Title

AWS re:Invent 2022 - Simplifying your infrastructure with Go, CDK, and cdk8s (BOA327)

Summary

Faz, a senior developer advocate, and Thiru, a solutions architect, discuss reducing toil in infrastructure management.
They introduce the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) and cdk8s for managing AWS and Kubernetes resources using familiar programming languages.
CDK allows developers to define cloud infrastructure in code, leveraging constructs for reusable components, and synthesizing CloudFormation templates for deployment.
cdk8s simplifies Kubernetes manifest management by allowing developers to define resources imperatively, which are then translated into declarative YAML files.
Demonstrations include creating AWS resources with CDK in Go, testing infrastructure code, and deploying stacks.
Thiru explains Kubernetes basics, the challenges of managing containers, and how cdk8s and CDK can be integrated to manage EKS clusters and Kubernetes resources.
They also cover extending Kubernetes APIs with custom resource definitions (CRDs) using cdk8s.

CDK and cdk8s aim to simplify cloud infrastructure management by allowing developers to use familiar programming languages and reducing the need for manual YAML file editing.
CDK sits on top of AWS CloudFormation, providing a higher-level abstraction for defining AWS resources, which can improve developer productivity and maintainability.
cdk8s offers a similar experience for Kubernetes, abstracting away the complexity of writing and managing YAML manifests and enabling developers to define Kubernetes resources in code.
The integration of CDK with cdk8s allows for a unified approach to managing both AWS and Kubernetes resources, which can be particularly useful for organizations using AWS EKS.
The ability to extend Kubernetes APIs with CRDs and manage them through cdk8s demonstrates the flexibility of Kubernetes and the potential of cdk8s to simplify the management of complex, cloud-native applications.