Learnings from Providing a Platform API with Kubernetes and Crossplane

Explore the journey of implementing Kubernetes and Crossplane at Deutsche Bahn in this 31-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022. Discover how these technologies were used to create a unified API for deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and applications, independent of cloud providers. Learn about the challenges faced, including access models in enterprise environments, user expectations for cloud-native infrastructure, and issues with API load and shared resources. Gain insights into the top 9 challenges encountered, deployment models, bootstrapping, compositions, and leveraging Kubernetes. Understand the importance of CRD maturity, GitOps practices, and documentation in this process. Hear about the contributions made to the open-source community and the lessons learned from providing a platform API with Kubernetes and Crossplane.

Introduction
Introducing Crossplane
Who are we
What is Crossplane
Kubernetes Example
Top 9 Challenges
Deployment Model
Bootstrapping
Compositions
Kubernetes
Infrastructure
Leveraging Kubernetes
Crd Maturity
GitOps
Documentation
Contributions
Outro