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Custom Resource Definition

What is a Custom Resource Definition?

A Custom Resource Definition (CRD) is a way to extend the Kubernetes API for use cases that are not directly covered by core Kubernetes. Similar to core Kubernetes resources, a CRD is defined as YAML. The Kubernetes API server will process CRDs as it does any other resource, and report on the configuration content of a CRD to any authorized consumer of the Kubernetes API.

For Example

The Ambassador Edge Stack relies heavily on CRDs for configuration. For example, the Mapping resource is a CRD:

---
apiVersion: getambassador.io/v2
kind:  Mapping
metadata:
  name:  httpbin-mapping
spec:
  prefix: /httpbin/
  service: http://httpbin.org

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