German Administration and Open Source
summary
A 25‑year push toward a digitally sovereign administration cloud centers on a cloud‑native, DevSecOps approach with Kubernetes everywhere and a GitLab‑based repo OpenCode.de/Verwaltungsgitlab driving CI/CD. Practical outputs include the BMI OpenDesk 1.0 (cloud‑native desktop), a stack using Collabora, Nextcloud, Matrix/Element and Keycloak, and a repo with about 5,000 users, ~2,000 repos and 600 groups. Early installs took three months per instance across 11,000 municipalities; a new cloud framework targets March 2025.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00German admin and open source
- 1:27First contact 2001
- 3:13Cloud Native Strategy & DevSecOps
- 6:46Open Code repository
- 9:36Open Desk components
- 11:41Cloud Native security challenges
- 13:25Open Desk security & plans
- 15:59New cloud framework & migration
- 17:04Politics and tech hype
- 18:28Sovereign tech funding
- 19:37Digital sovereignty state & future
- 20:01Q&A
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