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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "Overview" |
| 3 | +weight: -1 |
| 4 | +cascade: |
| 5 | + version: "1.20" |
| 6 | +--- |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +{{< img src="/media/banner.png" alt="Crossplane Popsicle Truck" size="large" >}} |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +<br /> |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +Crossplane is an open source Kubernetes extension that transforms your Kubernetes |
| 13 | +cluster into a **universal control plane**. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +Crossplane lets you manage anything, anywhere, all through standard Kubernetes |
| 16 | +APIs. Crossplane can even let you |
| 17 | +[order a pizza](https://blog.crossplane.io/providers-101-ordering-pizza-with-kubernetes-and-crossplane/) |
| 18 | +directly from Kubernetes. If it has an API, Crossplane can connect to it. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +With Crossplane, platform teams can create new abstractions and custom |
| 21 | +APIs with the full power of Kubernetes policies, namespaces, role based access |
| 22 | +controls and more. Crossplane brings all your non-Kubernetes resources under |
| 23 | +one roof. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +Custom APIs, created by platform teams, allow security and compliance |
| 26 | +enforcement across resources or clouds, without exposing any complexity to the |
| 27 | +developers. A single API call can create multiple resources, in multiple clouds |
| 28 | +and use Kubernetes as the control plane for everything. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +{{< hint "tip" >}} |
| 31 | +**What's a control plane?** |
| 32 | +<!-- vale Google.WordList = NO --> |
| 33 | +Control planes create and manage the lifecycle of resources. Control planes |
| 34 | +constantly _check_ that the intended resources exist, _report_ when the intended |
| 35 | +state doesn't match reality and _act_ to make things right. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +Crossplane extends the Kubernetes control plane to be a **universal control |
| 38 | +plane** to check, report and act on any resource, anywhere. |
| 39 | +<!-- vale Google.WordList = YES --> |
| 40 | +{{< /hint >}} |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +# Get started |
| 44 | +* [Install Crossplane]({{<ref "software/install">}}) in your Kubernetes cluster |
| 45 | +* Learn more about how Crossplane works in the |
| 46 | +[Crossplane introduction]({{<ref "getting-started/introduction" >}}) |
| 47 | +* Join the [Crossplane Slack](https://slack.crossplane.io/) and start a |
| 48 | +conversation with a community of over 7,000 operators. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Crossplane is a [Cloud Native Compute Foundation](https://www.cncf.io/) project. |
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