Kubernetes and Platform Engineering Ramblings
2 of my favorite CNCF projects are Backstage and Crossplane. just under 6 months ago we released the first versions of our Backstage plugins which integrate Crossplane and Backstage to the community. It has been great to see the growing interest and adoption of the plugins over the past few months. With over 3.5k downloads …
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One of the things i go through periodically is the new projects added to the CNCF. This is a great way to see some really cool and awesome OpenSource software! As i was going through the recently added projects I found one that really clicked, an I was super excited to try it out!The project …
What has changed The initial feedback regarding the Backstage plugins we built which can be found here has been really great especially for the Crossplane related plugins! While the initial proof of concept work showed potential, it was heavily in need for better performance, enhanced functionality, and better integrations between the different parts of the …
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In the platform engineering space, two of the most impactful and interesting tools are Backstage and Crossplane. In this post, we will discuss and demonstrate how the two tools can be integrated to provide a great baseline for the ultimate developer platform. What is Backstage Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals. It …
One of the things I have a huge issue with in the industry today, is the insistence on pushing a shift left approach. According to the CNCF glossary, Shift Left is the practice of implementing tests, security, or other development practices early in the software development lifecycle rather than towards the end. While this sounds …
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Crossplane has been updated to version 1.12.1 in TAP 1.6 and this bring along some really amazing features! Beyond the bump of crossplane which we will discuss in length bellow, a few more fixes and additions were made to the TAP packaging of Crossplane to improve the UX. These updates include the support for installing …