What to catch up on all Cloud Foundry excitement from Karlsruhe this year? Be sure to tune into the show as we recap all the great talks and topics from Cloud Foundry Day 2024 EU!

It's time for another "Into the DMZ" security series update with David Zendzian! Chris Cropper will also join the show to deep dive into cloud-native security and compliance!

This week, Jacob Newton joins the show as we deep dive into the new features in the Tanzu Platform geared towards Cloud Foundry platform engineers and developers! Don't miss this episode to see multi-foundation magic and visibility :)

David Zendzian (aka DMZ) will join the show to continue our mini-series on security, now titled "Into the DMZ." Based on the popular chat from episode 20, we will deep-dive into the Crowdstrike incident and other security-related topics.

Mark Fynes joins the show to explore how to save money and resources with hidden superpowers within the Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry and java native images and droplets!

Show Notes:
Check out the Tanzu Platform Cloud Foundry sessions at VMware Explore:
https://myevents.vmware.com/widget/vmware/explore2024lv/1719452363936001wyyD

Do you need help calculating all the cost savings your install of Tanzu Platform Cloud Foundry is giving you? Don't miss this episode as Mia Villarreal will be our special guest to deep dive into the Total Economic Impact for Tanzu Platform report published by ESG.

Show notes:

• Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry is bringing customers faster to market
• ESG Report: Analyzing the Economic Benefits of VMware Tanzu Platform 

Join Nick and special guest star Tim Leong for a live walkthrough and guide on installing the GenAI for TPCF tile!

Download the beta:
https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdownloads?subfamily=GenAI%20on%20Tanzu%20Platform%20for%20Cloud%20Foundry

Cote is joining the show to do a crossover from the Tanzu Talk podcast/Lifecast series! We will discuss cloud-native stuff, cloud foundry, what app platforms are great, and probably Dungeons and Dragons!

Show notes:

Cote's Podcasts:
https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/
https://www.tanzutalk.com/

Nicky and Nick will deep dive into the shared-nothing logging architecture with our special guests, Carson Long and Matthew Kocher. Learn how you can begin to optimize your overall logging architecture on your Cloud Foundry and Tanzu Platform installs!

Show notes:
The Firehose is Out, Syslog is In | Part 1
The Firehose is Out, Syslog is In | Part 2

Join this week's episode as Nicky and Nick dive into the initial public beta release of GenAI on Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry. Nick will demo some of his labs, showing how you can get started building and running GenAI apps on CPUS (not just GPUs) running on Cloud Foundry.

Grab GenAI for TPCF here:
https://network.pivotal.io/products/genai-for-tas/

David Zendzian (aka DMZ) will join the show again this week as our special guest star. We will discuss security updates in Cloud Foundry, VMware Tanzu, and the industry in general. This will be the first of many shows with DMZ, as he can periodically share with the community recent events, tips, and tricks in the security space. If you're a platform engineer, you don’t want to miss this episode!

Show Notes:

• CVE-2024-22279 Advisory:  https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/cve-2024-22279-gorouter-denial-of-service-attack/
• Broadcom's CVE-2024-22279 Advisory: https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24486
• RFC 7231 Section 5.11 Details:  https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-5.1.1
• Tanzu Security Blog:  https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog-tag-security/5-ways-to-master-security-with-vmware-tanzu-platform

Get ready for an exciting episode all about data! Join us this week with special guests Gregory Green and returning favorite Mark Fynes as we discuss optimizing data services for your apps, explore use cases, and compare the best options between services. Expect fun discussions and live demos. If data's your thing, don't miss this episode!

Guest Bios:
Gregory Green LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-green-5619748/
Gregory Green is a seasoned software development and architecture expert with over 25 years of diverse experience across multiple industries, including financial, pharmaceutical, and telecommunications. Gregory specializes in cloud-native data services, bringing extensive expertise in modern data solutions, application modernization, digital transformations, and domain-driven design patterns. His innovative approach and deep industry knowledge make him a valuable asset in driving technological advancements and delivering cutting-edge solutions.

Mark Fynes LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-fynes-812407/
Mark Fynes brings over 25 years of experience in Mark Fynes has over 25 years of experience in enterprise middleware and cloud platforms. He's worked on everything from Corba Middleware, web services, to various platforms before joining Pivotal in 2013 where he realized the potential of Cloud Foundry.  Since then, he has been a part of helping customers deploy their first apps with 'cf push' and scale to managing tens of thousands of applications on the platform.

