CloudEvents: Intro, Status and the Future...

CloudEvents is a protocol independent event definition that aims to make eventing infrastructure more robust by providing a common language for events.

• CloudEvents is an envelope definition that allows for event occurrence independent of protocol choice
• It aims to make routing part of the application configuration rather than a custom event mediator
• CloudEvents is a cost-effective choice for event producers and consumers
• It is a vendor-neutral and open standards project under the CNCF
• The working group is currently working on demo integrations using CloudEvents and other APIs

The speaker explained how choosing an event broker can be a very expensive choice up front, as it gets baked into all layers of the application. CloudEvents aims to provide a cost-effective solution by allowing for a common language for events and making routing part of the application configuration.

The CloudEvents specification is one of those unsung hero projects that doesn't get a lot of attention, but is slowly making its way into some of the most popular OSS projects out there today. Why? Come join this session to see why and to learn more about how it can help make your eventing infrastructure more robust. After a quick introduction to CloudEvents we'll then look at what's been going on since we shipped v1.0 - including the new specifications that are under development all aimed at making it easier to produce and consumer events.