This lab is currently in Beta, content may be updated as we refine the material
LABINTERMEDIATE

Building Platform Infrastructure with Crossplane

Use Crossplane to provision and manage cloud infrastructure through Kubernetes-native APIs.

45 minutes
platform-engineering/infrastructure
Building Platform Infrastructure with Crossplane - Platform Engineering Hands-On Lab Icon
Share this Lab

Lab Overview

This hands-on lab teaches you to build a platform infrastructure layer using Crossplane.

You'll learn to:

  • Install Crossplane and configure providers
  • Create Composite Resource Definitions (XRDs) for platform APIs
  • Build Compositions for infrastructure provisioning
  • Deploy infrastructure using Kubernetes-native workflows
  • Manage multi-cloud resources through unified APIs

Crossplane enables platform engineers to build custom APIs that abstract cloud complexity and provide self-service infrastructure to development teams.

What You'll Learn

Install Crossplane in a Kubernetes cluster

Configure cloud providers for Crossplane

Create XRDs and Compositions for platform APIs

Deploy infrastructure using Crossplane resources

Prerequisites

kubernetes-fundamentals

yaml-basics

Technologies Covered

crossplaneplatform-engineeringinfrastructure-as-codekubernetescnpe

Part of a Course

This lab is part of the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE) course

View All Courses

Choose your plan

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Unlock full access to TeKanAid courses, labs, and bootcamps

Buying for a team? Private corporate training is available for up to 15 learners.View team training
MonthlyQuarterly
Try Premium free for 7 days →

Just exploring? Start free below. Want the full experience? Try Premium free for 7 days (card required, $0 today).

Pro

All courses, with lab scripts to run on your own machine

$59/month

Renews automatically. Cancel anytime.

Final price verified at checkout.

  • Full access to all courses
  • Lab scripts to download and run on your own machine (hosted labs not included)
  • Progress tracking
  • Certificate of completion
  • Community access
  • Self-paced bootcamps
  • Premium puzzle library not included (5 free puzzles available)
  • New content access
Recommended

Premium

Full access, including unlimited hosted labs

$99/month

Renews automatically. Cancel anytime.

Final price verified at checkout.

  • Everything in Pro
  • Unlimited hands-on labs, fully hosted on TeKanAid Academy (nothing to set up)
  • Full access to the puzzle library
  • Lab AI Assistant
  • Priority support
Get Access Now

Prefer a single course?

Purchase individual courses for a one-time fee of $79. Full access to course content, quizzes, certificates, and community features, lab access is not included.

Browse Courses

Just exploring? Start free, no account needed

Three free ways to start. All bridge into the paid Premium catalog when you're ready.

▶ Start with free courses and labs🧩 Solve a free puzzle📧 Get the free email crash course

Not ready to commit? The crash course is email-only. No academy account required.

Ready to Get Started?

Start this hands-on lab and build real-world Platform Engineering skills

Get Access Now