Join the Cloud Foundry Weekly crew as we are thrilled to host an incredible real-world Cloud Foundry User, Daniel Boegelein (Datev eG). We are also delighted to host Amelia Downs (a leading Cloud Foundry contributor) and promote conversation between our Cloud Foundry Users and Contributors. They'll share practical insights on how their organizations run their businesses with Cloud Foundry. We're excited to close out the show by demonstrating how the Cloud Foundry contributor’s work is used in the real world and how Cloud Foundry drives your everyday lives

Our special guest this week is Tony Elmore. We will deep-dive into Platform Automation with Tanzu Application Service. Tony will share his work on optimizing Platform Automation pipelines, which focuses on reducing the overall execution time of pipelines, making failed pipelines easier to find and troubleshoot, and simplifying how products are configured. Don't miss this episode to see how you can optimize your pipelines across all IaaS.

Join Nicky and Nick as they recap their experiences at Cloud Foundry Day NYC 2024!

Nick's Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/tehkuhnz/status/1790731369665986730

Join the Cloud Foundry Weekly crew as we are thrilled to host some incredible real-world Cloud Foundry Users, Tom Brisco (JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and Greg Otto (Comcast). We are also delighted to host Amelia Downs (a leading Cloud Foundry contributor) and promote conversation between our Cloud Foundry Users and Contributors. They'll share practical insights on how their organizations run their businesses with Cloud Foundry. We're excited to close out the show by demonstrating how the Cloud Foundry contributor’s work is used in the real world and how Cloud Foundry drives your everyday lives.

This week, David Wu will be our special guest star as we explore building enterprise RAG applications using GenAI for TAS. Don't miss this episode as we deep-dive into how you can build innovative applications on top of Cloud Foundry with large language models and applications using Retrieval Augmented Generation(RAG) to tailor chatbots to your domain-specific knowledge.

Links:
GenAI for TAS Sample Apps:  https://github.com/nkuhn-vmw/GenAI-for-TAS-Samples
Avatar Drawings - Creative Design:  David Neal https://reverentgeek.com

Bio
David Wu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawu/
 
David Wu is a Senior Staff Product Value Engineer - Developer Experience team at Broadcom, where he helps customers modernize legacy applications and build scalable, high-performing Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes platforms. With over 7 years of experience at Pivotal, VMware, and now Broadcom, David has a deep understanding of cloud technologies and their practical applications. Prior to Pivotal, he served as a software engineer building innovative financial applications, internationally award winning cinematic cameras and medical devices that are even now showcased in the Science Museum in London, England. 

David is the co-author of the book "Cloud Foundry for Developers," which guides readers through the process of developing and deploying applications using the Cloud Foundry platform. He holds a Computer Science degree and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Monash University and RMIT, where he developed the world's first human vision model for perceptually lossless medical image compression.

In addition to his work in the tech industry, David served as a forensic specialist for law enforcement/government entities. He developed cutting-edge algorithms that significantly contributed to solving complex cases, where his work was recognized and continually sought. 

David's expertise spans software development, generative AI, picture quality metrics, picture compression, machine learning algorithms, vision models, and forensics/video analytics. He is passionate about leveraging technology to help customers succeed, drive innovation and solve real-world problems.

Ever wonder what it’s like to live in a day in the life of a VMware Tanzu Solution architect? Join this episode as Nicky and Nick deep dive with a panel of Tanzu SAs and how they spend their time helping customers achieve their business goals.

Guest Bios:
Mark Fynes -  
Mark Fynes brings over 25 years of experience in Mark Fynes has over 25 years of experience in enterprise middleware and cloud platforms. He's worked on everything from Corba Middleware, web services, to various platforms before joining Pivotal in 2013 where he realized the potential of Cloud Foundry.  Since then, he has been a part of helping customers deploy their first apps with 'cf push' and scale to managing tens of thousands of applications on the platform.

Tim Leong -  
Tim Leong is a 10-year Cloud Foundry veteran and enthusiast who previously managed the platform for major corporations before transitioning to sales two years ago. His focus is on learning Tanzu and advocating for TAS across industries. Tim resides near Philadelphia with his wife and three children near a mall where apparently George Washington used to hang out

Chris Samp -  
Chris Samp's journey began with early computer tinkering, leading to a career spanning Silicon Valley's Dot Com era to today's Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes landscapes. With expertise in Java, N-tier architecture, AWS, bash scripts, Python, and a VP Engineering background at startups, Chris brings a wealth of experience to his current role. He joined Pivotal, engaging with major companies like Ford and GM, and continues to navigate the evolving tech terrain with a focus on Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes solutions.

This week, we are honored to have two guest stars! Jake Meloche from Aqua Security will join the show, as well as our very own field CISO at Tanzu, David Zendzian (aka DMZ) 😎

We will deep-dive into all facets of security around Cloud Foundry and Tanzu Application Service. Take advantage of this episode to ensure that you are taking all steps to ensure that your platforms are running as securely as possible!

Ram Iyengar and Chris Clark from the Cloud Foundry Foundation will update us on what's been happening in the open-source CF ecosystem. Take advantage of this episode to see the latest and greatest insights from the CFF and a deep dive into the upcoming Cloud Foundry Day NYC!

