Infrastructure Provider for Cluster API: From Zero to Open Source

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Describes building an infrastructure provider for Cluster API from scratch and releasing it as open source. Covers using Cluster API to declaratively manage Kubernetes cluster lifecycles and implementing a provider that integrates with platforms (examples given include cloud and bare-metal ecosystems) to support cluster provisioning and management.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:08What is Cluster API
3. 3:37Cluster API concepts
4. 5:46Missing provider problem
5. 7:12Provider development method
6. 10:46Studying existing providers
7. 12:07Custom resources creation
8. 14:15Controller testing
9. 17:43Controller logic
10. 21:38Key takeaways
11. 22:19Result: Yandex Cloud provider
12. 23:46Future plans
13. 25:11Q&A

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