Crossplane Is the Answer! but What Is the Question? - Infrastructure as Code and Platform Engineering

Explore this keynote presentation that examines Crossplane's role in the infrastructure-as-code landscape and its potential as a platform engineering solution. Discover why Crossplane is gaining momentum beyond traditional IaC tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and CloudFormation, and understand its unique position as a Kubernetes API extension for declarative infrastructure and application management. Learn how Crossplane empowers platform teams by enabling self-service capabilities and scalable platform architectures. Examine the integration of Crossplane with ArgoCD and Kyverno to create a comprehensive GitOps-driven automation stack that ensures deployments meet organizational compliance and security requirements. Gain insights into real-world use cases that demonstrate when Crossplane is the optimal choice and when alternative solutions might be more appropriate. Understand how this technology stack addresses critical security and compliance challenges while enabling platform engineering teams to build robust, automated deployment pipelines that align with enterprise governance policies.