Introducing kro: Kube Resource Orchestrator

This article introduces kro (Kube Resource Orchestrator), a new open-source project from AWS that simplifies the use of custom APIs and resources with Kubernetes.

Specifically, the article covers:

• The motivation for kro and the challenges it addresses in creating and managing custom Kubernetes APIs and resources
• How kro works, using the concept of ResourceGroups to define and orchestrate collections of underlying Kubernetes resources as a single unit
• A step-by-step example of using kro to create a custom WebApp API that deploys a Deployment, Service, and optional Ingress
• The current status of kro as an experimental project, and future areas of development like versioning, change management, and security integrations