Crossplane - Unifying Cloud Service Provisioning and Management - Mirantis Labs Tech Talks

Overview

Explore the power of Crossplane, an open-source infrastructure as code project, in this 36-minute tech talk by Mirantis Labs. Discover how Crossplane transforms multi-cloud management by enabling unified service provisioning across cloud providers. Learn how developers can define and compose cloud services directly from Kubernetes, creating a universal control plane. Witness a live demonstration of Crossplane's integration with Lens and Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes (MOSK), showcasing its ability to simplify cloud service management. Gain insights into building custom control planes, managing resources, and leveraging Crossplane to model complex applications and infrastructure as declarative configurations. Equip yourself with knowledge to implement a more efficient and scalable multi-cloud strategy using Crossplane.

Syllabus

Our next installment is set to premiere a week from Tuesday, July 11th @ AM PDT. If you are interested in more upcoming & on demand Tech Talks from the teams at Mirantis Labs, please visit https://www.mirantis.com/labs
- Introducing our presenters for today
- What we'll cover in today's talk
- Starting off with a quote from Kelsey Hightower
- What is Crossplane?
- What problems does Crossplane solve?
- Benefits of leveraging Crossplane
- How does Crossplane work - a look under the hood
- Background on managed resources & the basics of Crossplane
- Building your own control plane with Crossplane
- What the following demo will cover
- Live Demo: Crossplane Extension via Lens, k0s & Crossplane via the K8s API for managed services & MOSK for Provider services
- Key takeaways from the demo presentation
- Helpful resources / Closing remarks from Martin & David
- A quick look at our upcoming Tech Talks
- Outro