Overview
Upbound Crossplane (UXP) is the AI-native distribution of Crossplane by Upbound. Crossplane is a framework for building your own control plane.
Upbound Crossplane is a key ingredient in building out a platform powered by an intelligent control plane architecture. Learn about how UXP integrates AI intelligence into your control plane's reconcile loop with Intelligent Control Planes.
Concepts
Upbound Crossplane is a distribution of upstream Crossplane and shares the same concepts. UXP also introduces new concepts, such as AI-powered Intelligent Control Planes and Add-Ons.
Learn about UXP concepts by reading the concept documentation.
Features
Upbound Crossplane includes features that help you start, run, and scale your control plane. Learn about UXP features in the feature documentation.
UXP is available to any users under Upbound's Community plan. Commercial licenses are available. Some features are available for Community plan users, while others require a commercial license. See license management for more details.
Commercial-only features
Users on a Standard Plan or greater have access to commercial features that enhance the reliability, efficiency, and supportability of their control planes. For more information, see pricing plans or contact the sales team.
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Backup and Restore | Automatically schedule control plane snapshots for disaster recovery and seamless upgrades. |
| Function Scale-to-Zero | Reduce resource consumption by automatically scaling composition functions to zero when idle. |
| Official Package Patch Releases | Access patch releases of Official Providers with security fixes and bug patches. |
| Provider Pod Autoscaling | Dynamically adjust CPU and memory for provider pods to handle performance spikes. |
How-tos
To learn about Crossplane and UXP features, read the how-to guides.
Deploy and run UXP
Upbound runs UXP for you in our control planes-as-a-service Spaces hosting environment. Users can also deploy a self-managed installation of UXP directly on a Kubernetes cluster.
Get started
Read the Get Started guide to learn how to use UXP to build your own control plane.