Crossplane Ep1: Your First Install + RBAC

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Platform engineering matters because most teams still build infrastructure through tickets, manual approvals, and a pile of disconnected tools. In this episode, you will see how Crossplane turns Kubernetes into a control plane so teams can deliver self-service infrastructure, reduce drift, and standardize configurations with Kubernetes-native workflows. In this video, you will learn: ✅ Why platform teams get overwhelmed by infrastructure tickets ✅ How platform engineering improves developer experience with self-service ✅ What Crossplane is and how it extends Kubernetes with CRDs ✅ Crossplane vs Terraform: drift, reconciliation, and state management differences ✅ A hands-on demo: install Crossplane, install the CLI, explore CRDs, and configure multi-tenant RBAC Demo steps covered: ✅ Start a local Kubernetes cluster with Minikube ✅Install Crossplane via Helm with production values ✅ Install the Crossplane CLI and confirm client and server versions ✅ Explore Crossplane CRDs and provider resources ✅ Build platform roles (admin, operator, developer) and namespace-scoped RBAC ✅ Bind service accounts and verify permissions with kubectl auth can-i Course mentioned: This video is part of the Crossplane 101 course, which includes over 15 hours of video and 7 hands on labs. You also get a certificate. And the 30 day money back guarantee. Explore the full Crossplane course: Crossplane 101 ▶ https://tekanaid.com/course/crossplane-101 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Useful Links 🛠 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Episode 1 ► https://youtu.be/rawmBGX7IqI Episode 2 ► https://youtu.be/Ss33Svwz_y8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 Intro and why platform engineering matters 00:40 The infrastructure ticket problem 02:05 Problems platform engineering solves 03:10 What Crossplane is 04:20 Crossplane vs Terraform 05:55 Demo overview 07:05 Course overview and what is included 08:10 Start Minikube cluster and verify health 11:10 Install Crossplane with Helm 14:05 Install Crossplane CLI and explore CRDs 17:10 Configure RBAC roles and bindings 22:15 Test permissions with kubectl auth can-i 25:10 Wrap up and what Episode 2 covers ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Connect 👋 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ TeKanAid Academy ► https://tekanaid.com/courses Website ► https://bit.ly/TeKanAid_Website Facebook Page ► https://bit.ly/TeKanAid_Facebook Don't forget to subscribe ► https://bit.ly/TeKanAid_YouTube_Subscribe MEDIUM ► https://bit.ly/Sam_Medium TWITTER TeKanAid ► https://bit.ly/TeKanAid_Twitter TWITTER Sam ► https://bit.ly/Sam_Twitter LINKEDIN TeKanAid ► https://bit.ly/TeKanAid_LinkedIn LINKEDIN Sam ► https://bit.ly/Sam_linkedin #PlatformEngineering #Crossplane #Kubernetes #DevOps #InternalDeveloperPlatform #IDP #CloudInfrastructure #GitOps #RBAC #TerraformAlternative #DeveloperExperience #sreeleela