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Rounding <a class="read-more" href="/crossplane-v1-1-vault-integration-enhanced-composition-and-aws-provider-code-generation/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-crossplane tag-cloud-native tag-control-plane no-image"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/announcing-crossplane-v1-0/">Announcing Crossplane v1.0 - the Cloud Native Control Plane</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/phil/">Phil Prasek</a> on <a href="/tag/crossplane/">Crossplane</a>, <a href="/tag/cloud-native/">Cloud Native</a>, <a href="/tag/control-plane/">Control Plane</a> | <time datetime="2020-12-15">15 Dec 2020</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <p>Crossplane has now officially reached version 1.0 with the ability to manage an extensive set of cloud services from the Kubernetes API and compose them <a class="read-more" href="/announcing-crossplane-v1-0/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-ibm-cloud tag-crossplane tag-community tag-universal-cloud-api no-image"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/welcome-ibm-to-the-crossplane-community/">Welcome IBM to the Crossplane Community</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/phil/">Phil Prasek</a> on <a href="/tag/ibm-cloud/">IBM Cloud</a>, <a href="/tag/crossplane/">Crossplane</a>, <a href="/tag/community/">Community</a>, <a href="/tag/universal-cloud-api/">Universal Cloud API</a> | <time datetime="2020-12-14">14 Dec 2020</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <p>Guest post by Paolo Dettori, Chris Bailey and John Ponzo at IBM. Today IBM is pleased to announce that it is joining the Crossplane community and <a class="read-more" href="/welcome-ibm-to-the-crossplane-community/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-crossplane tag-api-centric tag-control-plane tag-kubernetes tag-cloud-native tag-platform tag-application-delivery no-image"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/crossplane-turns-2-years-old-just-ahead-of-v1-release/">Crossplane turns 2 years old just ahead of v1.0 release!</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/phil/">Phil Prasek</a> on <a href="/tag/crossplane/">Crossplane</a>, <a href="/tag/api-centric/">API-centric</a>, <a href="/tag/control-plane/">Control Plane</a>, <a href="/tag/kubernetes/">Kubernetes</a>, <a href="/tag/cloud-native/">Cloud Native</a>, <a href="/tag/platform/">Platform</a>, <a href="/tag/application-delivery/">Application Delivery</a> | <time datetime="2020-12-03">03 Dec 2020</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <p>Come join us to celebrate at the second Crossplane Community Day on Dec. 15th with an amazing lineup including Kelsey Hightower, Joe Beda, Brendan Burns, Bassam <a class="read-more" href="/crossplane-turns-2-years-old-just-ahead-of-v1-release/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-aws tag-azure tag-crossplane tag-providers tag-cloud-native tag-infrastructure no-image"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/accelerating-crossplane-provider-coverage-with-ack-and-azure-code-generation-towards-100-percent-coverage-of-all-cloud-services/">Accelerating Crossplane provider coverage with ACK and Azure code generation!</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/phil/">Phil Prasek</a> on <a href="/tag/aws/">AWS</a>, <a href="/tag/azure/">Azure</a>, <a href="/tag/crossplane/">Crossplane</a>, <a href="/tag/providers/">Providers</a>, <a href="/tag/cloud-native/">Cloud Native</a>, <a href="/tag/infrastructure/">Infrastructure</a> | <time datetime="2020-11-17">17 Nov 2020</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <p>The Crossplane community is making excellent progress towards code generating native Crossplane providers and we'd like to give a special shout out to @jaypipes (AWS) and <a class="read-more" href="/accelerating-crossplane-provider-coverage-with-ack-and-azure-code-generation-towards-100-percent-coverage-of-all-cloud-services/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-platform tag-configuration tag-universal-cloud-api tag-composition tag-aws tag-helm tag-oam no-image"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/crossplane-v0-14-adds-final-v1beta1-core-apis-and-enhanced-platform-configuration-support-going-into-v1-0-next-month/">Crossplane v0.14 adds final v1beta1 core APIs and enhanced platform configuration support going into v1.0 next month!