Managing Cloud Infrastructure the Kubernetes Way: A Practical Take on Crossplane's Declarative Power

Sijo Joseph Nellissery

Abstract: Crossplane is a powerful, open-source control plane for managing infrastructure using Kubernetes-native APIs. It enables organizations to provision, manage, and compose cloud infrastructure directly from Kubernetes, making it easier for platform teams to expose infrastructure abstractions to developers. Unlike Terraform or Pulumi, Crossplane operates declaratively within the Kubernetes ecosystem, offering real-time reconciliation and continuous drift detection. This white paper outlines Crossplane's architecture, benefits, and a practical example of provisioning Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources such as CloudSQL and GKE using Crossplane.

Keywords: Crossplane, Kubernetes-native infrastructure, declarative provisioning, cloud resource management, GCP automation

How to Cite?: Sijo Joseph Nellissery, "Managing Cloud Infrastructure the Kubernetes Way: A Practical Take on Crossplane's Declarative Power", Volume 14 Issue 5, May 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1035-1038, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR25515112736, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR25515112736