Harbor Project - The Maintainers Session - Orlin Vasilev & Vadim Bauer
Orlin Vasilev, Vadim Bauer
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
This talk, delivered by Orlin Vasilev and Vadim Bauer at KubeCon EU, provides a comprehensive update on the **Harbor project**, a graduated cloud-native container registry within the CNCF ecosystem. The session primarily focuses on the upcoming Harbor 2.13 release, highlighting new features such as enhanced audit logging and first-class support for Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. A significant portion of the presentation is dedicated to a deep dive into **Harbor Satellite**, an ambitious new sub-project designed to address the complex challenges of artifact distribution across multi-site and edge computing environments.
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This maintainer session delivers a substantive update on the Harbor project, with Harbor 2.13 introducing welcome enhancements like extended audit logging and native AI model support. The true highlight, however, is the comprehensive unveiling of Harbor Satellite. This new sub-project presents a well-engineered, centrally managed solution for artifact distribution to thousands of distributed, resource-constrained edge locations, directly addressing a pervasive and historically complex industry challenge with a focus on simplicity, security, and scalability. The technical depth and practical…