Chapter 3. Manage security policies

Complete the following steps:

Your policies are deployed using GitOps.

The fromSecret function returns the value of the given data key in the secret. View the following syntax for the function:

func fromSecret (ns string, secretName string, datakey string) (dataValue string, err error)

func fromSecret (ns string, secretName string, datakey string) (dataValue string, err error)

When you use this function, enter the namespace, name, and data key of a Kubernetes Secret resource. You must use the same namespace that is used for the policy when using the function in a hub cluster template. See, Support for hub cluster templates in configuration policies for more details.

Note: When you use this function with hub cluster templates, the output is automatically encrypted using the the protect function.

You receive a policy violation if the Kubernetes Secret resource does not exist on the target cluster. If the data key does not exist on the target cluster, the value becomes an empty string. View the following configuration policy that enforces a Secret resource on the target cluster. The value for the PASSWORD data key is a template that references the secret on the target cluster:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      apiVersion: v1
      data:
        USER_NAME: YWRtaW4=
        PASSWORD: '{{ fromSecret "default" "localsecret" "PASSWORD" }}'
      kind: Secret
      metadata:
        name: demosecret
        namespace: test
      type: Opaque
  remediationAction: enforce
  severity: low

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      apiVersion: v1
      data:
        USER_NAME: YWRtaW4=
        PASSWORD: '{{ fromSecret "default" "localsecret" "PASSWORD" }}'
      kind: Secret
      metadata:
        name: demosecret
        namespace: test
      type: Opaque
  remediationAction: enforce
  severity: low

The fromConfigmap function returns the value of the given data key in the ConfigMap. View the following syntax for the function:

func fromConfigMap (ns string, configmapName string, datakey string) (dataValue string, err Error)

func fromConfigMap (ns string, configmapName string, datakey string) (dataValue string, err Error)

When you use this function, enter the namespace, name, and data key of a Kubernetes ConfigMap resource. You must use the same namespace that is used for the policy using the function in a hub cluster template. See, Support for hub cluster templates in configuration policies for more details. You receive a policy violation if the Kubernetes ConfigMap resource does not exist on the target cluster. If the data key does not exist on the target cluster, the value becomes an empty string. View the following configuration policy that enforces a Kubernetes resource on the target managed cluster. The value for the log-file data key is a template that retrieves the value of the log-file from the ConfigMap, logs-config from the default namespace, and the log-level is set to the data key log-level.

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromcm-lookup
  namespace: test-templates
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      kind: ConfigMap
      apiVersion: v1
      metadata:
        name: demo-app-config
        namespace: test
      data:
        app-name: sampleApp
        app-description: "this is a sample app"
        log-file: '{{ fromConfigMap "default" "logs-config" "log-file" }}'
        log-level: '{{ fromConfigMap "default" "logs-config" "log-level" }}'
  remediationAction: enforce
  severity: low

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromcm-lookup
  namespace: test-templates
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      kind: ConfigMap
      apiVersion: v1
      metadata:
        name: demo-app-config
        namespace: test
      data:
        app-name: sampleApp
        app-description: "this is a sample app"
        log-file: '{{ fromConfigMap "default" "logs-config" "log-file" }}'
        log-level: '{{ fromConfigMap "default" "logs-config" "log-level" }}'
  remediationAction: enforce
  severity: low

The fromClusterClaim function returns the value of the Spec.Value in the ClusterClaim resource. View the following syntax for the function:

func fromClusterClaim (clusterclaimName string) (value map[string]interface{}, err Error)

func fromClusterClaim (clusterclaimName string) (value map[string]interface{}, err Error)

When you use this function, enter the name of a Kubernetes ClusterClaim resource. You receive a policy violation if the ClusterClaim resource does not exist. View the following example of the configuration policy that enforces a Kubernetes resource on the target managed cluster. The value for the platform data key is a template that retrieves the value of the platform.open-cluster-management.io cluster claim. Similarly, it retrieves values for product and version from the ClusterClaim:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-clusterclaims
  namespace: default
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      kind: ConfigMap
      apiVersion: v1
      metadata:
        name: sample-app-config
        namespace: default
      data:
        # Configuration values can be set as key-value properties
        platform: '{{ fromClusterClaim "platform.open-cluster-management.io" }}'
        product: '{{ fromClusterClaim "product.open-cluster-management.io" }}'
        version: '{{ fromClusterClaim "version.openshift.io" }}'
  remediationAction: enforce
  severity: low

