KCD Texas 2026 — Workshop Materials

This is the official home for hands-on workshop content at KCD Texas 2026 — May 15, 2026, TCEA Conference Center, Austin, Texas.

Workshop speakers submit their materials here as Pull Requests before the event. Attendees fork this repo on the day to follow along.

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Workshops

The schedule is announced on March 31, 2026. Workshop materials will be merged as speakers submit them leading up to the event on May 15, 2026.

Workshop	Speaker(s)	Level	Topics	Directory
TBA	TBA

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For Attendees — Getting Started on the Day

Option A: Fork this repo (recommended)

1. Click Fork at the top-right of this page
2. Clone your fork locally:

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/workshop-materials.git
   cd workshop-materials

3. Navigate into the workshop directory your facilitator directs you to:

   cd workshops/workshop-name/

4. Follow the README.md inside that directory

Option B: Clone directly (read-only)

git clone https://github.com/kcdtexas/workshop-materials.git
cd workshop-materials

Prerequisites

Most workshops will require some combination of the following. Check the individual workshop README.md for specifics:

• A laptop with kubectl installed
• Access to a Kubernetes cluster (local options: kind, k3d, minikube)
• Docker or Podman
• A GitHub account (for forking)
• Any workshop-specific tooling listed in the individual README.md

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For Speakers — Submitting Your Workshop

Thank you for leading a workshop at KCD Texas 2026! Please submit your materials as a Pull Request to this repo before May 1, 2026 so attendees can prepare.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full step-by-step guide.

Quick summary

1. Fork this repo
2. Create a directory under workshops/ using the slug format:

   workshops/your-workshop-slug/
   

3. Use the template from workshops/_template/ as a starting point
4. Include at minimum:
   • README.md — overview, objectives, prerequisites, and step-by-step instructions
   • Any supporting code, manifests, scripts, or config files
5. Open a Pull Request with the title: Add workshop: [Your Workshop Title]

Directory structure for your workshop

workshops/
└── your-workshop-slug/
    ├── README.md          # Required: full instructions
    ├── slides/            # Optional: slide deck (PDF or link)
    ├── manifests/         # Optional: Kubernetes YAML files
    ├── scripts/           # Optional: setup/teardown scripts
    └── demo/              # Optional: demo application code

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Repository Structure

workshop-materials/
├── README.md              # You are here
├── CONTRIBUTING.md        # Speaker submission guide
└── workshops/
    ├── _template/           # Copy this to start your workshop
    └── <workshop-slug>/     # One directory per workshop

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Code of Conduct

All participants in this repository and at KCD Texas 2026 are expected to follow the KCD Texas Code of Conduct, which inherits the CNCF Community Code of Conduct v1.3.

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Event Details

• Date: Friday, May 15, 2026
• Venue: TCEA Conference Center, Austin, Texas
• Website: https://texaskcd.com
• CFP info: https://github.com/kcdtexas/cfp
• Talk archive: https://github.com/kcdtexas/talks
• Contact: organizers-texas@kubernetescommunitydays.org

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Stay Connected

• Website: https://texaskcd.com
• X/Twitter: @KCDTexas
• YouTube: @kcdtexas
• LinkedIn: company/kcd-texas
• CNCF Community: community.cncf.io/kcd-texas