Building Platform Abstractions with Crossplane

This hands-on lab teaches you to build platform abstractions using Crossplane Compositions in a minikube environment for fast development.

You'll learn to:

• Design and create Composite Resource Definitions (XRDs) with comprehensive schema validation
• Build Compositions that provision 13 AWS resources per database claim
• Implement complete AWS networking (VPC, subnets, security groups, internet gateway, routing)
• Create developer-friendly APIs that hide infrastructure complexity
• Use PatchSets to eliminate duplication and ensure consistency
• Implement environment-aware configurations using map transforms
• Test real database connectivity with PostgreSQL
• Validate production-ready platform functionality

This lab demonstrates advanced platform engineering patterns while using minikube for rapid iteration and learning.