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Posts in 2026

  • Invitation to CozySummit Virtual – May 26

    2026-02-11 in Blog

    tl;dr:

    Author: Timur Tukaev (Ænix) Join us on May 26 for 2nd CozySummit Virtual, conference for CozyStack developers and adopters. 📢 CFP is open until March 8 – submit your talk and become speaker at our event! CozySummit Virtual is organized by CNCF with the support of CozyStack maintainers and project sponsors. Suggested Session Topics: Cozystack in Production: Real-world deep dives into architecture, …

Posts in 2025

  • Talm v0.17: Built-in Age Encryption for Secrets Management

    2025-12-17 in Blog

    tl;dr: Talm v0.17 introduces built-in age encryption for secure secrets management, making it easier to store sensitive configuration files in Git repositories while maintaining security best practices.

    Talm v0.17: Built-in Age Encryption for Secrets Management The latest release of Talm, the configuration manager for Talos Linux, introduces a powerful new feature: built-in encryption using the age encryption tool. This enhancement allows you to securely store sensitive configuration files like secrets.yaml, talosconfig, and kubeconfig in Git repositories while following security best practices. …

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  • Flux-aio, Kubernetes mTLS and the Chicken and Egg Problem

    2025-12-12 in Blog

    tl;dr: How we solved the chicken-and-egg problem of deploying CNI and kube-proxy through Flux while ensuring Flux itself works without CNI and kube-proxy, using Kubernetes API routing and mTLS certificates.

    Here at Cozystack, we’re once again solving the chicken-and-egg problem: how to deploy CNI and kube-proxy through Flux, while ensuring Flux itself works without CNI and kube-proxy. Flux can be started without CNI and kube-proxy using the flux-aio project (by the creator of Flux), which runs a single deployment with all controllers configured to communicate with each other via localhost. The …

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  • CozySummit lineup is out!

    2025-10-14 in Blog

    tl;dr: Yaaay! We’ve published the schedule for CozySummit 2025 Virtual — an online conference for Cozystack developers and users, hosted together…

    👻 CozySummit lineup is out! Yaaay! We’ve published the schedule for CozySummit 2025 Virtual — an online conference for Cozystack developers and users, hosted together with the CNCF. The talk lineup looks great. Just look at that! Wednesday, December 3, 2025 16:00 CET (9:00 AM CT) Opening/Intro by Andrei Kvapil, Cozystack Maintainer, Ænix CEO&Founder 16:05 CET (9:05 AM CT) “How we build a …

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  • Cozystack applied to CNCF Incubated

    2025-10-08 in Blog

    tl;dr: We’ve just submitted our application to move from CNCF Sandbox to Incubated. We’d love your support — drop a like to cheer us on. It won’t…

    Cozystack applied to CNCF Incubated We’ve just submitted our application to move from CNCF Sandbox to Incubated. We’d love your support — drop a like to cheer us on. It won’t sway the TOC’s decision, but it means a lot to us. Why it matters: CNCF Incubating signals a more mature project that’s ready for production use. It also attracts contributors and unlocks extra CNCF opportunities to help us …

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  • Cozystack v0.36

    2025-10-01 in Blog

    tl;dr: The new version of Cozystack focuses on the stability, observability, and flexible configuration of managed applications.

    😜 Cozystack v0.36: Server-side Encryption for S3, Kube-OVN Cluster Health Monitor, REST API Documentation The new version of Cozystack focuses on the stability, observability, and flexible configuration of managed applications. 👉 Major Features and Improvements Per-Namespace Resource Limits for Tenants Resource management for Cozystack tenants has received a final patch and is now graduated to a …

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  • Protofire Experience Operating Kubernetes with Cozystack

    2025-09-10 in Blog

    tl;dr: In a recent infrastructure transition that spanned several months, our team explored alternative container orchestration platforms to…

    Protofire Experience Operating Kubernetes with Cozystack In a recent infrastructure transition that spanned several months, our team explored alternative container orchestration platforms to simplify operations and optimize costs. At the time, our environment consisted of nearly a hundred AWS accounts running multiple ECS services, along with managed PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, and ALBs. One of …

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  • New CNCF Webinar: Building Your Own Cloud Platform with Open Source

    2025-09-05 in Blog

    tl;dr: We’re excited to share Andrey Kvapil’s webinar for CNCF! He dives deep into how to build a powerful cloud platform using open-source…

    New CNCF Webinar: Building Your Own Cloud Platform with Open Source We’re excited to share Andrey Kvapil’s webinar for CNCF! He dives deep into how to build a powerful cloud platform using open-source components. Inside, you’ll find: Architectural approaches & API design How to select the right components Strategies to integrate them into a robust infrastructure solution This is a must-watch …

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  • CNCF Webinar: One API to Rule Them All — Building a Unified Platform with Kubernetes Aggregation

    2025-09-03 in Blog

    tl;dr: Speaker: Andrei Kvapil, Ænix CEO, Cozystack maintainer

    CNCF Webinar: One API to Rule Them All — Building a Unified Platform with Kubernetes Aggregation Speaker: Andrei Kvapil, Ænix CEO, Cozystack maintainer When: Sep, 4 How do you build a unified product from a stack of open-source tools? In this talk, a Cozystack core maintainer walks through the engineering journey of integrating Helm, Operators, and the Kubernetes Aggregation Layer to build a …

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  • Cozystack v0.35:

    2025-08-21 in Blog

    tl;dr: The new version of Cozystack takes a major step forward in its modular (or: decomposed) architecture, enabling users to swiftly integrate…

    Cozystack v0.35: External Application Sources, Dedicated S3 Clusters and Monitoring, Hetzner RobotLB Support The new version of Cozystack takes a major step forward in its modular (or: decomposed) architecture, enabling users to swiftly integrate custom applications and services. This significantly extends the platform’s out-of-the-box functionality to meet specific business needs. And there’s …

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