YAML Your Cloud! Managing Your Hosted Resources With Kubernetes

Overview

Explore how Kubernetes' declarative model can be leveraged to manage cloud-hosted resources alongside Kubernetes workloads in this 32-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Dive into the power of Kubernetes' declarative API and learn how to simplify cloud configuration across multiple providers. Discover the use of Crossplane, a Kubernetes add-on with native multi-cloud support, and custom controllers built by different cloud providers. Gain insights into integrating OpenPolicyAgent with cloud-hosted resource definitions to enforce custom policies across environments. Learn about the Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM), Google Cloud Config Connector, and Amazon Web Services' ACK for managing cloud resources. By the end of this talk, be prepared to streamline your cloud infrastructure management using Kubernetes.

Syllabus

Intro
On Deck 1. What is the Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM)?
The Kubernetes API Server Control Plane Node
The Kubernetes Resource Model Decoupled data model
Google Cloud Config Connector Like ACK, Config Connector is an in-cluster controller to manage cloud resources (this time, for Google Cloud).
OpenPolicyAgent Gatekeeper A policy gate for a Kubemetes cluster.
Are Config Connector and ACK enough? Config Connector allows managing Google Cloud resources and ACK, enables same for Amazon Web Services resources
Wrap-up! There is are lots of ways to manage cloud infrastructure.