Porter: An Opinionated CNAB Authoring Experience for Cloud Native Applications

Explore the Cloud Native Application Bundle (CNAB) specification and its implementation through Porter, a cloud native package manager, in this 42-minute talk by Jeremy Rickard from Microsoft. Learn how Porter simplifies the process of authoring CNAB bundles and managing cloud native applications in complex hybrid cloud environments. Discover the challenges that led to Porter's development, its opinionated approach to bundle authoring, and how it addresses the complexities of modern cloud deployments. Gain insights into contributing to Porter's development and building custom tooling on top of the CNAB spec. Understand how Porter can help streamline deployments involving multiple cloud providers, deployment tools, and various components such as load balancers, persistent storage, databases, and SSL certificates.