The ALASCA Tech-Talks provide a platform to showcase solutions that have the potential to improve the digital sovereignty of cloud infrastructures and services, as well as for use cases that rely on these digital sovereign infrastructures and services.
This is where techies meet techies. They are united by their conviction in open source software for the operation of cloud applications and the common goal of establishing digital sovereignty in Germany and Europe.
The ALASCA Tech-Talks have been held once a month since January 2023 and enjoy a loyal listenership. You too can become part of our ALASCA Tech-Talks - whether as a listener, co-discussant or speaker. We look forward to seeing you!
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ALASCA Tech Talk #39
kro: From Helm Charts to Kubernetes APIs – Rethinking the deployment of the metal-control-plane
Simon Mayer (Junior Cloud Native Engineer at x-cllent technologies)
Helm is the de facto standard for deploying applications on Kubernetes. But as the platform becomes more complex, templating-based approaches can reach their limits. Is it time to work more directly with Kubernetes APIs?
In this talk, we share our hands-on experience of evaluating kro (Kube Resource Orchestrator) for deploying the metal-control-plane at metal-stack.io. Kro introduces ResourceGraphDefinitions (RGDs), which define higher-level abstractions that are continuously reconciled into Kubernetes resources.
Using a specific migration example, we demonstrate how features such as RGD chaining and CEL expressions work in practice. Based on this real-world use case, we discuss what went well, where we encountered limitations, and what surprised us.
You will come away with a practical understanding of kro and clear takeaways to help you decide whether it is a viable alternative to Helm for your own platform.
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