Unlocking the Power of Kubernetes - Create Your Own Resources with CRDs

Discover the potential of Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) in this 16-minute conference talk from PlatformCon 2023. Explore how CRDs enable the creation of customized resource types tailored to specific needs, enhancing workload management in Kubernetes environments. Learn about the benefits of CRDs, including expanded capabilities, increased customization, and improved automation of complex tasks within Kubernetes clusters. Understand how CRDs promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing by allowing developers to create domain-specific abstractions. Gain insights into the challenges of creating CRDs and controllers, and discover tools like Operator-sdk that simplify the process of generating and packaging CRDs as Kubernetes Operators. Join Sr. Service Reliability Engineer Rose Crisp from Red Hat as she explains how CRDs offer developers greater control and flexibility over Kubernetes clusters while fostering innovation within the community.