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-clusterclaims
  namespace: default
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      kind: ConfigMap
      apiVersion: v1
      metadata:
        name: sample-app-config
        namespace: default
      data:
        # Configuration values can be set as key-value properties
        platform: '{{ fromClusterClaim "platform.open-cluster-management.io" }}'
        product: '{{ fromClusterClaim "product.open-cluster-management.io" }}'
        version: '{{ fromClusterClaim "version.openshift.io" }}'
  remediationAction: enforce
  severity: low

The lookup function returns the Kubernetes resource as a JSON compatible map. If the requested resource does not exist, an empty map is returned. If the resource does not exist and the value is provided to another template function, you might get the following error: invalid value; expected string.

Note: Use the default template function, so the correct type is provided to later template functions. See the Open source community functions section.

View the following syntax for the function:

func lookup (apiversion string, kind string, namespace string, name string) (value string, err Error)

func lookup (apiversion string, kind string, namespace string, name string) (value string, err Error)

When you use this function, enter the API version, kind, namespace, and name of the Kubernetes resource. You must use the same namespace that is used for the policy within the hub cluster template. See, Support for hub cluster templates in configuration policies for more details. View the following example of the configuration policy that enforces a Kubernetes resource on the target managed cluster. The value for the metrics-url data key is a template that retrieves the v1/Service Kubernetes resource metrics from the default namespace, and is set to the value of the Spec.ClusterIP in the queried resource:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-lookup
  namespace: test-templates
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      kind: ConfigMap
      apiVersion: v1
      metadata:
        name: demo-app-config
        namespace: test
      data:
        # Configuration values can be set as key-value properties
        app-name: sampleApp
        app-description: "this is a sample app"
        metrics-url: |
          http://{{ (lookup "v1" "Service" "default" "metrics").spec.clusterIP }}:8080
  remediationAction: enforce
  severity: low

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-lookup
  namespace: test-templates
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      kind: ConfigMap
      apiVersion: v1
      metadata:
        name: demo-app-config
        namespace: test
      data:
        # Configuration values can be set as key-value properties
        app-name: sampleApp
        app-description: "this is a sample app"
        metrics-url: |
          http://{{ (lookup "v1" "Service" "default" "metrics").spec.clusterIP }}:8080
  remediationAction: enforce
  severity: low

The base64enc function returns a base64 encoded value of the input data string. View the following syntax for the function:

func base64enc (data string) (enc-data string)

func base64enc (data string) (enc-data string)

When you use this function, enter a string value. View the following example of the configuration policy that uses the base64enc function:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    data:
      USER_NAME: '{{ fromConfigMap "default" "myconfigmap" "admin-user" | base64enc }}'

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    data:
      USER_NAME: '{{ fromConfigMap "default" "myconfigmap" "admin-user" | base64enc }}'

The base64dec function returns a base64 decoded value of the input enc-data string. View the following syntax for the function:

func base64dec (enc-data string) (data string)

func base64dec (enc-data string) (data string)

When you use this function, enter a string value. View the following example of the configuration policy that uses the base64dec function:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    data:
      app-name: |
         "{{ ( lookup "v1"  "Secret" "testns" "mytestsecret") .data.appname ) | base64dec }}"

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    data:
      app-name: |
         "{{ ( lookup "v1"  "Secret" "testns" "mytestsecret") .data.appname ) | base64dec }}"

The indent function returns the padded data string. View the following syntax for the function:

func indent (spaces  int,  data string) (padded-data string)

func indent (spaces  int,  data string) (padded-data string)

When you use this function, enter a data string with the specific number of spaces. View the following example of the configuration policy that uses the indent function:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    data:
      Ca-cert:  |
        {{ ( index ( lookup "v1" "Secret" "default" "mycert-tls"  ).data  "ca.pem"  ) |  base64dec | indent 4  }}

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    data:
      Ca-cert:  |
        {{ ( index ( lookup "v1" "Secret" "default" "mycert-tls"  ).data  "ca.pem"  ) |  base64dec | indent 4  }}

The autoindent function acts like the indent function that automatically determines the number of leading spaces based on the number of spaces before the template. View the following example of the configuration policy that uses the autoindent function:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    data:
      Ca-cert:  |
        {{ ( index ( lookup "v1" "Secret" "default" "mycert-tls"  ).data  "ca.pem"  ) |  base64dec | autoindent }}

