Booting 5 K8s Clusters on Every Git Push - How Linkerd Leveled Up Its CI

Explore how the Linkerd project dramatically improved its Continuous Integration (CI) process in this 27-minute conference talk. Learn about the journey from a single, persistent Kubernetes cluster to multiple one-off Kubernetes in Docker (kind) clusters, reducing CI time from 45 minutes to under 10 minutes. Discover the patterns and tools that worked well for Linkerd's use case, as well as those that didn't. Watch a live demonstration of Linkerd's CI workflow, including automated cluster setup, testing, and teardown. Gain valuable insights into efficiently testing Kubernetes applications in CI, based on Linkerd's real-world experience.

Booting 5 K8s Clusters on Every Git Push: How Linkerd Leveled Up Its CI - Andrew Seigner, Buoyant