Show notes:
Cloud Foundry Day NYC
Cloud Foundry Foundation
Cloud Foundry Korifi
Paketo Buildpacks 

This week's episode will dive into the latest release of Tanzu Application Service with our celebrity guest star, Michael Cote! Listen in for updates on GenAI for TAS, Autoscaler updates, and various other cool features on TAS 6.0! -- Bonus content Cote and Nick discussing what type of box TAS is shipped in :)

Show notes:
TAS 6.0 Announcement Blog
Sign up for the GenAI for TAS beta!

DaShaun Carter is back on the show this week to dive into Spring Cloud Data Flow (SCDF) and how you can use it within a Cloud Foundry / Tanzu Application Service environment.

Getting Started Guide: https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-cl...
Project Guide:  https://dataflow.spring.io/getting-st...
Flow Reference Guide:  https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-d...
SCDF Project Page: https://spring.io/projects/spring-clo...
SteelToe/.Net integration guide: https://docs.steeltoe.io/api/v3/strea...

Spring Office Hours with Dan Vega and DaShaun Carter:   • Spring Office Hours  

This week, we're honored to have special guests Andrew Stakhov, Martez Killens, and Chris Hester joining us. Get ready for an in-depth exploration of running your .Net workloads efficiently and effectively on Cloud Foundry. Don't miss out on this insightful session!

Show notes:
https://nuke.build/

This week on Cloud Foundry Weekly, our special guest will be Spring's own Josh Long!

If you're into Spring, Josh might be a familiar name. He's a Spring Developer Advocate at VMware, a Java Champion, and author of several books on Spring. Josh's love for Spring is so strong, we suspect he only drinks his coffee from bean-configured cups!

Join us as we chat about: 

The latest regarding Spring and Cloud Foundry
Practical tips to improve your CF/τPCF  workflows
Josh's thoughts on what's next for cloud-native Java

Whether you're an experienced CloudFoundry user or just beginning this episode is sure to appeal to everyone.

Join Nick and Nicky with their special guest this week, Chris Phillipson, to get a deep dive into the cf-toolsuite project! Cloud Foundry platform engineers and developers can benefit from the various projects hosted at https://github.com/cf-toolsuite.

Show Notes:
Check out cf-toolsuite -- https://github.com/cf-toolsuite

Don't Miss Episode 2 of Cloud Foundry Weekly! We will dive into GenAI for Tanzu Application Service with special guests Long Nguyen and Amelia Downs!

Learn how to deploy PrivateAI in your CloudFoundry foundations with BOSH and use SpringAI to build AI-enabled Cloud Foundry apps!

Sign up for the GenAI for TAS beta here!

Listen to the first episode of the Cloud Foundry Weekly podcast by Nicky Pike and Nick Kuhn! On this episode, we welcomed special guests DaShaun Carter and Dan Vega from the incredible Spring community to talk Spring and Cloud Foundry.

James Watters joins the show to share his Cloud Foundry experiences. Don't miss this chance to catch up with one of the cf legends!

Superstar Mark Fynes returns to the show this week to explore how platform engineers can use the Spring Cloud Data Flow (SCFG) tile to control log routing to various endpoints!

Maya Rosecrance will join the show to dive deep into new BOSH and VMware Tanzu Operations Manager (Ops Man) features. Don't miss this episode to see how these new features can make a platform engineer's life easier 😎

Maya Rosecrance Bio:
Maya Rosecrance has been involved with Cloud Foundry since 2016. She started by contributing to the Loggregator project, then transitioned to the metrics team. In 2017, she joined the Redis tile team in London, followed by a role on the Garden team. Since 2019, Maya has been part of the BOSH team, and in 2021, she became the engineering manager for the BOSH team.

Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrosecrance/
Compiling Releases without a Director: https://bosh.io/docs/compiled-releases/#bosh-agent-compile
OpsManager 3.0 Release Notes: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Tanzu-Operations-Manager/3.0/vmware-tanzu-ops-manager/release-notes.html

Adib Saikali will join the show to run through his zero-to-hero session on Spring AI. This episode will be a great way to introduce you to Spring AI and sample application patterns that use GenAI, Spring, and Cloud Foundry.

Join Nick and Nicky as they host Cloud Foundry Weekly Live from VMware Explore Las Vegas 2024! We will welcome members from the Tanzu Vanguard, Cloud Foundry, and VMware Tanzu communities! If you are at the show, we will be in Meeting Room Bellini 2001A from 11 AM to 12PM PDT!

Nicky and Nick will give a pre-explore show to breakdown all the great sessions you should attend! If you are still looking to fill up your calendar with great tPCF related content, then don't miss this session

Join the extended Cloud Foundry weekly crew as we celebrate the holidays, reflect on the year, and geek out about our homelabs!

