Agentic Cloud Ops¶
Hands-on AI-driven Kubernetes operations¶
Workshop at Cloud Native Days Norway 2026 — Bergen, 26–27 October 2026. Duration: 2 hours · Level: intermediate · Delivered in Norwegian
Are you ready to let go of control and let AI agents operate your cluster? As models get smarter, we're moving from Infrastructure as Code to Infrastructure as Agents.
This is a deeply practical workshop. We look at how agents can be used not just to deploy applications, but to monitor, debug and harden Kubernetes environments autonomously.
We start by spinning up a local cluster in Docker, then turn the agents loose. You'll learn how to set them up, how to build trust in them, and what the real dangers and opportunities of this technology are.
Language
The workshop itself is delivered in Norwegian, as submitted. This documentation is written in English so the material is useful beyond the room and beyond the day.
Takeaways¶
- An understanding of Agentic Cloud Ops vs. traditional GitOps/IaC.
- Hands-on experience using agents for deployment, debugging and security hardening in K8s.
- Insight into risk management and success criteria for autonomous systems.
Start here¶
- Proposal — the submitted CFP.
- Premise review — what holds up, what doesn't.
- Plan — decisions and phases to October.
- Prerequisites — do this before you arrive.
- Setup — get your environment running.
- Content — the three labs.
Do the prep at home
Conference Wi-Fi is not a build system. A measured cold bootstrap took over two
minutes for one laptop — see P1. Run make preflight
before you travel.
Models we've tested¶
| Model / tool | Status |
|---|---|
| Claude | Tested — very good results |
| Codex | Works acceptably |
| Ollama (local) | Untested, and likely not viable on 8 GB |
Speakers¶
- Lars Effenberger (leffen)
- Lars Søraas