API-Driven Infrastructure as Code: Kubernetes APIs as the Con... Florian Hopfensperger & Yury Tsarev

This talk covers the topic of API-driven infrastructure as code, presented by Florian Hopfensperger from Allianz Technology and Yury Tsarev from Upbound. Building on their previous discussions about Allianz Technology's infrastructure-as-code platform, the speakers explore how development teams effectively work with APIs provided by infrastructure teams. The session demonstrates the implementation of API contracts that clarify expectations between service providers and consumers, highlighting how Allianz's infrastructure teams expose capabilities through structured interfaces. Attendees will learn about real-world challenges related to service boundaries and team ownership in large-scale Kubernetes environments, along with strategies for establishing, testing, and evolving cross-team dependencies within cloud-native contexts.