you’re doing it in most efficient and cost-efficient way is pa ramount. But it’s not just efficienty than separates Karpenter (an open- source node lifecycle management) from other options\, but also how it can help you stay on top with compliance\, patching and drift. The project ha s come a long way in the last couple of year and it was also adopted by CN CF/SIG Autoscaling making it alternative approach compared to de-facto Clu ster Autoscaler project. I this talk I’ll show how to set it up\, differ ent use cases and demonstrate hands-on what to expect in the real world sc enario. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:Embracing Karpenter to scale\, optimize & upgrade Kubernetes - Mark o Bevc URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/P7CTWQ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-VQUFXW@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DESCRIPTION:Puppet is a mature tool\, the company behind it has changed ove r the years and most of the people who developed it\, are no more working there. \nFor somebody Puppet is old\, solving problems that are no more cu rrent.\nYet\, Puppet is still around \, and as long as there'll be systems to manage over time\, there'll be the need of such a tool.\nThe question is if the tool of choice is going to be Puppet or not.\nWhat's its present and future?\nWe will analyse the current Puppet situation\, market demand and perception\, and spend our two cents on what could be done to improve perception\, usage and adoption.\nWe will also try to raise the topic wit h the people in the audience\, when the presentation will turn into a disc ussion\, possibly stirring ideas and suggestions. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Puppet\, what future? - Alessandro Franceschi URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/VQUFXW/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-M9QFSV@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T142500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DESCRIPTION:Ansible engineering has been working on transforming AWX to a p luggable\, service-oriented architecture. We’ve announced plans via the community forum and have said that the transformation will make AWX more s calable and easier to contribute to.\n\nThis talk focuses on some of the c hallenges the Ansible engineering team at Red Hat have faced with AWX and how the re-architecture work is intended to resolve them. We’ll also hav e a look at some of the pain points for contributors and how Red Hat wants to remove obstacles for the community. Finally\, we’ll have a brief loo k at what the future might hold for AWX after the re-architecture work is complete. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:Modernizing AWX: From monolith to pluggable services - Helen Bailey URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/M9QFSV/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-UWREUC@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T142500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DESCRIPTION:Using open source projects to bootstrap will help you bring you r product to market faster\, right? We all know that idea\, and countless startups have proven it true. But it’s what you do afterwards that reall y matters. Being a good open source citizen is more than just chucking you r source code at a GitHub repository (or worse\, only part of your source code!) and expecting to reap the benefits of an open source community fore ver.\n\nA true open source company invites collaboration and actively part icipates. Its engineers and product managers engage with pull requests and issues and help steward feature growth that actually matters to the users . It communicates openly with its community about statuses and roadmaps\, even when the news isn’t super rosy. And it contributes fixes upstream t o the projects it uses.\n\nThis isn’t just idealism. Ignoring community leads to stagnation and a poor market fit. I’m sure we’ve all seen exa mples of that. This talk will explore how companies can genuinely contribu te to the open source community\, building real connections and creating l asting impact together with their users. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:OSS is not the same as source available - Nick Burgan URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/UWREUC/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-MRSBVF@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T154000 DESCRIPTION:We're nearly two decades into cloud. Where have all the apps go ne? You'd think it'd be simple to answer that question: probably all in th e cloud\, right? It turns out the answer is elusive. I've tried for years! It could be as much as 70%\, or as low as 30%. Maybe. Those numbers could be hokum. These are apps you manage and write\, you should know where the y tend to live. This talk will go over my latest investigations into this mystery with no goal other than gather up the clues and wire them up with red crazy board string. I'll then speculate how that newly updated crazy b oard can drive how you think about what about it\, if anything. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:The confusing case of cloud app domicilicity - Coté URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/MRSBVF/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-A3QEP7@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T151500 DESCRIPTION:This talk will walk through and provide examples and war storie s on how kubernetes can be used not only in large scale environments but a lso in small and small-ish scale environments. