Policy Based Control for Cloud Native Environment with OPA

Kubernetes
Security
OPA
Cloud Native
Exploring policy-based control using Open Policy Agent and Gatekeeper in Kubernetes environments
Published

August 24, 2024

This presentation focuses on policy-based control for cloud-native environments using Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Gatekeeper, introducing OPA as a general-purpose policy engine and Gatekeeper as its Kubernetes-native implementation.

Agenda

  1. Introduction to Policy Enforcement Challenges
    • Traditional vs. cloud-native environments
  2. Overview of OPA and Gatekeeper
    • Explanation of Open Policy Agent (OPA)
    • Introduction to Gatekeeper and its relationship with OPA
    • Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) in Gatekeeper
  3. Usage Scenarios
    • Resource constraints
    • Security enforcement
    • Compliance requirements
    • Cost optimization
    • Multi-tenancy
    • Best practices enforcement
  4. Challenges
    • Learning curve
    • Performance impact
    • Policy management
    • Integration complexity

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