KubeVirt

New #KubeVirt Blog post!
How to stretch a layer 2 network across multiple #Kubernetes clusters, using an EVPN overlay.
This enables preserving L2 adjacency between #VMs running on different clusters.

kubevirt.io/2025/Stretch...

KubeVirt Summit 2025 | CNCF Virtual Event - EVENT DATE UPDATEDKubeVirt Summit will now take place on Thursday, October 16 - we hope that you are still able to atten...

Quick reminder that KubeVirt Summit starts in just under 4 hours (12:00 UTC).
Schedule and (free) registration on the CNCF event page.

community.cncf.io/events/detai...

Release v1.6.2 · kubevirt/kubevirt tag v1.6.2 Tagger: Federico Fossemo ffossemo@redhat.com This release follows v1.6.1 and consists of 24 changes, contributed by 6 people, leading to 42 files changed, 870 insertions(+), 191 deletion...

KubeVirt v1.6.2 has been released!

If you are running v1.6.0 or v1.6.1, we highly encourage you to upgrade:
github.com/kubevirt/kub...

Release v1.6.1 · kubevirt/kubevirt tag v1.6.1 Tagger: Federico Fossemo ffossemo@redhat.com This release follows v1.6.0 and consists of 122 changes, contributed by 21 people, leading to 179 files changed, 6671 insertions(+), 22702 de...

We are pleased to announce that KubeVirt v1.6.1 has been released.

The source code and selected binaries are available for download at: github.com/kubevirt/kub...

Building VM golden images with Packer | KubeVirt.io Packer plugin for KubeVirt that builds VM golden images inside Kubernetes.

New blog post!
Learn about the new KubeVirt plugin for Packer that lets you build VM images directly in Kubernetes, enabling you to automate OS installation from ISO, customize the VM during build, and produce a reusable bootable volume, all without leaving your cluster.

kubevirt.io/2025/Buildin...

KubeVirt Summit 2025 | CNCF Virtual Event - EVENT DATE UPDATEDKubeVirt Summit will now take place on Thursday, October 16 - we hope that you are still able to atten...

The KubeVirt Summit 2025 schedule is now available on the event page. You can register on the same page.

Special thanks to everyone who submitted a proposal!

community.cncf.io/events/detai...

#kubevirt #kubevirtsummit2025 #virtualization #opensource

Please note: KubeVirt Summit 2025 will now be on Oct 16th.
We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

We expect to post the schedule in 2 weeks.

KubeVirt Summit 2025: Call for Speakers KubeVirt Summit is our annual online conference, now in its fifth year, in which the entire broader community meets to showcase all things KubeVirt, w...

The KubeVirt Summit CfP 2025 is now open! 🥳
This virtual event is for the broader community to talk about all things KubeVirt, and will be held on Oct 8.

✍️ Consider submitting a session if you work on or with or have anything to do with KubeVirt: sessionize.com/kubevirt-sum...

We have talks at some upcoming conferences:
1. DevConf (Brno, June 12-14), and
2. KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan (Tokyo, June 16-17)

Info on our events wiki: github.com/kubevirt/com...

Come and say hello!

Quick reminder: Today is the last day to submit your #GSOC 2025 proposals (1800 UTC).

summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/202...

Project Engagement | LF Events Projects will have the opportunity to deliver a 5-minute lightning talk on the day preceding KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. These Lightning Talks will serve the purpose of spotlighting the project…

If you're at #KubeCon this week, be sure to drop by the #KubeVirt stand in the afternoons at the #CNCF project pavilion: events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...

We'd love to chat and we've got some embroidered swag to give you 😀

Management paradigms for virtual machines running on Kubernetes The HPE Developer portal

A nice overview for getting started with #KubeVirt for VM management and how it integrates with #Ansible, as well as UIs such as #OKD and #Harvester
Thanks for sharing with us, @datamattsson.io

developer.hpe.com/blog/managem...

Announcing the release of KubeVirt v1.5 | KubeVirt.io With the release of KubeVirt v1.5 we see the community adding some features that align with more traditional virtualization platforms.

Excited to announce the recent release of #KubeVirt v1.5.0!
And a big thank you to everyone who contributed, especially our hard-working team of reviewers+approvers.

Check out the highlights: kubevirt.io/2025/KubeVir...

Source: github.com/kubevirt/kub...
Release Notes: kubevirt.io/user-guide/r...

KubeVirt: A solution to your VMware problem - and more? "You can start and stop VMs. You can snapshot and clone VMs. There's a backup and restore mechanism. You can do live migration. You can do storage migration, you can run encryption, you can run a TPM"

www.thestack.technology/kubevirt-a-s...

Google Summer of Code 2025 Community content. Contribute to kubevirt/community development by creating an account on GitHub.

We are very excited to have been accepted for our third year of Google Summer of Code!

Check out the #KubeVirt 2025 ideas list: github.com/kubevirt/com...
Learn more about the program: summerofcode.withgoogle.com/how-it-works

#gsoc #gsoc2025 #opensource