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+id: CustomResourceDefinition
+name: CustomResourceDefinition
+aka: 
+- CRD
+- Formerly Known as ThirdPartyResources (TPR)
+tags:
+- fundamental
+- operation
+- extension
+full-link: docs/tasks/access-kubernetes-api/extend-api-custom-resource-definitions/
+short-description: >
+  A custom resource definition is the representation of a customization of a particular Kubernetes installation.
+long-description: >
+  A resource definition that defines the endpoint in the Kubernetes API that stores a collection of API objects of a certain kind that is specified.