aws-cloudformation-resource-providers-rds vs cnab-spec

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aws-cloudformation-resource-providers-rds		cnab-spec
	Project
1	Mentions	8
25	Stars	939
-	Growth	1.0%
8.1	Activity	0.0
1 day ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Java	Language	Shell
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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aws-cloudformation-resource-providers-rds

Posts with mentions or reviews of aws-cloudformation-resource-providers-rds. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-08.

Terraform 1.0 Release
33 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jun 2021

Merely as the technical answer to your question, not as advocacy: CFN has custom providers [0] and they've started publishing quite a few implementations on GH (but I haven't tried them to know if they're for real): e.g. https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/aws-cloudformation-res...
As far as I know, it is possible to bridge terraform providers into a CFN stack using that mechanism, similar to how Pulumi works
0: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGui...

cnab-spec

Posts with mentions or reviews of cnab-spec. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-05.

No docker options
5 projects | /r/golang | 5 Apr 2023

CNAB
Kubernetes Application Archive !! Bundle up a Kubernetes application 📦 into a single static OCI compliant archive.
3 projects | /r/kubernetes | 6 Jul 2022

Similar to https://cnab.io/ then?
Stronger abstraction for deployments
8 projects | /r/kubernetes | 29 Oct 2021

IMO Cloud native application bundle is what you are looking for: https://cnab.io/
Deployment Packaging Solutions
6 projects | /r/kubernetes | 19 Sep 2021

have you looked at CNAB ? since it uses standard OCI compliance you can have your entire application bundle on Azure registry (azure registry is OCI 2 compliant registry) and you can get more information about how to do it using ORAS cli
Tools to Run Kubernetes Locally
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Aug 2021
k8s based platform
7 projects | /r/kubernetes | 2 Aug 2021

Check https://cnab.io/ and https://porter.sh/
Terraform 1.0 Release
33 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jun 2021

I'm closely tracking an effort by Microsoft that aims to do a lot of what you're describing since I find myself bridging between these tools and deploying stacks that span tools and roles. [CNAB](https://cnab.io/) and the front-running implementation, [Porter](https://porter.sh/), enable one-step infra deployments, packaged as a single OCI-compatible container, with any number of steps, using the best tools for each of those steps. Think of using aws-cli for some initialization step (create or verify presence of a state bucket), applying some terraform to create infra, and finishing with a helm chart to complete deployment of app components. Each stage in a bundle packages not only the code to run it but also the execution binary of the tool that runs it. The spec and porter are still a moving target but it's a promising space and a nice adjacent evolution of the current state of tooling.
Cloud Native Application Bundles Security (CNAB-SEC) 1.0.0 GA 2020
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Feb 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing aws-cloudformation-resource-providers-rds and cnab-spec you can also consider the following projects:

cue - CUE has moved to https://github.com/cue-lang/cue

kapp-controller - Continuous delivery and package management for Kubernetes.

coc.nvim - Nodejs extension host for vim & neovim, load extensions like VSCode and host language servers.

helm-charts - Komodor.io public helm charts

cue - The home of the CUE language! Validate and define text-based and dynamic configuration

kubevela - The Modern Application Platform.

pulumi-provider-boilerplate - Boilerplate showing how to create a native Pulumi provider

porter - Porter enables you to package your application artifact, client tools, configuration and deployment logic together as an installer that you can distribute, and install with a single command.

pulumi-provider-boilerplat

terraform - Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.

pulumi-tf-provider-boilerplate - Boilerplate code for Terraform provider-backed Pulumi packages

kpt - Automate Kubernetes Configuration Editing