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This latest <a class="read-more" href="/crossplane-v1-16/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-cfp tag-community tag-community-day tag-composition tag-composition-functions tag-control-plane tag-crossplane tag-functions tag-getting-started tag-infrastructure tag-kubernetes tag-production tag-scaling tag-troubleshoot"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/go-deeper-with-control-planes-at-level-up-with-crossplane-presented-by-upbound/">Go deeper with control planes at Level Up with Crossplane, presented by Upbound</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/crossplane/">Crossplane Community</a> on <a href="/tag/cfp/">CFP</a>, <a href="/tag/community/">Community</a>, <a href="/tag/community-day/">Community Day</a>, <a href="/tag/composition/">Composition</a>, <a href="/tag/composition-functions/">Composition Functions</a>, <a href="/tag/control-plane/">Control Plane</a>, <a href="/tag/crossplane/">Crossplane</a>, <a href="/tag/functions/">Functions</a>, <a href="/tag/getting-started/">Getting Started</a>, <a href="/tag/infrastructure/">Infrastructure</a>, <a href="/tag/kubernetes/">Kubernetes</a>, <a href="/tag/production/">Production</a>, <a href="/tag/scaling/">Scaling</a>, <a href="/tag/troubleshoot/">Troubleshoot</a> | <time datetime="2024-04-25">25 Apr 2024</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <img src="/content/images/2024/04/Level-Up-with-Crossplane.png" class="front-page-image" /> <p>Inspired by Control Plane Day and Crossplane Day, Level Up with Crossplane, presented by Upbound, is a new event series for the community of engineers interested in getting hands-on with Crossplane control planes. Register for the live May 7 event. <a class="read-more" href="/go-deeper-with-control-planes-at-level-up-with-crossplane-presented-by-upbound/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-argocd tag-aws tag-case-study tag-cfp tag-cncf tag-community tag-community-day tag-composition tag-composition-functions tag-control-plane tag-crossplane tag-dapr tag-developer-experience tag-getting-started tag-kubernetes tag-observability tag-scaling tag-upbound"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/kubecon-europe-2024-watch-these-8-crossplane-y-talks/">KubeCon Europe 2024: Watch these 8+ Crossplane-y talks</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/crossplane/">Crossplane Community</a> on <a href="/tag/argocd/">ArgoCD</a>, <a href="/tag/aws/">AWS</a>, <a href="/tag/case-study/">Case Study</a>, <a href="/tag/cfp/">CFP</a>, <a href="/tag/cncf/">CNCF</a>, <a href="/tag/community/">Community</a>, <a href="/tag/community-day/">Community Day</a>, <a href="/tag/composition/">Composition</a>, <a href="/tag/composition-functions/">Composition Functions</a>, <a href="/tag/control-plane/">Control Plane</a>, <a href="/tag/crossplane/">Crossplane</a>, <a href="/tag/dapr/">Dapr</a>, <a href="/tag/developer-experience/">Developer Experience</a>, <a href="/tag/getting-started/">Getting Started</a>, <a href="/tag/kubernetes/">Kubernetes</a>, <a href="/tag/observability/">Observability</a>, <a href="/tag/scaling/">Scaling</a>, <a href="/tag/upbound/">Upbound</a> | <time datetime="2024-04-18">18 Apr 2024</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <img src="/content/images/2024/04/Watch-Crossplane-talks-at-KubeCon-Paris--1-.png" class="front-page-image" /> <p>What’s the latest with the Crossplane cloud native control plane framework? Catch these Crossplane community talks from KubeCon/CloudNativeCon Europe. <a class="read-more" href="/kubecon-europe-2024-watch-these-8-crossplane-y-talks/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-providers tag-crossplane tag-http"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/introducing-provider-http-empowering-crossplane-with-http-interactions/">Introducing provider-http: Empowering Crossplane with HTTP Interactions</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/ariel/">Ariel Septon</a> on <a href="/tag/providers/">Providers</a>, <a href="/tag/crossplane/">Crossplane</a>, <a href="/tag/http/">HTTP</a> | <time datetime="2024-03-28">28 Mar 2024</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <img src="/content/images/2024/03/Providers--1-.png" class="front-page-image" /> <p>Learn about Crossplane provider-http, explore its capabilities, and see how it can enhance your infrastructure management. <a class="read-more" href="/introducing-provider-http-empowering-crossplane-with-http-interactions/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-providers tag-upbound tag-terraform tag-control-plane tag-community"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/new-providers-for-crossplane-donated-by-upbound-bring-up-to-4x-cost-savings/">New Providers for Crossplane donated by Upbound bring up to 4x cost-savings</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/alper/">Alper Rifat Uluçınar</a> on <a href="/tag/providers/">Providers</a>, <a href="/tag/upbound/">Upbound</a>, <a href="/tag/terraform/">Terraform</a>, <a href="/tag/control-plane/">Control Plane</a>, <a href="/tag/community/">Community</a> | <time datetime="2024-03-14">14 Mar 2024</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <img src="/content/images/2024/03/Providers.png" class="front-page-image" /> <p>Upbound’s engineering team has made a breakthrough to improve the overall efficiency of Upjet-based providers in Crossplane. The improvements bring faster provisioning and reconciliation of