The LFX Mentorship Program, run by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), connects mentees with CNCF projects to foster open source contributions. Since its launch in 2019, the program has welcomed over 190 mentees across 96 mentorships. CloudNativePG joined the program for the first time in the June cohort and had a fantastic experience. We’re excited to return for Term 3 starting in September, this time with three proposed projects!

Learn more about the projects below.

Refresh cnpg-i-hello-world to align with current CNPG-I

The cnpg-i-hello-world project was originally designed to help developers get started with building plugins for CloudNativePG using the CNPG-I framework. However, it’s now outdated and in need of a thorough update to align with the current CNPG-I interface, best practices, and development patterns. The goal is to modernize the codebase, enhance its usefulness as a learning and prototyping tool, and improve documentation and examples to better support developers working with CNPG-I.

Mentors: Armando Ruocco, Gabriele Bartolini, Marco Nenciarini, Leonardo Cecchi

Chaos Testing

We aim to enhance CloudNativePG’s test coverage by introducing a comprehensive chaos testing framework to validate its resilience, fault tolerance, and recovery capabilities. This involves selecting a Kubernetes-native tool (such as LitmusChaos or Chaos Mesh), designing automated chaos experiments for common failure scenarios, integrating them into CI/CD workflows, and collecting observability metrics like failover time and data consistency.

Clear documentation and contributor guidelines will support the safe creation and execution of future chaos tests.

Mentors: Gabriele Bartolini, Marco Nenciarini, Francesco Canovai, Jonathan Gonzalez

Rebuild documentation for multi-version support with Docusaurus

We plan to modernize the CloudNativePG documentation by rebuilding the site using Docusaurus (or a similar static site generator) to support multi-version documentation, allowing users to easily access version-specific content relevant to their production environments. This initiative includes improving the site’s structure, navigation, and search functionality, while ensuring alignment with CNCF standards and user expectations. The documentation will continue to be hosted on GitHub Pages, with a new deployment workflow using Dagger and GitHub Actions. The outcome will include a working version selector, a cleaner content structure, and a contributor guide to support ongoing maintenance and updates.

Mentor: Gabriele Bartolini, Francesco Canovai, Leonardo Cecchi

Sign up as a mentee

Up for the task? You’ll have to apply as a mentee on the LFX Mentorship website.

Please see the LFX Mentorship guidelines for more details.

We also recommend reading the tips and recommendations on CloudNativePG’s LFX Mentorship Program page to better prepare for your application.

Applications opened July 31, you have until August 12 to apply, with the selection notifications going out on August 27, and the program starting on September 8. The stipend guides and amounts are listed here.

Please see the full eligibility criteria in the LFX Mentorship documentation.

We look forward to seeing what we can build together!