Argo CD and Crossplane for Infrastructure Management

Explore the powerful combination of Argo CD and Crossplane for infrastructure management in this 33-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023. Discover how to leverage Kubernetes as a control plane for cloud infrastructure, offering advantages over traditional tools like Terraform and CloudFormation. Learn about native RBAC integration and seamless compatibility with cloud-native tools. Gain insights into Akuity's real-world implementation of Argo CD and Crossplane for managing AWS infrastructure. Delve into advanced Argo CD features, including health checks, resource actions, and extensions, to optimize your Crossplane installation. Understand best practices recommended by project maintainers from Upbound and Akuity. Cover topics such as configuration management, Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), EKS-IRSA Composition, managed resources, and the comparison between Crossplane and Argo CD for addons. Explore Argo CD's pruning, performance tuning, resource exclusions, and health checks, while also addressing Crossplane challenges.

Intro
Configuration Management
Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
EKS-IRSA Composition
Managed Resources
Crossplane vs. Argo CD for Addons
Argo CD: Pruning
Argo CD: Performance Tuning
Argo CD: Resource Exclusions
Argo CD: Health Checks
Crossplane Challenges