Overview

Red Hat is pleased to host the Fall 2025 NFS Bake-a-thon in Raleigh, North Carolina. This event combines in-person and virtual presence using peer-to-peer VPN connections.

Where: Red Hat Tower, Raleigh NC office. Room: Twister, 8th floor (8S110).
- Address: 100 East Davie Street Raleigh, NC 27601
When: Mon Oct 6 - Fri Oct 10, 2025
Airport: Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
Hotels (both walking distance):

Sheraton Raleigh Hotel.
- Adress: 421 South Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 27601
- Phone: +1 919-834-9900
- Red Hat Rate:$219.00
- Cut Off Date:Mon Sep 8
- Group Name:RH5
- Booking link: Red Hat rate
Residence Inn Raleigh Downtown.
- Adress: 616 South Salisbury Street Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, 27601
- Phone: +1 919-856-0017
- Standard Rate:$259.00 to $220.00 (pre-paid)

Testing Focus

Testing at this fall's event will include:

RPC with TLS
NFSv4.2 extensions
pNFS with Flex File layouts
Kerberized NFS
NFS/RDMA on iWarp

Registration

Send a notice of your plan to attend in-person to BAT Contact. Virtual attendees may gain access to our VPN by registering at Fall 2025 Registration.

Here are the steps to access the network:

Download the tailscale bits

Tailscale Download

tailscale up --login-server https://headscale.nfsv4.dev

The registration will give an authentication link
Use that link to

Create an account on the BAT server

Authenticate your machine[s]

The command 'tailscale status' will show hosts that are accessible on the VPN

Network information

In-room and remote DNS, Kerberos and Tailscale Network Servers.

Server Registration

To register your server please use Server List.

Client Testing Results

To record your client's testing results please use Client Test Results.

Talks at 2pm

If you are interested in give a talk, please sign up at Talks at Two.

Previous Talks

Previous Bakeathon (and Connectathon) talks can be found at nfsv4bat.org/Documents

Communication

A Discord server, called "Bake a Thon", enables attendees to interact via chat, audio, and video while testing. Informal demonstrations and presentations are organized during the afternoons.

Join the conversation at: Discord BAT Server

Any questions or problems joining the chat, the please send email to BAT Contact.

Questions

Any other questions, please send email to BAT Contact