KubeVirt
@kubevirt.bsky.social
KubeVirt is a #CNCF project that extends the #Kubernetes API to provide for #virtualization workloads to run natively alongside container workloads.
More information at kubevirt.io
New contributors welcome! https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/contributing/
More information at kubevirt.io
New contributors welcome! https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/contributing/
The KubeVirt VEP meetings continue, even if the v1.8 deadline has passed.
Come along to continue discussion on your accepted VEPs for this release, as well as to bring new VEPs ahead of the v1.9 schedule.
Next one starts in about 30 minutes: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Come along to continue discussion on your accepted VEPs for this release, as well as to bring new VEPs ahead of the v1.9 schedule.
Next one starts in about 30 minutes: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The KubeVirt VEP meetings continue, even if the v1.8 deadline has passed.
Come along to continue discussion on your accepted VEPs for this release, as well as to bring new VEPs ahead of the v1.9 schedule.
Next one starts in about 30 minutes: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Come along to continue discussion on your accepted VEPs for this release, as well as to bring new VEPs ahead of the v1.9 schedule.
Next one starts in about 30 minutes: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
The schedule for KubeVirt Summit Live is now live!
And we are very excited about the lineup.
Join us at KubeCon EU 26 in Amsterdam, Thursday Mar 26 in the Cloud Native Theatre.
events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...
And we are very excited about the lineup.
Join us at KubeCon EU 26 in Amsterdam, Thursday Mar 26 in the Cloud Native Theatre.
events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The schedule for KubeVirt Summit Live is now live!
And we are very excited about the lineup.
Join us at KubeCon EU 26 in Amsterdam, Thursday Mar 26 in the Cloud Native Theatre.
events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...
And we are very excited about the lineup.
Join us at KubeCon EU 26 in Amsterdam, Thursday Mar 26 in the Cloud Native Theatre.
events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-clou...
Reminder that we are running an Asia-Pacific-friendly KubeVirt Community Meeting today at 0300 UTC - in about 3 hours :)
Main item on the agenda is talk ideas for KubeCon India, Japan, and China.
Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Main item on the agenda is talk ideas for KubeCon India, Japan, and China.
Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
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January 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Reminder that we are running an Asia-Pacific-friendly KubeVirt Community Meeting today at 0300 UTC - in about 3 hours :)
Main item on the agenda is talk ideas for KubeCon India, Japan, and China.
Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Main item on the agenda is talk ideas for KubeCon India, Japan, and China.
Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Reminder that we are running an Asia-Pacific-friendly KubeVirt Community Meeting tomorrow at 0300 UTC - 12 hours offset from our usual meeting time.
Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Reminder that we are running an Asia-Pacific-friendly KubeVirt Community Meeting tomorrow at 0300 UTC - 12 hours offset from our usual meeting time.
Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Details on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
The KubeVirt Summit Live CfP closes tomorrow Jan 6!!
This in-person event will be in Amsterdam on March 26 as part of KubeCon EU 2026.
Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This in-person event will be in Amsterdam on March 26 as part of KubeCon EU 2026.
Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
KubeVirt Summit Live at KubeCon EU 26
Please use this form to submit your proposal for KubeVirt Summit Live. This will be held as part of KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands during March 24-26. The Summit Speaker CfP is open to…
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January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The KubeVirt Summit Live CfP closes tomorrow Jan 6!!
This in-person event will be in Amsterdam on March 26 as part of KubeCon EU 2026.
Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This in-person event will be in Amsterdam on March 26 as part of KubeCon EU 2026.
Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reminder: The KubeVirt Summit Live CfP is open until Jan 6:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This will be our first live event running at KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, March 26.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This will be our first live event running at KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, March 26.
KubeVirt Summit Live at KubeCon EU 26
Please use this form to submit your proposal for KubeVirt Summit Live. This will be held as part of KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands during March 24-26. The Summit Speaker CfP is open to…
docs.google.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Reminder: The KubeVirt Summit Live CfP is open until Jan 6:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This will be our first live event running at KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, March 26.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This will be our first live event running at KubeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, March 26.
Tomorrow (and every other Tuesday) we have our VEP discussion. If you've got a proposal and want to make sure it will make the VEP freeze date (Jan 7 2026), put it on the agenda and come along.
Details on the calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Details on the calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tomorrow (and every other Tuesday) we have our VEP discussion. If you've got a proposal and want to make sure it will make the VEP freeze date (Jan 7 2026), put it on the agenda and come along.
Details on the calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Details on the calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
The KubeVirt v1.8 schedule has been posted in our sig-release repo:
github.com/kubevirt/sig...
We also put the release milestones on the KubeVirt calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
github.com/kubevirt/sig...
We also put the release milestones on the KubeVirt calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
sig-release/releases/v1.8/schedule.md at main · kubevirt/sig-release
A repo to hold and organize all the information required for KubeVirt releases - kubevirt/sig-release
github.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The KubeVirt v1.8 schedule has been posted in our sig-release repo:
github.com/kubevirt/sig...