</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/phil/">Phil Prasek</a> on <a href="/tag/platform/">Platform</a>, <a href="/tag/configuration/">Configuration</a>, <a href="/tag/universal-cloud-api/">Universal Cloud API</a>, <a href="/tag/composition/">Composition</a>, <a href="/tag/aws/">AWS</a>, <a href="/tag/helm/">Helm</a>, <a href="/tag/oam/">OAM</a> | <time datetime="2020-11-08">08 Nov 2020</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <p>v0.14 is a hardening release with v1beta1 core APIs, enhanced error reporting, leader election, and multi-version XRD support – just ahead of the v1.0 release <a class="read-more" href="/crossplane-v0-14-adds-final-v1beta1-core-apis-and-enhanced-platform-configuration-support-going-into-v1-0-next-month/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-platform tag-configuration tag-universal-cloud-api tag-composition tag-aws tag-helm tag-oam no-image"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/crossplane-v0-13-paves-the-way-for-v1-0-with-platform-configuration-support-to-create-a-universal-cloud-api-for-your-app-teams/">Crossplane v0.13 paves the way for v1.0 with platform configuration support to create a universal cloud API for your app teams</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/phil/">Phil Prasek</a> on <a href="/tag/platform/">Platform</a>, <a href="/tag/configuration/">Configuration</a>, <a href="/tag/universal-cloud-api/">Universal Cloud API</a>, <a href="/tag/composition/">Composition</a>, <a href="/tag/aws/">AWS</a>, <a href="/tag/helm/">Helm</a>, <a href="/tag/oam/">OAM</a> | <time datetime="2020-10-29">29 Oct 2020</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <p>v0.13 is a major release with new support for platform Configurations and Providers in an overhauled v2 package manager with upgrade and rollback support plus <a class="read-more" href="/crossplane-v0-13-paves-the-way-for-v1-0-with-platform-configuration-support-to-create-a-universal-cloud-api-for-your-app-teams/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-composition tag-gcp tag-aws tag-azure tag-alibaba no-image"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/crossplane-v0-12-upgrades-claims-classes-to-a-more-powerful-composition-approach-plus-more-aws-and-gcp-cloud-service-primitives/">Crossplane v0.12 upgrades claims/classes to a more powerful composition approach, plus more AWS and GCP cloud service primitives</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/phil/">Phil Prasek</a> on <a href="/tag/composition/">Composition</a>, <a href="/tag/gcp/">GCP</a>, <a href="/tag/aws/">AWS</a>, <a href="/tag/azure/">Azure</a>, <a href="/tag/alibaba/">Alibaba</a> | <time datetime="2020-08-03">03 Aug 2020</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <p>Introduced at v1alpha1 in the v0.10 release, Crossplane Composition is a more powerful and flexible form of the resource claims/classes approach it replaces. In <a class="read-more" href="/crossplane-v0-12-upgrades-claims-classes-to-a-more-powerful-composition-approach-plus-more-aws-and-gcp-cloud-service-primitives/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-composition tag-backup-restore tag-aws tag-azure tag-gcp no-image"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/crossplane-v0-10-compose-and-publish-your-own-infrastructure-crds-velero-backup-restore-compatibility-and-more/">Crossplane v0.10 - compose and publish your own infrastructure resources, Velero backup/restore compatibility, and more!</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/phil/">Phil Prasek</a> on <a href="/tag/composition/">Composition</a>, <a href="/tag/backup-restore/">Backup/Restore</a>, <a href="/tag/aws/">AWS</a>, <a href="/tag/azure/">Azure</a>, <a href="/tag/gcp/">GCP</a> | <time datetime="2020-04-28">28 Apr 2020</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <p>Crossplane v0.10 is our fourth release of 2020! Experimental support for resource composition unlocks the ability for everyone to compose and publish their own infrastructure <a class="read-more" href="/crossplane-v0-10-compose-and-publish-your-own-infrastructure-crds-velero-backup-restore-compatibility-and-more/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <article class="post tag-crossplane tag-providers tag-stacks tag-application-delivery tag-nosql tag-linkerd tag-argocd tag-aws no-image"> <div class="inner"> <header class="post-header"> <h2 class="post-title"><a href="/crossplane-v0-9-new-package-types-for-providers-stacks-and-applications/">Crossplane v0.9 - new package types for Providers, Stacks, and Applications</a></h2> <span class="post-meta"><a href="/author/phil/">Phil Prasek</a> on <a href="/tag/crossplane/">Crossplane</a>, <a href="/tag/providers/">Providers</a>, <a href="/tag/stacks/">Stacks</a>, <a href="/tag/application-delivery/">Application Delivery</a>, <a href="/tag/nosql/">NoSQL</a>, <a href="/tag/linkerd/">Linkerd</a>, <a href="/tag/argocd/">ArgoCD</a>, <a href="/tag/aws/">AWS</a> | <time datetime="2020-03-24">24 Mar 2020</time></span> <div class="clear"></div> </header> <section class="post-excerpt"> <p>Crossplane v0.9.0 is our third release of 2020! Key features include an improved extensibility model, updating Kubernetes applications on remote clusters, installing packages from <a class="read-more" href="/crossplane-v0-9-new-package-types-for-providers-stacks-and-applications/">»</a></p> </section>  </div> </article> <nav class="pagination" role="pagination"> <div class="inner"> <span class="pagination-info">Page 1 of 2</span> <a class="pagination-prev" href="/author/phil/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="author-template author-phil"></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>