Crossplane in use: infrastructure management retired

The advantages of crossplane:

• Less effort: Automatic drift detection ensures that code and infrastructure always remain synchronous. No manual rework required.
• Reduce costs: Due to the uniform administration via the Kubernetes API, we save time and resources because no additional tools are necessary.
• Sustainability: Efficient use of resources and scalable solutions ensure long -term, stable infrastructure.

The challenge

For the implementation of a highly available RDS database for a large bank project, we wanted a solution that:

Why crossplane?

Crosplane convinced us because it was Control Plane for Cloud Resources The following advantages offers:
✅ uniform API for managing a wide variety of cloud resources
✅ Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)to model infrastructure as a code
✅ GITOPS principles for automatic synchronization between code and infrastructure
✅ native integration with the Kuberneta API

Results in the project

With cross plan, we were not only able to reliably put on the AWS RDS database, but also create a robust, error-resistant environment. Thanks to Gitops and Kubernetes integration, the entire setup was less susceptible to errors-and completely automated.

The potential of crossplane

Crossplane can do far more than “only” database commission:

• Cloud resource management: With cross plan you can control resources in various cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) uniformly and efficiently.

• Multi-cloud strategy: Use cross plane to manage workloads across several cloud providers-without additional tools.

• Platforms as service: Build scalable and automated platforms that connect your development and infrastructure teams seamlessly.

• Custom Resource Definitions: Adjust your infrastructure exactly to your needs by creating your own CRDs for specific requirements.

• Self-service for teams: Developers can provide infrastructure resources directly via the Kubernetes API without having to wait for central teams.

Conclusion

For us, cross plane is the key to a consistent, safe and scalable infrastructure. It closes the gap between code and reality and enables exactly what was promised – nothing more, nothing less.