Broadcom's VM API project was accepted into the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox in an Oct. 28 vote, advancing its plan for a common Kubernetes interface to manage virtual machines.
Broadcom announced the decision Nov. 9. The vote established the project's acceptance, while CNCF onboarding remained underway.
Organizations operating across infrastructure platforms currently maintain different virtual machine manifests and operating models, the project's application says. VM API aims to reduce that work by giving them a common way to manage virtual machines through Kubernetes, which also manages container workloads.
Broadcom's existing VM Operator supplies the vSphere starting point for the proposed interface. VM API is designed to separate common management operations from the infrastructure systems that perform them. Support for additional providers remains a goal.
Broadcom also said it will co-chair the new Kubernetes Workload Conformance Working Group. The group aims to develop tests of application behavior across Kubernetes environments, extending beyond existing checks of Kubernetes API compatibility. Broadcom said enterprises and software vendors face repeated workload validation across those environments.
The VM API application lists KubeVirt, EC2 and GCE providers and a provider conformance suite as planned work.