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:Running Kubernetes on small scale - lessons learned on operating "s mall scale" clusters - Soham Chakraborty URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/A3QEP7/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-7TRSGL@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T154000 DESCRIPTION:Let's see how Foreman\, an open-source lifecycle management too l\, simplifies the provisioning process by leveraging customized NetBoot I SO images. \n\nWe'll cover the basics of Foreman\, its integration with PX E boot workflows\, how NetBoot ISO can be helpful in your environment\, an d use cases that might improve your workflows\, like automating provisioni ng or provisioning in an environment without managed DHCP. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Foreman: Provisioning hosts with NetBoot ISO - Leos Stejskal URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/7TRSGL/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-TRZ3PA@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T154000 DESCRIPTION:Managing complex network infrastructure can be daunting\, espec ially when dealing with multiple protocols and devices. This session demon strates how Ansible’s validated network content simplifies the entire pr ocess. We’ll explore using the network.base\, network.bgp\, network.ospf \, network.interfaces\, and network.backup collections to automate deploym ent\, validation\, and backup workflows. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 2 (B.1.014) SUMMARY:Resilient Network Automation: Deploy\, Validate\, Backup and Restor e with Ansible - Rohit Thakur URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/TRZ3PA/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-UYWGGF@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T154000 DESCRIPTION:Ansible roles were introduced to simplify the organization and reuse of automation tasks\, providing a structured\, portable way to manag e tasks\, configurations\, dependencies\, and variables. Originally intend ed to streamline complex playbooks\, roles have become a cornerstone of ef ficient Ansible usage. However\, many users still fail to fully understand how to leverage their full potential.\nIn this presentation\, we will sta rt by revisiting the foundational concepts of Ansible roles and their inte nded use. We will then explore the noteworthy enhancements and features ad ded to Ansible roles in recent years. \nAttendees will learn recommended p ractices to maximize the utility of Ansible roles\, including strategies f or modular role design\, effective use of variables\, argument specificati ons\, and defaults\, and techniques for role testing and validation. By ad opting these practices\, you can enhance the maintainability and scalabili ty of your automation projects.\nFinally\, we will look ahead to upcoming developments aimed at further enhancing the portability and maintainabilit y of Ansible roles. This includes new features and improvements that will make it easier to share\, reuse\, and manage roles across diverse environm ents.\nJoin us to ensure you’re not just using Ansible roles\, but using them right. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:You’re Doing Ansible Roles All Wrong - Tim Appnel URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/UYWGGF/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-V37GEP@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T154000 DESCRIPTION:Within Puppet one can separate code and data using Hiera - a hi erarchical data backend.\nData itself can be queried from Puppet modules.\ nThis allows Puppet developers to provide generic code\, where other peopl e - like application responsible teams - can take over the configuration d etails by providing data only.\nData is usually YAML format - which many p eople consider being simple to learn.\n\nHiera also allows one to make use of individual data merges to reflect individual system needs.\nOne might find it challenging when it comes to analysing the result of a lookup and comparing these between different nodes.\nHiera Data Manager (HDM) provide s a Web UI to Hiera data.\n\nI am going to explain Hiera\, the way how you can modify results and access shared data and how HDM can help analysing data results or issues. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Why does THIS node have THAT config? - Martin Alfke URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/V37GEP/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-AZVBV9@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T154000 DESCRIPTION:While Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become the standard for managing cloud resources using tools like Terraform\, Pulumi\, and Bicep\, writing templates can still be a time-consuming task. But what if infrast ructure could be automatically inferred from your application code? In thi s session\, we’ll explore the emerging concept of "Infrastructure from C ode" and evaluate the maturity of tools like Radius\, Dapr\, and Nitric. A re these tools ready to replace IaC? Join us to find out if it’s time to make the leap to a more seamless infrastructure experience. