Watch Simon Bein's talk at Cloud Native Summit Munich 2025
Self-service is a central aspect of platform engineering, and platform engineering teams frequently build on top of Kubernetes to utilize its powerful API design. The kcp project was accepted into the CNCF Sandbox in 2023 and extends Kubernetes API concepts beyond container orchestration. This talk will explore how kcp enhances platform engineering with a global control plane for all internal services.
As a central API layer, kcp facilitates a SaaS-like interaction between internal service providers and developers, turning internal developer platforms into a service-oriented marketplace—all using familiar concepts and tools that Kubernetes developers already know and love.
kcp expands the scope of platform engineering beyond the boundaries of individual Kubernetes clusters, transforming the scale at which platform teams and internal service providers can operate. This talk will cover patterns for both service providers and developers, highlighting how kcp simplifies their workflows.
Speaker: Simon Bein, Senior Software Engineer at Kubermatic
