Define Kubernetes apps in real programming languages — typed, composable, reusable — synthesizing standard YAML with CDK8s.

Welcome to CDK8s: Kubernetes Config as Code.

A practical, in-depth guide to CDK8s (Cloud Development Kit for Kubernetes), the framework for defining Kubernetes applications in real programming languages. Learn how CDK8s brings software engineering to Kubernetes config: the config authoring problem (YAML and templating limits), the synthesis model, constructs and the programming model, charts and apps, cdk8s-plus (higher-level abstractions), importing APIs and CRDs (typed access), reuse and composition, workflow and operations (synth, deploy, CI/CD, testing), and CDK8s in practice.

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Contents

1. Chapter 1 — What CDK8s Is
2. Chapter 2 — The Kubernetes Config Authoring Problem
3. Chapter 3 — How CDK8s Works
4. Chapter 4 — Constructs and the Programming Model
5. Chapter 5 — Charts and Apps
6. Chapter 6 — cdk8s-plus — Higher-Level Abstractions
7. Chapter 7 — Importing APIs and CRDs
8. Chapter 8 — Reuse, Abstraction, and Composition
9. Chapter 9 — Workflow and Operations
10. Chapter 10 — CDK8s in Practice