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<font color=darkkhaki>What is a control plane?</font>
<font color=darkkhaki>What is a control plane?
 
Control planes are self-healing, they automatically correct drift.
 
Control planes offer a single point of control for policy and permissions.
 
Control planes integrate easily with other systems because they expose an API, not just a command line.
 
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Revision as of 21:07, 30 July 2022

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Overview

Crossplane is an open source Kubernetes add-on that enables platform teams to assemble infrastructure from multiple vendors, and expose higher level self-service APIs for application teams to consume.

Organizatorium

Control Plane

What is a control plane?

Control planes are self-healing, they automatically correct drift.

Control planes offer a single point of control for policy and permissions.

Control planes integrate easily with other systems because they expose an API, not just a command line.


Crossplane can be used to design ad implement a control plane that expose declarative APIs tailored to your unique orchestration needs.

Provider

A provider extends Crossplane to orchestrate new kinds of applications and infrastructure.

Configuration

A configuration extends Crossplane to expose new APIs.