A universal control plane

Launched in 2018 as an open source project, Crossplane took steps to become a universally accepted control plane. The project’s donation to CNCF in 2020 was the next significant step. It helped Crossplane become a foundation-driven, open source initiative with broader participation rather than just becoming another open source project. Initially, it was a sandbox project but did not stop there. In 2021, it was accepted as an incubating project. Above all, Crossplane is simply another extension to Kubernetes, already an accepted platform for application DevOps. It also means that the entire ecosystem of tools available for Kubernetes is also compatible with Crossplane. Teams can work with the existing set of tools without much cognitive load:

Figure 2.5 – The journey

Crossplane has a few more unique attributes compelling it to be accepted as a universal control plane. The attributes are the following:

• Open standards...