Compose an RDS managed resource and expose it via a Crossplane claim

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Verified steps

  1. Install the AWS provider for Crossplane and configure a ProviderConfig with credentials; the RDS managed resource kind is typically RDSInstance or DBInstance depending on the provider family version—check the provider CRDs.
  2. Create a CompositeResourceDefinition (XRD) that defines the custom API type (e.g., XDatabase) with the claim names and schema for inputs such as engine, instanceClass, and storageGB.
  3. Write a Composition referencing the XRD that uses a function pipeline (or classic P&T patches) to map XR fields to the RDS managed resource spec fields such as spec.forProvider.dbInstanceClass.
  4. Configure writeConnectionSecretToRef in the managed resource spec to store the generated endpoint, username, and password in a Kubernetes Secret; propagate the connection secret to the claim level via connectionDetails in the Composition.
  5. Create a namespaced Claim resource (the kind defined in XRD's claimNames) in an application namespace; Crossplane creates the composite resource and the RDS instance automatically.
  6. Wait for the managed resource status.conditions to include type: Ready with status: True before consuming the connection secret in application Deployments.

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