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-fromsecret
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    data:
      Ca-cert:  |
        {{ ( index ( lookup "v1" "Secret" "default" "mycert-tls"  ).data  "ca.pem"  ) |  base64dec | autoindent }}

The toInt function casts and returns the integer value of the input value. Also, when this is the last function in the template, there is further processing of the source content. This is to ensure that the value is interpreted as an integer by the YAML. View the following syntax for the function:

func toInt (input interface{}) (output int)

func toInt (input interface{}) (output int)

When you use this function, enter the data that needs to be casted as an integer. View the following example of the configuration policy that uses the toInt function:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-template-function
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    spec:
      vlanid:  |
        {{ (fromConfigMap "site-config" "site1" "vlan")  | toInt }}

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-template-function
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    spec:
      vlanid:  |
        {{ (fromConfigMap "site-config" "site1" "vlan")  | toInt }}

The toBool function converts the input string into a boolean, and returns the boolean. Also, when this is the last function in the template, there is further processing of the source content. This is to ensure that the value is interpreted as a boolean by the YAML. View the following syntax for the function:

func toBool (input string) (output bool)

func toBool (input string) (output bool)

When you use this function, enter the string data that needs to be converted to a boolean. View the following example of the configuration policy that uses the toBool function:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-template-function
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    spec:
      enabled:  |
        {{ (fromConfigMap "site-config" "site1" "enabled")  | toBool }}

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-template-function
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    spec:
      enabled:  |
        {{ (fromConfigMap "site-config" "site1" "enabled")  | toBool }}

The protect function enables you to encrypt a string in a hub cluster policy template. It is automatically decrypted on the managed cluster when the policy is evaluated. View the following example of the configuration policy that uses the protect function:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-template-function
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    spec:
      enabled:  |
        {{hub "(lookup "v1" "Secret" "default" "my-hub-secret").data.message | protect hub}}

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: ConfigurationPolicy
metadata:
  name: demo-template-function
  namespace: test
spec:
  namespaceSelector:
    exclude:
    - kube-*
    include:
    - default
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
    ...
    spec:
      enabled:  |
        {{hub "(lookup "v1" "Secret" "default" "my-hub-secret").data.message | protect hub}}

In the previous YAML example, there is an existing hub cluster policy template that is defined to use the lookup function. On the replicated policy in the managed cluster namespace, the value might resemble the following syntax: $ocm_encrypted:okrrBqt72oI+3WT/0vxeI3vGa+wpLD7Z0ZxFMLvL204=

Each encryption algorithm used is AES-CBC using 256-bit keys. Each encryption key is unique per managed cluster and is automatically rotated every 30 days.

This ensures that your decrypted value is to never be stored in the policy on the managed cluster.

To force an immediate rotation, delete the policy.open-cluster-management.io/last-rotated annotation on the policy-encryption-key Secret in the managed cluster namespace on the hub cluster. Policies are then reprocessed to use the new encryption key.

The toLiteral function removes any quotation marks around the template string after it is processed. You can use this function to convert a JSON string from a ConfigMap field to a JSON value in the manifest. Run the following function to remove quotation marks from the key parameter value:

key: '{{ "[\"10.10.10.10\", \"1.1.1.1\"]" | toLiteral }}'

key: '{{ "[\"10.10.10.10\", \"1.1.1.1\"]" | toLiteral }}'

After using the toLiteral function, the following update is displayed:

key: ["10.10.10.10", "1.1.1.1"]

key: ["10.10.10.10", "1.1.1.1"]

Additionally, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management supports the following template functions that are included from the sprig open source project:

See the Sprig Function Documentation for more details.

A configuration policy definition can contain both hub cluster and managed cluster templates. Hub cluster templates are processed first on the hub cluster, then the policy definition with resolved hub cluster templates is propagated to the target clusters. On the managed cluster, the ConfigurationPolicyController processes any managed cluster templates in the policy definition and then enforces or verifies the fully resolved object definition.

Policies are processed on the hub cluster only upon creation or after an update. Therefore, hub cluster templates are only resolved to the data in the referenced resources upon policy creation or update. Any changes to the referenced resources are not automatically synced to the policies.

