About Crossplane
Crossplane is an open source project for building internal platforms with custom APIs. It runs on Kubernetes and lets platform teams manage cloud and other resources through Kubernetes objects.
What it does
Crossplane lets platform teams design their own APIs, which hide infrastructure details from the people who use them. Consumers request resources through those APIs, and Crossplane creates them using providers and configurations. Policies and guardrails can be built into the APIs, so self-service stays within the rules your organization sets.
Key features
- Custom APIs for platform consumers
- Providers that manage external resources
- Configurations that expose new APIs
- Declarative resources that automation can act on
Who it's for
Platform engineering teams that want to offer self-service infrastructure to developers. It also suits teams with several cloud accounts who want a single control plane for them.
Pricing and good to know
Crossplane is open source under the Apache 2.0 license and is a CNCF project. It needs a Kubernetes cluster to run, and you design the APIs and policies that fit your organization. Upbound, the company behind the project, offers commercial products, so check its site for options if you need support.
Highlights
- Custom APIs for platform consumers
- Providers for cloud and external resources
- Configurations that add new APIs
- Policies built into self-service APIs
