Building a Production IDP A Reference Architecture with Open Source Tools, Bharath Nallapeta

Description

Platform engineering is trending, but building a real Internal Developer Platform (IDP) is complex. It’s not just one tool—it’s an architecture combining a developer portal, infrastructure provisioning, and orchestration. Many teams either rely on expensive platforms or struggle with fragile custom setups. This talk presents a production-ready IDP architecture built entirely with open source CNCF tools. Learn how Backstage powers the developer portal, k0rdent acts as the control plane API, and Cluster API handles infrastructure provisioning across AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments. See the full workflow in action—from self-service cluster requests to automated provisioning—and learn how to handle key challenges like API design, async workflows, RBAC, and multi-tenant environments. Perfect for platform engineers, DevOps teams, and cloud architects building scalable developer platforms. FOSSASIA Summit 2026 held in Bangkok, is Asia's leading Open Source tech conference featuring sessions on #AI, #Cloud, #DevOps, #Open Hardware, #Security, #Web #Mobile Technologies, #Web3, and #Databases. Learn more: http://summit.fossasia.org Session slides: https://eventyay.com/e/88882f3e/session/10217 #FOSSASIA #FOSSASIASummit #opensource #FOSS