A special annotation, policy.open-cluster-management.io/trigger-update can be used to indicate changes to the data referenced by the templates. Any change to the special annotation value initiates template processing, and the latest contents of the referenced resource are read and updated in the policy definition that is the propagator for processing on managed clusters. A typical way to use this annotation is to increment the value by one each time.

You might create a policy that contains a template that is not intended to be processed by Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management. By default, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management processes all templates.

To bypass template processing for your hub cluster, you must change {{ template content }} to {{ `{{ template content }}` }}.

Alternatively, you can add the following annotation in the ConfigurationPolicy section of your Policy: policy.open-cluster-management.io/disable-templates: "true". When this annotation is included, the previous workaround is not necessary. Template processing is bypassed for the ConfigurationPolicy.

See the following table for a comparison of hub cluster and managed cluster templates:

The policy_governance_info is collected by OpenShift Container Platform monitoring, and some aggregate data is collected by Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management observability, if it is enabled.

Note: If observability is enabled, you can enter a query for the metric from the Grafana Explore page.

When you create a policy, you are creating a root policy. The framework watches for root policies as well as PlacementRules and PlacementBindings, to determine where to create propagated policies in order to distribute the policy to managed clusters. For both root and propagated policies, a metric of 0 is recorded if the policy is compliant, and 1 if it is non-compliant.

The policy_governance_info metric uses the following labels:

These labels and values enable queries that can show us many things happening in the cluster that might be difficult to track.

Note: If the metrics are not needed, and there are any concerns about performance or security, this feature can be disabled. Set the DISABLE_REPORT_METRICS environment variable to true in the propagator deployment. You can also add policy_governance_info metric to the observability allowlist as a custom metric. See Adding custom metrics for more details.

The config_policies_evaluation_duration_ histogram tracks the number of seconds it takes to process all configuration policies that are ready to be evaluated on the cluster. Use the following metrics to query the histogram:

Use config_policies_evaluation_duration_ to determine if the ConfigurationPolicy evaluationInterval setting needs to be changed for resource intensive policies that do not need frequent evaluation. You can also increase the concurrency at the cost of higher resource utilization on the Kubernetes API server. See Configure the configuration policy controller for more details.

To receive information about the time used to evaluate configuration policies, perform a Prometheus query that resembles the following expression:

rate(config_policies_evaluation_duration_seconds_sum[10m]) / rate (config_policies_evaluation_duration_seconds_count[10m]

The config-policy-controller pod running on managed clusters in the open-cluster-management-agent-addon namespace calculates the metric. The config-policy-controller does not send the metric to Observability by default.

Complete the following steps to create a policy from the command line interface (CLI):

After you log into your Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, navigate to the Governance page and click Create policy.

As you create your new policy from the console, a YAML file is also created in the YAML editor. To view the YAML editor, select the toggle at the beginning of the Create policy form to enable it.

Complete the Create policy form, then select the Submit button.

Your YAML file might resemble the following policy:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: Policy
metadata:
  name: policy-pod
  annotations:
    policy.open-cluster-management.io/categories: 'SystemAndCommunicationsProtections,SystemAndInformationIntegrity'
    policy.open-cluster-management.io/controls: 'control example'
    policy.open-cluster-management.io/standards: 'NIST,HIPAA'
spec:
  complianceType: musthave
  namespaces:
    exclude: ["kube*"]
    include: ["default"]
    pruneObjectBehavior: None
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Pod
      metadata:
        name: pod1
      spec:
        containers:
        - name: pod-name
          image: 'pod-image'
          ports:
          - containerPort: 80
  remediationAction: enforce
  disabled: false

---
apiVersion: apps.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: PlacementBinding
metadata:
  name: binding-pod
placementRef:
  name: placement-pod
  kind: PlacementRule
  apiGroup: apps.open-cluster-management.io
subjects:
- name: policy-pod
  kind: Policy
  apiGroup: policy.open-cluster-management.io

---
apiVersion: apps.open-cluster-management.io/v1
 kind: PlacementRule
 metadata:
   name: placement-pod
spec:
  clusterConditions: []
  clusterSelector:
     matchLabels:
       cloud: "IBM"

