In our upcoming April session, we'll reflect on LF Networking’s Cloud Native Telecom program journey since our pivotal launch in November. LFN introduced a Test Catalog and Certification Program then, marking key milestones in telecom's cloud native transition. Now, we're looking ahead. The future holds exciting updates: new versions of our certification, expansions to the Test Catalog, and integration of additional tools and resources. We're also focused on collaborating with downstream projects to consume and expand the outputs from our initiatives. This session is an invitation to learn about and join the community in this ongoing evolution. Whether you're a developer, a telecom professional, or an enthusiast in cloud-native technologies, your contribution can drive significant advancements in this field. Be a part of shaping telecom's cloud-native future!

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Evolving Together:
Cloud Native Telecom's
Journey Forward
Olivier Smith, MATRIXX
W.Watson, Vulk Cooperative

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Speakers
W. Watson
Principal
Vulk Cooperative
Olivier Smith
Office of the CTO
MATRIXX Software
A member of the CTO Office at MATRIXX
Software. Olivier is actively engaged in open
source communities in the Linux Foundation
where he helps advance and promote cloud-
native best practices for the telecom industry.
W. Watson has been professionally developing
software for 30 years. He is a core founder and
developer on the cnti-testsuite.

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Agenda - 30 Minutes
● CNTi Introduction
● Goals & Accomplishments
● Aspirational Roadmap
● Upcoming Events
● Join the CNTi Community
Slides available at
https://sched.co/1YUsR

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Background
CNCF and LFN efforts coming together under one
initiative to advance cloud native telecom networking

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Mission and Goals
● Help align the industry on best
practices to ensure the benefits of
cloud native are fully realized
● Build end user confidence to
adopt cloud native networking
applications (i.e. CNFs)
● Drive greater adoption of cloud
native networking

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Our Focus Areas
Best Practices
● Development of Cloud
Native and Kubernetes
native networking best
practices for infrastructure
and workloads.
Test Catalog
● Creation of an open source
& vendor neutral testing
catalog that can be used to
validate and verify use of
best practices.
Certification
● Develop an industry leading
Cloud Native Telecom
certification program to build
CSP confidence, drive
adoption, and reduce
interoperability efforts

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Best Practices
and
Test Catalog
Consumption
Anuket/
Sylva
Nephio
Service Providers
CNF & Infra Vendors
CNTi Certification
Contribution
CNTi Value Proposition

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CNTi Cloud Native Test Categories
● CNTi tests are
categorized
into 7 areas of
importance to
cloud native
characteristics
● 62 workload
tests with more
in the pipeline
Compatibility,
Installability &
Upgradability
Configuration
Security
Observability
&
Diagnostics
Microservices
State
Reliability,
Resilience &
Availability
Cloud
Native Best
Practices

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CNTi Community

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Accomplishments Since Launching CNTi
● Community & Industry Outreach
○ Sharing our value prop
○ Identifying potential areas of
common interest
○ Identifying opportunities to
collaborate
● CNTi Certification (Beta)
○ Expanding upon the former CNCF
Certified CNF program
○ Adding additional tests for a more
robust certification
Our Beta Partners

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Why CNTi Certified?
● Demonstrate commitment to vendor neutral
cloud native networking
● Create end user confidence for your
products/offerings and the benefits imparted
through a best practice cloud native approach:
○ Portability
○ Easier integration
○ Scalable
○ Resilient
○ And much more!

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CNTi Aspirations for 2H/2024
Best Practices
● Document essential
certification best practices
● Expand our cross-project
collaborations
Test Suite
● Expand catalog of cloud
native test cases
● Code refactoring and
improvements that make
contributions easier
Certification
● Introduce new
Certification
● Include new tests
● Support vendors in self-
certification process
Grow the CNTi Community & Increase CSP Participation

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Join our D&TF Sessions!
CNTi Test Suite
Usage Introduction
and Certification
Demo
CNTi Test Suite for
Contributors and
Advanced Users
Friday, May 3rd at 11:15am PT Friday, May 3rd at 12:15pm PT

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How to Participate in CNTi
CNTi Best Practices
● Bi-Weekly on Mondays (Next: May 6)
● https://github.com/lfn-cnti/bestpractices
CNTi Test Catalog
● Weekly on Tuesdays (Next: May 7)
● https://github.com/cnti-testcatalog
CNTi Certification
● Weekly on Thursdays (Next: May 9)
● https://github.com/lfn-cnti/certification
lfntech.slack.com
● #cnti-general
● #cnti-bestpractices
● #cnti-testsuite-dev
● #cnti-certification
Mailing List
● https://lists.lfnetworking.org/g/lfn-cnti
Email
● lfn-cnti@lfnetworking.org

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Thank You!
Q&A
@wavell
@olivier-smith-2b5230/