Simplifying Cluster Provisioning at Scale: A Cloud-Native Tool for the mass, k0rdent

Abstract

This talk directly advances the Kubernetes ecosystem by addressing key challenges in scalability, automation, and operational efficiency that many platform engineers, DevOps teams, and infrastructure operators face today. It aims to talk about: Simplifies ClusterAPI (CAPI) Adoption, ClusterAPI is powerful but notoriously complex, requiring hundreds of lines of YAML and deep expertise. k0rdent abstracts this complexity, making it easier for teams to adopt CAPI without a steep learning curve. This increases CAPI adoption in the Kubernetes community, accelerating infrastructure standardization. Enhanced Kubernetes Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Operations, The ecosystem thrives on interoperability across clouds and on-prem. k0rdent provides a unified approach to managing Kubernetes clusters across AWS, Azure, GCP, vSphere, OpenStack, and beyond. Strengthens GitOps and Declarative Infrastructure: GitOps is key to reliable, automated Kubernetes operations, but many struggle with applying it to cluster management. k0rdent integrates GitOps practices, making declarative, version-controlled cluster deployments effortless. This reinforces best practices in Kubernetes automation, improving security and consistency.

Join the talk to learn how k0rdent enables scalable, GitOps-driven Kubernetes automation and helps platform engineers build secure Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).