We also put the release milestones on the KubeVirt calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
github.com/kubevirt/sig...
We also put the release milestones on the KubeVirt calendar:
calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
In case you missed it, last week we posted a follow-up blog to our 'Stretching Layer 2 Networks across Multiple Kubernetes clusters' post:
Dedicated Migration Networks for Cross-Cluster Live Migration with KubeVirt and EVPN
kubevirt.io/2025/Dedicat...
Dedicated Migration Networks for Cross-Cluster Live Migration with KubeVirt and EVPN
kubevirt.io/2025/Dedicat...
Dedicated Migration Networks for Cross-Cluster Live Migration with KubeVirt and EVPN | KubeVirt.io
Learn how to configure a separate L2VNI for dedicated migration networks to enable secure, efficient cross-cluster live migration with KubeVirt and OpenPERouter.
kubevirt.io
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In case you missed it, last week we posted a follow-up blog to our 'Stretching Layer 2 Networks across Multiple Kubernetes clusters' post:
Dedicated Migration Networks for Cross-Cluster Live Migration with KubeVirt and EVPN
kubevirt.io/2025/Dedicat...
Dedicated Migration Networks for Cross-Cluster Live Migration with KubeVirt and EVPN
kubevirt.io/2025/Dedicat...
The recordings from KubeVirt Summit have been posted and have now been added to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The playlist description includes a link to the slidedecks used.
The playlist description includes a link to the slidedecks used.
KubeVirt Summit 2025
The session recordings from KubeVirt Summit 2025, our annual virtual event to celebrate all things on the user and developer side of KubeVirt. You can find t...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The recordings from KubeVirt Summit have been posted and have now been added to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The playlist description includes a link to the slidedecks used.
The playlist description includes a link to the slidedecks used.
KubeVirt release day!! 🥳
The #KubeVirt community is proud to announce the release of v1.7.0
This release is built for and follows the same support timeline as #Kubernetes v1.34.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!
github.com/kubevirt/kub...
The #KubeVirt community is proud to announce the release of v1.7.0
This release is built for and follows the same support timeline as #Kubernetes v1.34.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!
github.com/kubevirt/kub...
Release v1.7.0 · kubevirt/kubevirt
tag v1.7.0 Tagger: Luboslav Pivarc lpivarc@redhat.com This release follows v1.6.3 and consists of 1181 changes, contributed by 71 people, leading to 2363 files changed, 105899 insertions(+), 65799 ...
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
KubeVirt release day!! 🥳
The #KubeVirt community is proud to announce the release of v1.7.0
This release is built for and follows the same support timeline as #Kubernetes v1.34.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!
github.com/kubevirt/kub...
The #KubeVirt community is proud to announce the release of v1.7.0
This release is built for and follows the same support timeline as #Kubernetes v1.34.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release!
github.com/kubevirt/kub...
Happy Wednesday!
The recording from yesterday's KubeVirt New Contributor session is now available on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/AfyFnWdMSJ8
The recording from yesterday's KubeVirt New Contributor session is now available on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/AfyFnWdMSJ8
KubeVirt New Contributor session (Nov 2025 edition)
On the back of KubeVirt Summit 2025, this session is directed at those who are new to KubeVirt and looking to start contributing, as well as for those who want to advance their contributor…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Happy Wednesday!
The recording from yesterday's KubeVirt New Contributor session is now available on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/AfyFnWdMSJ8
The recording from yesterday's KubeVirt New Contributor session is now available on our YouTube channel:
youtu.be/AfyFnWdMSJ8
Friendly reminder: the KubeVirt New Contributor session is today.
If you're new to #KubeVirt or #cloudnative, or you want to do contribute more and aren't sure where to start, this will be a great one for you.
Details on the calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
If you're new to #KubeVirt or #cloudnative, or you want to do contribute more and aren't sure where to start, this will be a great one for you.
Details on the calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Friendly reminder: the KubeVirt New Contributor session is today.
If you're new to #KubeVirt or #cloudnative, or you want to do contribute more and aren't sure where to start, this will be a great one for you.
Details on the calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
If you're new to #KubeVirt or #cloudnative, or you want to do contribute more and aren't sure where to start, this will be a great one for you.
Details on the calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
Update: We have delayed the KubeVirt v1.7.0 release by 1 week.
The new release date is Wednesday 26th November.
The new release date is Wednesday 26th November.
November 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Update: We have delayed the KubeVirt v1.7.0 release by 1 week.
The new release date is Wednesday 26th November.
The new release date is Wednesday 26th November.
Just a note to say we have a small delay with the v1.7.0 release, which was targeted for yesterday (19 Nov).
We expect it to be resolved soon but will update again if it is not resolved by the end of week (Fri 21 Nov). Thank you.
We expect it to be resolved soon but will update again if it is not resolved by the end of week (Fri 21 Nov). Thank you.