resources and reduce the running cost of the providers. This benefits anyone using Crossplane. <a class="read-more" href="/new-providers-for-crossplane-donated-by-upbound-bring-up-to-4x-cost-savings/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-providers"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/object-storage-on-kubernetes-completed-it-with-crossplane-provider-ceph/">Object Storage on Kubernetes? Completed with Crossplane Provider Ceph</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/nolancon/">Conor Nolan</a> on <a href="/tag/providers/">Providers</a> | <time datetime="2024-03-13">13 Mar 2024</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <img src="/content/images/2024/03/ceph---blog.png" class="front-page-image" /> <p>Introducing a new addition to the Crossplane ecosystem: Provider Ceph. Developed by Akamai, Provider Ceph joins the ever-growing arsenal of Crossplane providers as it aims to become the ultimate Kubernetes control plane for Ceph object storage. <a class="read-more" href="/object-storage-on-kubernetes-completed-it-with-crossplane-provider-ceph/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-composition-functions tag-case-study tag-community"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/building-crossplane-composition-functions-to-empower-your-control-plane/">Building Crossplane Composition Functions to Empower Your Control Plane</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/blake-romano/">Blake Romano</a> on <a href="/tag/composition-functions/">Composition Functions</a>, <a href="/tag/case-study/">Case Study</a>, <a href="/tag/community/">Community</a> | <time datetime="2024-03-07">07 Mar 2024</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <img src="/content/images/2024/03/Composition-Functions---Imagine-Learning.png" class="front-page-image" /> <p>Imagine Learning uses Crossplane in its internal developer platform (IDP) to deploy resources into AWS. Learn about how it got started building its own Composition Functions. <a class="read-more" href="/building-crossplane-composition-functions-to-empower-your-control-plane/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-functions tag-kcl tag-community tag-developer-experience tag-release"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/function-kcl/">Using KCL Programming Language to Write Crossplane Composition Functions</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/peefy/">Pengfei Xu</a> on <a href="/tag/functions/">Functions</a>, <a href="/tag/kcl/">KCL</a>, <a href="/tag/community/">Community</a>, <a href="/tag/developer-experience/">Developer Experience</a>, <a href="/tag/release/">Release</a> | <time datetime="2024-02-29">29 Feb 2024</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <img src="/content/images/2024/02/KCL-for-Crossplane-users---blog.png" class="front-page-image" /> <p>Announcing the donation of function-kcl to the Crossplane community! KCL, a constraint-based record and functional language, enhances the writing of complex configurations. Get started building your own Crossplane Functions with KCL. <a class="read-more" href="/function-kcl/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-cloud-native tag-cncf tag-community tag-crossplane tag-getting-started tag-open-source tag-upbound tag-argocd tag-kyverno tag-akuity tag-nirmata"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/community-news-february-2024/">Crossplane 1.15, proposal for CNCF graduation – Crossplane Community News February 2024</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/crossplane/">Crossplane Community</a> on <a href="/tag/cloud-native/">Cloud Native</a>, <a href="/tag/cncf/">CNCF</a>, <a href="/tag/community/">Community</a>, <a href="/tag/crossplane/">Crossplane</a>, <a href="/tag/getting-started/">Getting Started</a>, <a href="/tag/open-source/">Open Source</a>, <a href="/tag/upbound/">Upbound</a>, <a href="/tag/argocd/">ArgoCD</a>, <a href="/tag/kyverno/">Kyverno</a>, <a href="/tag/akuity/">Akuity</a>, <a href="/tag/nirmata/">Nirmata</a> | <time datetime="2024-02-22">22 Feb 2024</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <img src="/content/images/2024/02/KCEU24-Join-Us-Sponsor.png" class="front-page-image" /> <p>Crossplane 1.15 is here. We’ve added two new members to the Crossplane steering committee. We’ve submitted a proposal to the CNCF to move the project towards graduation. And we’re excited to see you at KubeCon Paris! <a class="read-more" href="/community-news-february-2024/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <nav class="pagination" role="pagination"> <div class="inner"> <span class="pagination-info">Page 1 of 9</span> <a class="pagination-prev" href="/page/2/"><span class="pagination-label">Older Posts</span> <i class="ic ic-arrow-right"></i></a> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </nav> </main> </div> <div id="body-class" style="display: none;" class="home-template"></div> <footer id="footer"> <div class="inner"> <section class="credits"> <span class="credits-theme">Theme <a href="https://github.com/zutrinken/attila">Attila</a> by <a href="http://zutrinken.com" rel="nofollow">zutrinken</a></span> <span class="credits-software">Published with <a href="http://ghost.org">Ghost</a></span> </section> </div> </footer> </section> <script type="text/javascript" src="/assets/js/script.js?v=a1348d70b3"></script>  <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-WFF2NQHG" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>  </body> </html>