Strengthening the Cloud-Native Ecosystem Through Upstream Collaboration

Advancing Velero Toward CNCF Stewardship Working with the Cluster API (CAPI) Community on Kubernetes Lifecycle Management Collaborating with the etcd Community on Core Kubernetes Reliability Connecting Open Source Innovation to Modern Platform Workloads Why Community-Driven Contribution Matters to Broadcom Continuing the Journey References Discover more from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Blog Related Articles Applying GitOps Principles to Maintain Desired State Configuration using VMware vSphere Configuration Profile - Part 3 Accelerate Database as a Service with new VMware Data Services Manager Proof of Value Service from AxelCore Announcing the i7i. metal-24xl Instance for VMware Cloud on AWS Open source thrives on shared ownership, open governance, and collaboration across companies and communities. At Broadcom, our approach to cloud-native innovation is rooted in contributing as maintainers, contributors, and collaborators within the communities that evolve the technologies modern platforms depend on. Earlier this year, we shared our broader plans 1 for deeper engagement with the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) community, outlining how our engineering teams are working upstream across critical Kubernetes projects in collaboration with existing maintainers and contributors to support long-term ecosystem health. That work spans several foundational projects, including Cluster API (CAPI), etcd, Harbor, and Velero. Each addresses different layers of the Kubernetes operational lifecycle, from cluster lifecycle management to control plane reliability and data protection. Today, we’re excited to share progress on that journey, including our ongoing work with the community toward bringing Velero into the CNCF Sandbox, as well as continued collaboration with the etcd contributor community. These efforts represent collaboration with the broader ecosystem, reflecting a shared commitment to upstream contribution, collective stewardship, and strengthening cloud-native infrastructure together. As part of this continued engagement, Broadcom has contributed Velero, the Kubernetes native backup, restore, and migration project, to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as a Sandbox project. This marks an important step in the project’s evolution toward open, community-driven governance. Velero received the required approval from the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee (TOC), reflecting strong support from the community for bringing the project under vendor-neutral CNCF stewardship. “As organizations scale their cloud native workloads, the focus is shifting from simple orchestration to long-term resilience and data management,” said Chris Aniszczyk, CTO, CNCF.