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Just a note to say we have a small delay with the v1.7.0 release, which was targeted for yesterday (19 Nov).
We expect it to be resolved soon but will update again if it is not resolved by the end of week (Fri 21 Nov). Thank you.
We expect it to be resolved soon but will update again if it is not resolved by the end of week (Fri 21 Nov). Thank you.
Next Tuesday (Nov 25) we are running a New Contributor session.
If you're new to #kubevirt or #cloudnative in general, want to start or develop your contributor journey, this would be a great guided session to join.
Info on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
If you're new to #kubevirt or #cloudnative in general, want to start or develop your contributor journey, this would be a great guided session to join.
Info on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Next Tuesday (Nov 25) we are running a New Contributor session.
If you're new to #kubevirt or #cloudnative in general, want to start or develop your contributor journey, this would be a great guided session to join.
Info on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
If you're new to #kubevirt or #cloudnative in general, want to start or develop your contributor journey, this would be a great guided session to join.
Info on the KubeVirt calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...
For those at #KubeCon in Atlanta today:
1. The #KubeVirt maintainer talk is today at 14:30 in Building C | Level 1 | C111-112
kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Nlm
2. You can also find us at the CNCF Project Pavilion this afternoon and tomorrow during lunch: stand 1B
3. Come by and get a project shirt!
1. The #KubeVirt maintainer talk is today at 14:30 in Building C | Level 1 | C111-112
kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Nlm
2. You can also find us at the CNCF Project Pavilion this afternoon and tomorrow during lunch: stand 1B
3. Come by and get a project shirt!
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025: The Future of Virtualization in Kubernet...
View more about this event at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025
kccncna2025.sched.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
For those at #KubeCon in Atlanta today:
1. The #KubeVirt maintainer talk is today at 14:30 in Building C | Level 1 | C111-112
kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Nlm
2. You can also find us at the CNCF Project Pavilion this afternoon and tomorrow during lunch: stand 1B
3. Come by and get a project shirt!
1. The #KubeVirt maintainer talk is today at 14:30 in Building C | Level 1 | C111-112
kccncna2025.sched.com/event/27Nlm
2. You can also find us at the CNCF Project Pavilion this afternoon and tomorrow during lunch: stand 1B
3. Come by and get a project shirt!
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Our 2025-2026 internship season has started.
Check out the list of openings and apply for fun and knowledge!
blog.quarkslab.com/internship-offers-for-the-2025-2026-season.html
Check out the list of openings and apply for fun and knowledge!
blog.quarkslab.com/internship-offers-for-the-2025-2026-season.html
October 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Our 2025-2026 internship season has started.
Check out the list of openings and apply for fun and knowledge!
blog.quarkslab.com/internship-offers-for-the-2025-2026-season.html
Check out the list of openings and apply for fun and knowledge!
blog.quarkslab.com/internship-offers-for-the-2025-2026-season.html
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OSTIF is proud to announce that our audit of @kubevirt.bsky.social is now public! This would not be possible without the contributions of Quarkslab and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Read about the work on our blog: ostif.org/kubevirt-aud...
KubeVirt Audit is Complete! – OSTIF.org
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November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
OSTIF is proud to announce that our audit of @kubevirt.bsky.social is now public! This would not be possible without the contributions of Quarkslab and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Read about the work on our blog: ostif.org/kubevirt-aud...
We are pleased to announce that the KubeVirt Security Audit report has been published, in collaboration with @quarkslab.bsky.social and @ostifofficial.bsky.social
Check out our blog post for all the details: kubevirt.io/2025/Announc...
Check out our blog post for all the details: kubevirt.io/2025/Announc...
Announcing the results of our Security Audit | KubeVirt.io
As part of our application to Graduate, KubeVirt has a security audit performed by a third-party, organised through the CNCF and OSTIF.
kubevirt.io
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
We are pleased to announce that the KubeVirt Security Audit report has been published, in collaboration with @quarkslab.bsky.social and @ostifofficial.bsky.social
Check out our blog post for all the details: kubevirt.io/2025/Announc...
Check out our blog post for all the details: kubevirt.io/2025/Announc...
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...
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...
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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...
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...
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...
Schedule and (free) registration on the CNCF event page.
community.cncf.io/events/detai...
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...
community.cncf.io
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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...
Schedule and (free) registration on the CNCF event page.
community.cncf.io/events/detai...
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...
If you are running v1.6.0 or v1.6.1, we highly encourage you to upgrade:
github.com/kubevirt/kub...
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...
github.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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...
If you are running v1.6.0 or v1.6.1, we highly encourage you to upgrade:
github.com/kubevirt/kub...
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...
The source code and selected binaries are available for download at: 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...
github.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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...
The source code and selected binaries are available for download at: github.com/kubevirt/kub...
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...
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...
Building VM golden images with Packer | KubeVirt.io
Packer plugin for KubeVirt that builds VM golden images inside Kubernetes.
kubevirt.io
September 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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...
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...