This week, friends of the pod Tim Leong and Mark Fynes will join the show again to discuss all the goodness that Tanzu adds on top of the Cloud Foundry ecosystem.

This will be the first part of our Tanzu Platform 10 launch coverage. Nicky and Nick will deep dive into the GA release of the GenAI for Tanzu Platform Tile. Don't miss this episode to get the latest tips and tricks on installing the GenAI tile.

Nicky will share his insights from Kubecon North America! He will share his stories from working at the Cloud Foundry Foundation and VMware Tanzu booths.

Links
Cloud Native Heroes Challenge:  Help vanquish patent trolls!  https://www.cncf.io/heroes/
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Salt Lake City 2024 Playlist:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2Pw4mRw4S-1p_xLARMqPkA7 

Cote and Keith Lee will join the show this week live from VMware Explore Barcelona 2024!

cf-toolsuite fans - Don't miss this episode! Friend of the pod, Chris Phillipson, will return to share updates on the latest addition to the cf-toolsuite, Sanford! This new app will run, use the GenAI on the Tanzu Platform tile, and do some fun document analysis.  Of course, stay tuned for general updates on cf-tool suite and perhaps some Halloween fun :)

Join us to celebrate the release of Tanzu Platform 10.2! Our special guest will be Darin Zook as we dive into the latest and greatest features in your favorite Cloud Foundry distribution :)

We will explore some new homelab gear today on the show and how it can be used with Cloud Foundry!

DMZ, Nishad, and Rajan will join the show this week to discuss how Team Tanzu proactively handles the ever-changing security landscape by implementing proactive practices to respond to and mitigate the CVE threat landscape.

We will also ask the team for their thoughts on wrapping security around the Model Context Protocol(MCP) as it continues to pick up steam!

We welcome special guests Chris Phillipson and Brian Kirkland to the show to discuss implementing continuous platform engineering with cf-kaizen and the rest of the cf-tool suite. 

Don't miss this episode to see how you can harness the power of agents to improve your overall platform operations and engineering.

We will have special guest Joey McDonald on the show to discuss his latest project, ConcourseGPT!

ConcourseGPT aims to tame the Beasts of CI/CD Infrastructure with AI-generated documentation! It solves the challenge of undocumented, complex Concourse pipelines with an AI-powered tool that generates comprehensive documentation for configurations that often remain untouched for months or years.

If you are using Concourse, this will be a must-watch episode!

Check out the project on Joey's blog:
https://jmcdice.github.io/posts/concourse-gpt/

Grab the code:
https://github.com/jmcdice/concourse-gpt

We welcome Adib Saikali back to the show to continue covering his Zero to Hero class on Spring AI! We will also continue to show how easy it is to expand and empower Java developers on the platform using Spring AI to jumpstart intelligent app development using Cloud Foundry and our GenAI tile.

Grab the code:
https://github.com/asaikali/spring-ai-zero-to-hero

Catch up on part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/vyZSmePUiCE?si=6xzpkzjUgv65WbNI

We continue our coverage on running Open-WebUI on Cloud Foundry! We will dig into what services we can tie in from the Cloud Foundry marketplace to expand our exploration of running GenAI apps and LLMs within your foundations. Last but not least, we will give a sneak peek at Nick's latest addition to his homelab.

We are kicking off our "How-To" mini-series with this episode! We will show a deep dive on deploying the popular open-webui application on Cloud Foundry! Open-WebUI is a great tool to explore and experiment with GenAI on your locally deployed LLMs running on the GenAI for Tanzu Platform tile. We will also deep dive into different model variants and inference engines such as Ollama and vLLM.

Open-WebUI:
https://openwebui.com/

GenAI for tPCF Samples:
https://github.com/nkuhn-vmw/GenAI-for-TPCF-Samples

Cloud Foundry Podcast: https://cloudfoundryweekly.com/episodes
Cloud Foundry Weekly LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/cloud-foundry-weekly 
Cloud Foundry Weekly X: https://x.com/cf_weekly

Nick Kuhn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-kuhn-aa72a39/
Nick Kuhn X: https://x.com/tehkuhnz
Nick Kuhn Blog: https://tehkuhnz.io/

Nicky Pike LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicky-pike/
Nicky Pike X: https://x.com/bearded_bytes
Nicky Pike Blog: https://nickypike.dev

Are you curious about the Model Context Protocol (MCP)? Join the show this week to hear from special guests Corby Page and Kirti Apte to learn the basics of MCP and to use that in the scope of your Cloud Foundry environment!

DaShaun Carter and Dan Vega will join the show this week to give an update on what's going on in the world of Spring! Don't miss this episode to see how you can pair Cloud Foundry with our favorite java framework :)

Are you trying to make sense of all the AI news around deepseek-r1? Well, then join the show this week to get a deep dive on how to deploy deepseek-r1 in your datacenter running on the Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry