2025-02-27 Linaro Data Center Group steering committee Meeting Agenda/Minutes

 Agenda

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• Project updates
• Events
• AOB

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Minutes

• Project updates
  • Deploy CCA on Arm Platforms (DCAP)
    • Updates since last meeting:
      • Branches and build instructions:
        • We updated our branches to version cca/v7! Please refer to the documentation and in case you have any doubts, please, let us know.
        • Special thanks to Fujitsu for all the issues reported. That helped us improve our documentation and fix some bugs.
      • Device assignment
        • Actively working with Arm on this. Every other week sync and analyzing QEMU patches from community.
      • Kata containers:
        • Re-enabled Kata Kubernetes CI for Arm64 (still skipping few tests).
      • Confidential Containers:
        • Update Trustee fork to match veraison v.0.0.2410.
      •  CI:
        • Finished the investigation on what it would take to have a proper CI infrastructure for the whole CCA stack we are developing.
    • Next tasks:
      • Add support for RME 1.1 new features in the CCA software stack:
        • Device assignment.
        • Memory Encryption.
        • Planes.
      • Kata containers:
        • Fix the three tests that we are skipping at the moment on the Kata Kubernetes CI.
        • Work with the community to resume the discussion on Kata support for CCA.
      •  Standards:
        • Continue the work on CCA Token standardization.
        • Bootstrap the Endorsement API discussions.
      • Veraison:
        • Add async support for rust-apiclient.
        • Integrate Veraison with Confidential Containers (CoCo) CCA native verifier.
      • Kata containers:
        • Fix an issue where Kata with QEMU fails to launch an Arm guest (even non-confidential guests) with Kata Runtime-rs.
        • Fix an issue in which QEMU fails to build in Kata-deploy.
        • Make sure Kata-deploy works for Arm CCA.
      •  CI:
        • Build a CI infrastructure for the whole CCA stack we are developing in the upcoming months.
  • Performance Optimization (PO)
    • Updates since last meeting:
      • 37 applications, 6 candidates selected, 3 interview so far.
      • Job position to backfill previous engineer is open here.
    • Next tasks:
      • Present an offer to a candidate next week.
  • System Ready Compliant Platform Collaboration (SRCPC)
    • Updates since last meeting:
      • Linaro Engineering decided not to backfill previous Red Hat assignee for this project.
      • Conclusion: project will be closed unless a member step up and provide an assignee to work on it.
  • Big Data and Data Science (BDDS)
    • Updates since last meeting:
      • Bigtop Manager:
        • Multiple updates on Bigtop Manager, in preparation for the 1.0 release. March target for the release might slip because of a number of front-end features that still need to be developed. Working with the community front-end developer on a new plan.
    • Next tasks:

      • Release Bigtop Manager 1.0.0.

      • Add support for Gluten and Velox on Arm64 and openEuler, making sure we also enable any performance optimizations on these projects.

  • Enhanced Software-Defined-Storage on Arm Servers (STOR)
    • Updates since last meeting:
      • No completed tasks (Lunar new year, vacation).
    • Next tasks:
      • JuiceFS on Arm64 and openEuler enablement.
• Events
  
  • FOSDEM: 1-2 February, 2025, Bruxelles, Belgium
    • Attestation devroom
      • Thomas Fossati co-hosted it.
    • Confidential Computing devroom
      • Multiple submissions accepted: Mathieu Poirier (Linaro), Jean-Phillippe Brucker (Arm), Paul Howard (Arm).
    • Very good engagement in all sessions. Endorsement API meetup on Friday very successful. Planning an Endorsement API Hackathon for Tuesday before Connect.
  • Open Confidential Computing Conference (OC3): 27 March, 2025, hybrid from Berlin, Germany
    • Thomas Fossati (Linaro) is in the program committee.
    • Linaro and Arm got their proposal accept. Fujitsu also presenting.
  • KubeCon Europe: 1-4 April, 2025, London, UK
    • Linaro submitted a presentation proposal around the work we are doing to support Kata Containers and Confidential Containers with CCA, including the remote attestation part. Not approved.
    • Still looking forward to attend if can collaborate with a member in their booth.
  • OCP EMEA Regional Summit: 29-30 April, 2025, Dublin, Ireland
  • Linaro Connect: 14-16 May, 2025, Lisbon, Portugal
    • Lots of talks submitted! Thanks!
    • Endorsement API Hackathon planned for Tuesday, 13 May, 2025.
  • KubeCon China: 10-11 June, 2025, Hong Kong, China
  • Confidential Computing Summit: 17-18 June, 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • Leonardo Garcia (Linaro) is in the program committee.
    • Linaro will submit a presentation proposal to update the work we have been doing since last year.
    • Arm and Fujitsu also attending.
  • OCP Global Summit: 14-16 October, 2025, San Jose, CA, USA
  • KubeCon North America: 10-13 November, 2025, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Linux Plumbers: 11-13 December 2025, Tokyo, Japan
  • KVM Forum
  • openEuler SIG Gathering
  • openEuler Summit
  • IETF meetings
  • SystemArch AC meeting
  • China Lustre User Summit
  • Community Over Code Europe
  • Community Over Code North America
  • UXL conferences?
• AOB