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013) SUMMARY:Infrastructure from Code: The Next Generation of Cloud Management - Erwin Staal URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/AZVBV9/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-NDBZBS@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T145000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T154000 DESCRIPTION:In a world of fast-moving AI adoption\, the big players want yo u to play with their versions of AI. The problem\, though\, is that their AI is usually built in a way that is closed off from the eyes of our tech community\, with little or no oversight for choices and legal grey areas f or usage and adoption.\n\nWhat if I told you there was a way to get the be st of both worlds? An AI solution that can be externally verified and trus ted legally\, and we want you\, yes\, you\, to join us in building a genui nely transparent AI solution.\n\nThis is what the Granite and Granite-Code foundational models are. You can read the paper on how the model was init ially trained and have IBM's lawyers back up claims made from using Granit e or Granite-Code usage. Can your other AI providers say that? Will they g ive you the design documents on how they built it from the ground up? Or w ill they put their lawyers behind your usage of their AI? Would you put yo ur business at risk of using something like this when the legal area is so grey and ever-changing?\n\nBut that's only a point in time\; you also nee d to add skills and knowledge to the ever-growing AI system\, which is whe re InstructLab comes into play. During this presentation/workshop\, we wil l be showing you why you should care about Open Source AI\, teach you how to leverage a purely Open Source AI for a local "co-pilot" like experience \, and then help train the Granite foundational model with new knowledge\, giving you the skills to help build a genuinely transparent AI.\nJoin us and learn with us. We want to build a future of transparency and legal pro tection for AI engineers. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:B.Con (Overflow + Main) SUMMARY:Open Source AI and InstructLab - JJ Asghar URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/NDBZBS/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-PVN3XX@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T151500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T154000 DESCRIPTION:cloud costs can feel like a nightmare\, creeping up on your Kub ernetes infrastructure. But with the right tools\, you can be the hero you r budget deserves! In this talk\, we’ll dive into OpenCost\, an open-sou rce solution that can help you track and optimize your cloud spending in r eal time.You’ll discover how OpenCost works\, why it matters\, and how y ou can use it to become the cost-saving champion of your cloud environment . Get ready to conquer Kubernetes costs and take back control of your clou d! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:Turning Cloud Nightmares into Cost-Saving Dreams - julia lamenza URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/PVN3XX/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-SZSJV7@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T162500 DESCRIPTION:Do you have an idea for automating something but don’t know w here to start? Are you interested in becoming an Ansible developer? This t alk is for you!\n\nModules are individual units of code that perform speci fic tasks. You can think of modules as the building blocks of Ansible auto mation. There are already thousands of Ansible modules for all kinds of ta sks\, such as the “yum” and “apt” modules for package management\, the “file” and “copy” modules for file handling on Linux systems\ , to the “kubernetes”\, “aws”\, and “azure” modules for cloud platforms. As new technologies and use cases emerge\, so does the need for corresponding modules.\n\nJoin this session to get a brief overview of th e module development process. You’ll learn the basics of creating a new module\, find out what tools you should use\, and how you can contribute y our work to the Ansible community.\n\nThis session will also briefly expla in how modules work\, and their lifecycle\, during task execution\, which might be of interest to Ansible users in general. During this part of the session\, we'll look at various network transport concepts related to modu les\, such as SSH and WinRM for execution on Windows hosts. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:Creating Ansible modules is a lot easier than you think - Don Naro\ , Andrei Klychkov URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/SZSJV7/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-9CMK3D@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DESCRIPTION:We’re one of the few companies running a fully IPv6-native cl oud solution. While AWS claims full IPv6 support\, there are always caveat s. Many well-known open-source tools we use also face IPv6 issues. I've le d this migration twice — failed once\, succeeded in my current role — and felt like I was pioneering it both times. This experience could benefi t others. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013) SUMMARY:4-2-6: The story about migrating AWS cloud infrastructure from IPv4 to IPv6 - Konstantin Dobroliubov URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/9CMK3D/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-LLMUHC@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DESCRIPTION:Years before Eli Goldratt would publish his Theory of Constrain ts\, William Edwards (Ed) Deming was applying statistical analysis and phy sics to fix problems with productivity. In this session\, John Willis\, co -author of ‘The DevOps Handbook’\, and author of ‘Demings Journey to Profound Knowledge\,’ will introduce you to Deming’s life and researc h\, and show you how his work still heavily influences DevOps and Platform Engineering today. From the real-life Rosie the Riveter to a hacker writi ng US cybersecurity law\, Deming’s ingenuity and system of thinking\, th e System of Profound Knowledge\, changed how we think in the modern world. