FAQ | CNCF

Enroll your company as a CNCF End User and save more than $10K in training and conference costs
Please see the Cloud Native Definition.
Companies are realizing that they need to be a software company, even if they are not in the software business. For example, Airbnb is revolutionizing the hospitality industry and more traditional hotels are struggling to compete. Cloud native allows IT and software to move faster. Adopting cloud native technologies and practices enables companies to create software in-house, allows business people to closely partner with IT people, keep up with competitors and deliver better services to their customers. CNCF technologies enable cloud portability without vendor lock-in.
No, all are welcome to participate in CNCF projects, the CNCF Slack channel, mailing lists, and CNCF events.
These slides give a good overview.
Please see our webpage on upcoming CNCF events. You can also download the sponsorship prospectus to see the current sponsorship opportunities. Any questions, email sponsor@cncf.io.
The Linux Foundation is the parent of CNCF. We are one of the LF’s largest sub-foundations. For more information on the LF project and how to get involved, visit their web page.
To make cloud native work, project interest of CNCF spans containers, microservices and programmable infrastructure as well as CI/CD networking, storage, logging, nodes, services, monitoring, visualization and more. Additionally we are interested in projects that demonstrate high quality and high velocity.
Finally, we want to make sure the projects we work with are already up and running and proven to solve a problem for cloud native applications. Learn more here.
CNCF hosts many projects in the cloud native ecosystem. New projects are added as approved by the TOC (read the project lifecycle and process).
CNCF provides many resources to the projects to support their adoption and assist with project velocity. But each project continues to operate independently under its pre-existing governance structure and with its existing maintainers. The project websites are the best place to learn about and work with each individual project. The CNCF website is a source for cross-project efforts like events and other initiatives.
No worries! Contact us and we will point you in the right direction.
Subscribe for updates, event info, webinars, and the latest community news
By submitting this form, I consent to receive marketing emails from the LF and its projects regarding their events, training, research, developments, and related announcements. I understand that I can unsubscribe at any time using the links in the footers of the emails I receive. Privacy Policy.
Copyright © 2026 The Linux Foundation®. All rights reserved. The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our Trademark Usage page. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings Accessibility Statement Submit an issue with this page