From 6f414a3f981f8056dfecc95f4e4dab6407de841a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ashley Davis Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:44:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] cert-manager graduation announcement Signed-off-by: Ashley Davis --- .spelling | 3 ++ .../2024-11-12-cert-manager-graduation.md | 54 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/announcements/2024-11-12-cert-manager-graduation.md diff --git a/.spelling b/.spelling index a6e6eb33c46..a261baa295b 100644 --- a/.spelling +++ b/.spelling @@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ jwenz723 seuf thirdeyenick MattiasGees +Gamanji +impactful +Linkerd (sub)domains 7opf ACLs diff --git a/content/announcements/2024-11-12-cert-manager-graduation.md b/content/announcements/2024-11-12-cert-manager-graduation.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..28dc6c8847b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/announcements/2024-11-12-cert-manager-graduation.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +--- +slug: cert-manager-graduation +title: cert-manager is now a CNCF Graduated Project! +description: cert-manager joins Kubernetes itself at the Graduated level of the CNCF +date: "2024-11-12T09:00:00Z" +--- + +The 28th of November 2023 was an important day for the cert-manager project. We [raised](https://github.com/cncf/toc/pull/1212) our first issue on the road to becoming a CNCF Graduated project, +which then grew into [another issue](https://github.com/cncf/toc/issues/1306), a [security audit](./2024-03-18-cert-manager-security-audit.md) and lots of [due diligence](https://github.com/cncf/toc/pull/1416) +over the following months. + +We took that step towards graduation chiefly because being Graduated is the highest rung of the ladder that a CNCF project can climb. + +There's no higher level - Kubernetes itself is a CNCF Graduated project, along with other incredibly impactful and [noteworthy projects](https://www.cncf.io/projects/) such as Istio, Cilium, Linkerd and SPIFFE. + +We're now incredibly proud to announce that the 12th of November 2024 is also an important day for cert-manager; we're now officially a CNCF Graduated Project! + +The CNCF describes graduated projects as: + +> Projects considered stable, widely adopted, and production ready, attracting thousands of contributors + +We believe this description reflects cert-manager's place in the Cloud Native landscape. We've met hundreds of people at different KubeCon events who've told us that they rely on cert-manager +in production across thousands of Kubernetes clusters. We treasure the trust that people place in us, and we remain dedicated to keeping cert-manager rock solid. + +Graduation isn't just the end of a long process though - it's a chance to reaffirm our commitment to solving X.509 in Kubernetes. + +There are interesting challenges ahead for cert-manager, and we're excited to be part of the solution. + +First, consider quantum computers promising to break existing encryption. The process of migrating to post-quantum cryptography has already begun, +and cert-manager stands ready to adopt standards when they're ready. + +Second, think about the threat-strewn landscape of trust in Kubernetes containers today. trust-manager is growing rapidly, and we think it can +help not only to manage everyday trust bundles, but also to increase response times for fixing trust issues in Kubernetes. + +And of course, machine identities - including X.509 certs - are only proliferating faster as time goes on. cert-manager is ready to scale with that growth! + +We'd like to finish by saying some thank yous: + +First, we'd like to thank [Katie Gamanji](https://x.com/k_gamanji) who helped to shepherd our project through the graduation process; we quite literally couldn't have +completed the process without her. + +Second, we'd like to thank all those who were involved in helping during the process, including those who were interviewed, +TAG Security and TAG Contributor Strategy, and many others for their feedback and advice. + +Third, we'd like to thank [Venafi](https://venafi.com/) for sponsoring the bulk of the maintainer time required to see this process through. + +Finally, thank you all for using cert-manager and being such a great community! + +We're actively looking for more contributors, maintainers, and feedback from users; please reach out on [Slack](https://cert-manager.io/docs/contributing/#slack) or join one of our [regular meetings](https://cert-manager.io/docs/contributing/#meetings) if you're interested in getting involved! + +Happy graduation to cert-manager! + +- The cert-manager Maintainers +