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:From Deming to DevOps - John Willis URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/LLMUHC/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-JTHWGP@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DESCRIPTION:Grafana alone is nice\, but might be a bit meaningless if one h as no Anomaly Detection and Root Cause Analysis. How do we do our data act ionable and proactive? DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:B.Con (Overflow + Main) SUMMARY:System Inspection and Observability 2.0: AD and RCA - Bo Maryniuk URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/JTHWGP/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-T97UPU@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DESCRIPTION:We use Puppet for about 1200 Linux machines. This talk will rec ount our journey in upgrading from Puppet 7 to Puppet 8. I will talk about the incompatible changes to be aware of\, how we handled them\, and gener al strategy for handling Puppet major upgrades. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Upgrading to Puppet 8: The Good\, The Bad and The Ruby - Maximilian Gass URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/T97UPU/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-SPW79A@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DESCRIPTION:Foreman has had support for using Ansible as a remote execution provider for some time already\, but only in push mode. This talk will ex plore one of the ways how we could run Ansible on managed hosts without ev er opening a SSH connection to them. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Ansible and Foreman pulling together - Adam Ruzicka URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/SPW79A/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-BTV9U3@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DESCRIPTION:In today's complex IT environments\, it is more important than ever to automate tasks and processes. Event-Driven Ansible is a new featur e of Ansible that allows you to automate IT tasks based on events that occ ur in your IT environment. This session will provide an introduction to Ev ent-Driven Ansible\, including what it is\, how it works\, and the benefit s of using it. We will also discuss some examples of how Event-Driven Ansi ble can be used in real-world scenarios. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 2 (B.1.014) SUMMARY:Leverage Event-Driven Ansible to reduce your automation reaction ti me - Fabio Alessandro "Fale" Locati URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/BTV9U3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-3BSKZB@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T162500 DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we will introduce Kairos\, an open-source projec t that aims to create immutable Operating Systems designed for Kubernetes. This includes a toolset that simplifies operations at the edge in a cloud -native way.\n\nEdge computing has become increasingly popular due to its ability to save costs by processing information closer to the data before sending filtered and computed information to a centralized application or data warehouse hosted in the cloud. Kubernetes is an ideal solution for ed ge computing because it natively builds components that facilitate the lif ecycle management of modern edge applications.\n\nHowever\, as we scale th e number of edge locations\, we face operational challenges\, such as inte racting with cluster configurations at scale without creating unique confi gurations for each location\, ensuring security for remote clusters and ap plications\, upgrading Kubernetes clusters without specific domain knowled ge\, and minimizing disruptions during maintenance windows for smaller for m factor hardware.\n\nKairos acts as an engine delivering immutable Kubern etes-enabled Linux OS from OCI conformant container images. It provides un ique capabilities such as VPN peer-to-peer mesh\, a distributed ledger to automate Kubernetes cluster bootstrapping and coordination\, and zero-touc h provisioning with a QR code scan. But more importantly\, it uses a decla rative model backed by Kubernetes CRDs. It manages distributed Kubernetes operations at the edge from a centralized Kubernetes cluster.\n\nIn this p resentation\, we will explain the foundations and concepts of Kairos and d emonstrate its capabilities. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:Creating Immutable Infrastructures with Kairos - Mauro Morales URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/3BSKZB/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-NVGQ39@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T162500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DESCRIPTION:Ansible yaml code is easy to write but hard to understand and r eason about\, hard to maintain\, debug and test.\nAll of this until you ta ke a functional programming perspective look at an Ansible code. Concepts from functional programming like pure functions\, effects\, composition\, lazy evaluations and others are very much applicable and very useful in An sible.Allow me to show you how concepts from functional programming can he lp you simplify Ansible content development\, make your Ansible content bu llet proof tested\, easy to maintain\, understand and reuse.