9.3. Viewing a network policy

Prerequisites

• You installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).
• You are logged in to the cluster with a user with admin privileges.
• You are working in the namespace where the network policy exists.

Procedure

• List network policies in a namespace:

  • To view NetworkPolicy objects defined in a namespace, enter the following command:

    $ oc get networkpolicy

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  • Optional: To examine a specific network policy, enter the following command:

    $ oc describe networkpolicy <policy_name> -n <namespace>

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    where:

    <policy_name>

    Specifies the name of the network policy to inspect.

    <namespace>

    Optional: Specifies the namespace if the object is defined in a different namespace than the current namespace.

    For example:

    $ oc describe networkpolicy allow-same-namespace

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    Output for oc describe command

    Name:         allow-same-namespace
    Namespace:    ns1
    Created on:   2021-05-24 22:28:56 -0400 EDT
    Labels:       <none>
    Annotations:  <none>
    Spec:
      PodSelector:     <none> (Allowing the specific traffic to all pods in this namespace)
      Allowing ingress traffic:
        To Port: <any> (traffic allowed to all ports)
        From:
          PodSelector: <none>
      Not affecting egress traffic
      Policy Types: Ingress

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