Watch the Recordings: Mirantis Talks at PlatformCon London 2025

PlatformCon London 2025 brought together platform engineers, developers, and open source advocates to explore the future of platforms and infrastructure at scale. The Mirantis team contributed two sessions focused on simplifying infrastructure and streamlining platform workflows using open source tools. These sessions addressed practical challenges like multicloud complexity, infrastructure reuse, and developer self-service.

Below is a summary of both sessions, including key takeaways and practical insights.

The Fast and the Curious: Chasing scalable AI dreams with Kubernetes and k0rdent

Bharath Nallapeta, Senior Software Engineer at Mirantis, explores how scalable AI infrastructure can be achieved through Kubernetes and Mirantis k0rdent. As enterprises increasingly adopt AI as a foundational part of operations, managing the complexity of multicloud and hybrid environments becomes a critical roadblock. Platform engineering offers a structured approach to simplify this complexity by enabling secure infrastructure that supports rapid development. Enterprise requirements for platform engineering include developer self-service, operational simplicity, security and compliance, visibility and control, and ease of customization.

k0rdent is a composable, open-source solution for platform engineering that integrated cluster provisioning, application lifecycle management, and observability into a single declarative framework. Rather than relying on fragmented tools or proprietary stacks, k0rdent allows organizations to build and manage reliable AI-ready environments. Effective AI operations depend on infrastructure that can keep up with the dynamic demands of modern AI, and k0rdent rises to the challenge.

Key Takeaways:

• AI success depends on robust infrastructure, not just sophisticated models

• Platform engineering enables secure, scalable, and developer-friendly environments

• Multicloud adoption is common, but operational consistency remains a gap

• Declarative approaches improve maintainability and reduce operational overhead

• Open-source solutions like k0rdent reduce vendor lock-in and promote flexibility

• Observability, automation, and self-service are critical for modern MLOps platforms

Build your own IDP with k0rdent and Backstage

Trenton VanderWert, Consulting Architect at Mirantis, presents a demo for building an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) with Mirantis k0rdent and Backstage. Combining Backstage’s modular frontend capabilities with k0rdent’s backend orchestration simplifies complex Kubernetes platform workflows. The integration is designed to improve developer experience and operational control by providing a clear interface for deploying and managing infrastructure.

By connecting k0rdent service templates and deployment workflows to Backstage’s UI and plugin ecosystem, a platform team can define reusable patterns and guardrails for consistent cluster provisioning. Developers, in turn, gain a self-service portal for deploying infrastructure through scalable and centrally managed GitOps-based workflows. This method emphasizes flexibility, standardization, and composability across environments. 

Key Takeaways:

• k0rdent automates cluster creation using predefined templates and standardized deployment patterns

• Backstage serves as a frontend portal, offering extensibility through plugins and support for service catalogs and templates

• Platform engineering teams can define reusable service and cluster templates to enforce consistency and reduce overhead

• The combined approach supports open, modular infrastructure management across multicloud and hybrid environments

See You Next Time!

PlatformCon London 2025 offered a clear look at how Mirantis prioritizes community-driven solutions that promote automation and consistency across environments. If you missed us in London, we look forward to connecting with you at a future event!