\nThis talk do es not require any prior knowledge of functional programming. It is design ed to be useful to both beginners and experienced Ansible content develope rs.\n\n\nSee http://kksat.github.io/s/functional-ansible DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:Functional programming design patterns in Ansible code - Kirill Sat arin URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/NVGQ39/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-DGYEV7@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T162500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DESCRIPTION:Since the day Kargo was released\, I have been exploring the id ea of using it not only to deliver and promote applications but also to de liver infrastructure through its progressive delivery capabilities. Using Kubernetes-based tools like Crossplane or Pulumi\, we can define infrastru cture as code and deliver it progressively to our management clusters and then promote this infrastructure through different stages without the need for extra CD script magic.\n\nLet me show you how Kargo helps platform en gineering streamline and automate the progressive rollout of infrastructur e changes to all stages. This talk will cover the basics of Kargo and how to use it with Infrastructure as Code tools. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:Progressive Infrastructure Delivery using Kargo and Argo CD - Engin Diri URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/DGYEV7/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-WLFEVJ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T174000 DESCRIPTION:I was asked to submit a Steve Ballmer style "Automation! Automa tion! Automation!" lightning talk\, but that's really not my style.\n\nSo let's instead talk about containers!\n\nEspecially containers for Foreman. \nSuiteable for running in production\, with plugins and auxilary services like Candlepin and Pulp.\nRunning like normal system services with Podman and systemd or on your Kubernetes cluster.\n\nWe've had a `Dockerfile` in the main Foreman repository for over 5 years (May 2019)\, have been publi shing it to Quay for a long time and I've heard people actually been using it. But it's not flexible (no plugins!)\, mainly aimed at developers and not well maintained overall (no CI until 2023!).\n\nIn this talk we will p resent the current iteration (luckily not actually #42!) of a possible des ign for running a production Foreman with plugins\, bells and whistles in a container environment. We will also discuss what this (probably) means f or future deployments on Foreman and upgrades of existing setups. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Containerizing Foreman deployments\, take #42 - Evgeni Golov URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/WLFEVJ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-7CB7UJ@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T174000 DESCRIPTION:A live discussion and round table about the past promises and t he present and future challenges of Configuration Management and Infrastru ctures Automation\, with some of the people who are working on the field a nd making impossible things possible.\n\nThe session is going to be record ed and broadcasted in the Abnormal DevOps Iterations podcast (https://yout ube.com/@AbnormalDevOpsIterations). DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:D.Aud (Main) SUMMARY:Abnormal DevOps Round Table - Alessandro Franceschi URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/7CB7UJ/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-NPG9HP@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T174000 DESCRIPTION:Your organisation has been using Puppet to manage its infrastru cture\, but it's grown organically over time with best practices and the l ong-term implications of decisions never really being thought about. A new Puppet administrator has just been handed responsibility for the Puppet i nfrastructure\, we need to help them out. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Don't Panic! - Andrew Jones URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/NPG9HP/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-DMPETX@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T174000 DESCRIPTION:Uyuni is an open-source configuration and infrastructure manage ment solution for software-defined infrastructure. In case of using it in the large scale environments there could be different challenges and any o f such deployment requires tweaking to meet the requirements of the exact use case. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013) SUMMARY:How to manage 10k+ Linux systems centrally with Uyuni and Salt - Vi ctor Zhestkov\, Alexander Graul URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/DMPETX/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-DYEVRX@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T165000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250204T174000 DESCRIPTION:Building on the best practices and techniques for using Ansible development tools for authoring playbooks and collections\, this session focuses on the critical next step: comprehensively testing and validating your Ansible content for production environments. While creating well-stru ctured content is essential\, maintaining quality at scale requires automa ted testing pipelines that can validate each change consistently and relia bly.\n\nIn this follow-up session\, we'll demonstrate testing best practic es with Ansible Navigator and Molecule. We'll also explore how to use easi ly incorporate Ansible testing with Pytest and how the tox-ansible plugin can simply testing across multiple Python interpreters and Ansible version s. We'll also focus on how to transform manual testing procedures into aut omated workflows using a GitHub Action.\n\nAttendees will leave this talk with the tools and knowledge to stop wondering if their Ansible content wi ll work in production and start knowing that it will! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:From Manual Testing to Continuous Validation: Taking the Quality of Ansible Content to the Next Level - Sorin Sbarnea URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/DYEVRX/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-GFVWCP@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T173000 DESCRIPTION:Breakfast and Coffee & Tea - Day 3 DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foyer SUMMARY:Breakfast and Coffee & Tea - Day 3 - URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/GFVWCP/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-XSAPED@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DESCRIPTION:Heard about Nix or NixOS but never taken the chance to try it? We will help you get started with this hands-on workshop! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Niks (B.1.036) SUMMARY:Hands-on NixOS for Beginners Workshop - Hugo Herter URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/XSAPED/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-WM33NW@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T170000 DESCRIPTION:Puppets community day is a chance for Puppet staff\, community contributors and users to get together and talk about all things Puppet\, Bolt and the various open source development tools used to develop and mai ntain code. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 1 (B.1.015) SUMMARY:Puppet community day - David Sandilands URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/WM33NW/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-8YTUMH@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T170000 DESCRIPTION:[Mgmt](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/) is a real-time auto mation tool that is fast and safe.\nIn this workshop\, we'll be teaching y ou how to build a complete cluster from scratch. The focus will be on new users\, but you are also welcome to join to hack on mgmt itself.\n\nIt's s trongly recommended that you come with a modern Linux laptop. (VM's\, Mac or Windows will make this more difficult for you!)\n\nA number of blog pos ts on the subject are available: https://purpleidea.com/tags/mgmtconfig/\n Attendees are encouraged to read some before the workshop if they want a p review! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 2 (B.1.014) SUMMARY:Mgmt Config: Training Workshop - James (purpleidea) URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/8YTUMH/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-VZZ7QR@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DESCRIPTION:As part of the Foreman fringe event we want to provide a worksh op for users new to Foreman at all or the orchestration functionality of R emote Execution DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Foreman (B.1.031) SUMMARY:Foreman Beginner Workshop - Dirk Götz URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/VZZ7QR/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-Q7EHAF@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DESCRIPTION:This will be an opportunity for users of Pulp to share their ex periences with each other and a couple of Pulp developers. Part of the tim e will be dedicated to gathering requirements for Pulp 4. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Pulp (B.1.029) SUMMARY:Pulp User Group Meetup - Dennis Kliban URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/Q7EHAF/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-SAPC7J@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an **Icinga Meetup**\, where monitoring enthusiasts \, DevOps professionals\, and system administrators come together to share knowledge\, exchange ideas\, and explore the latest in the world of monit oring. This meetup is an opportunity to connect with the Icinga community\ , learn about new features\, and discover best practices for monitoring mo dern infrastructures. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Workshop Icinga (B 3.0.29) SUMMARY:Icinga Meetup - Blerim Sheqa\, Alvar Penning URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/SAPC7J/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-3HEPVD@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T170000 DESCRIPTION:Ansible Contributor Summit is a full day working session for co mmunity users and contributors to interact with each another along with An sible development teams. We will discuss important issues facing the Ansib le community with a goal to shape the future of Ansible in a way that impr oves and increases collaboration. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Ansible 1 (B.1.017) SUMMARY:Ansible Contributor Summit - Don Naro URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/3HEPVD/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-ZFBT9F@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T170000 DESCRIPTION:Day on how to use and Author using System Initiative DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Kube (B.3.032) SUMMARY:System Initiative Day - Paul Stack URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/ZFBT9F/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-8WQ7LH@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DESCRIPTION:SELinux is such an important part of your security posture\, an d with data breaches becoming more frequent and significant\, it is now mo re important than ever to ensure you have taken every precaution to secure your environment. Unfortunately\, SELinux is one of those technologies th at strikes fear into the heart of so many\, with a large number of people still disabling it to work around issues. In this hands on workshop\, we w ill start from a ground up implementation of an SELinux policy\, taking yo u through its background\, why you should be considering it\, and how to b uild up (and debug) a policy from nothing for a custom application of our own creation. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013) SUMMARY:SELinux for the terrified - James Freeman URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/8WQ7LH/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-GCZVJ8@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DESCRIPTION:We will explore how to use CUE with the central registry\, incl uding validating JSON and YAML as well as using CUE with JSON Schema. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Workshop Chef / Cue B.3.036 SUMMARY:Using the CUE Registry with JSON\, YAML\, and JSON Schema and more - Marcel van Lohuizen URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/GCZVJ8/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-SAMLJM@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T170000 DESCRIPTION:Are you new to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or a seasoned exper t exploring alternatives to Terraform? Perhaps you’re simply curious abo ut Pulumi. Whatever your starting point\, join us for a hands-on lab to di ve into this open-source IaC solution.\n\nRather than just hearing about P ulumi’s benefits\, you'll have the chance to form your own opinion by co ding a small infrastructure project in Azure.\n\nThis lab is a fantastic o pportunity to familiarize yourself with Pulumi’s core concepts while exp loring advanced features\, such as:\n\n- General functionality (declarativ e IaC\, state management\, backends\, providers)\n- Resources\, inputs\, a nd outputs\n- Configuration and environment management with stacks\n- Secu rity and encryption of secrets\n- Integration with existing infrastructure \n- Usage within a CI/CD pipeline\n\nCome and experience Pulumi in action! DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Pulp (B.1.029) SUMMARY:Discover Pulumi Through Hands-On Practice - Engin Diri URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/SAMLJM/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-KNRWAF@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T170000 DESCRIPTION:Heard of Nix\, but too afraid of its learning curve?\nFear no m ore!\nBryan & Co. will stick around to work and help on everything Nix/Nix OS related.\nFrom packaging simple Go applications in NixPkgs\, all the wa y to complex NixOS module questions\, nothing's off the table. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Niks (B.1.036) SUMMARY:Nixing on Stuff - Bryan Honof URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/KNRWAF/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-Q9TZ7E@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T170000 DESCRIPTION:The [OpenVox community fork of Puppet](https://voxpupuli.org/op envox/) is making much rapid progress. But we still have a lot of details to work out. This session is a "breakout room" of sorts from the main Pupp et room and we'll discuss:\n\n* Project Governance\, such as our decision making framework. Led by Garrett Honeycutt.\n* Technical Steering\; how we keep the project architecture aligned with our vision and specifications from the Standards Steering Committee. Let by Nick Burgan.\n* Infrastructu re plans\, such as our GitHub organization\, CI testing\, package mirrorin g\, etc. Led by Gene Liverman.\n* Other topics as we have time\, such as p ackaging details\, a Windows installer\, etc. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Puppet 2 (B.1.011) SUMMARY:OpenVox working group - Ben Ford URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/Q9TZ7E/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-SML8WG@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T170000 DESCRIPTION:During this hands-on exercise\, you will learn what is Instruct Lab and how you can leverage it to easily extend Large Language Models wit h your data and run them on your infrastructure. The tool makes it easy to download\, run and chat with models locally on your laptop. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Tofu / Cloud (B.3.013) SUMMARY:InstructLab workshop - Carol Chen URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/SML8WG/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-ghent2025-ZWKL9T@cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20250205T170000 DESCRIPTION:Run through the hands-on labs that accompany the lecture. Ideal for practitioners of Chef and anyone with a laptop curious to see Chef co ok with recipes and scripts. DTSTAMP:20260422T122241Z LOCATION:Workshop Chef / Cue B.3.036 SUMMARY:Chef 's Toolkit with Labs - Heather Thacker URL:https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/talk/ZWKL9T/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR