Simon Krenger - Containers Aren’t VMs… Except When They Are

In many companies, VMs still reign supreme. But what if we want to bring these VMs closer to the cloud native world? In this talk, we'll see how KubeVirt extends Kubernetes to manage VMs alongside containers, looking into its architecture and integration with the Kubernetes API. Through live demos, we’ll see how to deploy, manage, and monitor VMs in a Kubernetes cluster. But we’ll also explore its challenges and the operational trade-offs of running VMs in a container-first world. Finally, we’ll discuss pragmatic guidelines for when KubeVirt shines and when alternatives like containerization or existing VM solutions might be better. This session will equip you with knowledge to decide if KubeVirt is the right tool - and when to leave the VMs behind.