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: Policy
metadata:
  name: policy-pod
  annotations:
    policy.open-cluster-management.io/categories: 'SystemAndCommunicationsProtections,SystemAndInformationIntegrity'
    policy.open-cluster-management.io/controls: 'control example'
    policy.open-cluster-management.io/standards: 'NIST,HIPAA'
spec:
  complianceType: musthave
  namespaces:
    exclude: ["kube*"]
    include: ["default"]
    pruneObjectBehavior: None
  object-templates:
  - complianceType: musthave
    objectDefinition:
      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Pod
      metadata:
        name: pod1
      spec:
        containers:
        - name: pod-name
          image: 'pod-image'
          ports:
          - containerPort: 80
  remediationAction: enforce
  disabled: false

---
apiVersion: apps.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: PlacementBinding
metadata:
  name: binding-pod
placementRef:
  name: placement-pod
  kind: PlacementRule
  apiGroup: apps.open-cluster-management.io
subjects:
- name: policy-pod
  kind: Policy
  apiGroup: policy.open-cluster-management.io

---
apiVersion: apps.open-cluster-management.io/v1
 kind: PlacementRule
 metadata:
   name: placement-pod
spec:
  clusterConditions: []
  clusterSelector:
     matchLabels:
       cloud: "IBM"

Click Create Policy. A security policy is created from the console.

By default, the policy set is created with no policies or placements. You must create a placement for the policy set and have at least one policy that exists on your cluster. When you create a policy set, you can add numerous policies. Run the following command to create a policy set from the CLI:

kubectl apply -f <policyset-filename>

kubectl apply -f <policyset-filename>

From the navigation menu, select Governance. Then select the Policy sets tab. Select the Create policy set button and complete the form. After you add the details for your policy set, select the Submit button.

View the stable Policyets, which require the policy generator for deployment, PolicySets-- Stable.

Run the following command to edit your policy set: kubectl edit policysets your-policyset-name

Add the policy name to the list in the policies section of the policy set. Apply your added policy in the placement section of your policy set with the following command: kubectl apply -f your-added-policy.yaml. A PlacementBinding and PlacementRule are created. Note: If you delete the placement binding, the policy is still placed by the policy set.

Add a policy to the policy set by selecting the Policy sets tab. Select the Actions icon and select Edit. The Edit policy set form appears.

Navigate to the Policies section of the form to select a policy to add to the policy set.

Your policy is enabled by default. Disable your policy from the console.

After you log into your Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes console, navigate to the Governance page to view a table list of your policies.

Select the Actions icon > Disable policy. The Disable Policy dialog box appears.

Click Disable policy. Your policy is disabled.

From the Policy sets tab, select the Actions icon for the policy set. When you click Delete, the Permanently delete Policyset? dialogue box appears.

Click the Delete button.

To manage other policies, see Managing security policies for more information. Refer to Governance for more topics about policies.

Complete the following steps to create a configuration policy from the (CLI):

Your configuration policy is created.

Complete the following steps to view your configuration policy from the CLI:

As you create a configuration policy from the console, a YAML file is also created in the YAML editor.

Log in to your cluster from the console, and select Governance from the navigation menu.

Click Create policy. Specify the policy you want to create by selecting one of the configuration policies for the specification parameter.

Continue with configuration policy creation by completing the policy form. Enter or select the appropriate values for the following fields:

Click Create. Your configuration policy is created.

View any configuration policy and its status from the console.

After you log into your cluster from the console, select Governance to view a table list of your policies. Note: You can filter the table list of your policies by selecting the All policies tab or Cluster violations tab.

Select one of your policies to view more details. The Details, Clusters, and Templates tabs are displayed.

Disable your configuration policy. Similar to the instructions mentioned earlier, log in and navigate to the Governance page.

Select the Actions icon for a configuration policy from the table list, then click Disable. The Disable Policy dialog box appears.

Click Disable policy.

Your configuration policy is disabled.

View your gatekeeper operator policy and its status from the console.

After you log into your cluster from the console, click Governance to view a table list of your policies. Note: You can filter the table list of your policies by selecting the Policies tab or Cluster violations tab.

Select the policy-gatekeeper-operator policy to view more details. View the policy violations by selecting the Clusters tab.

Disable your gatekeeper operator policy.

After you log into your Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes console, navigate to the Governance page to view a table list of your policies.

Select the Actions icon for the policy-gatekeeper-operator policy, then click Disable. The Disable Policy dialog box appears.

Click Disable policy. Your policy-gatekeeper-operator policy is disabled.

The following prerequisites are required to enable integrity shield protection on a Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management managed cluster:

Enable the integrity shield on your Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management managed cluster by completing the following steps:

See policy-integrity-shield policy for an example.