Implementing Kubernetes Policy as Code with Kyverno
Deploy Kyverno and implement validation, mutation, and generation policies for Kubernetes governance.
Lab Overview
This hands-on lab teaches you to implement policy as code for Kubernetes using Kyverno, the cloud-native policy engine.
You'll learn to:
- Install Kyverno using Helm with production configurations
- Create validation policies to enforce best practices and security standards
- Implement mutation policies to automatically add labels, annotations, and resource defaults
- Configure policy enforcement modes and audit violations
- Test policies against real workloads
Policy as code is essential for platform engineering teams to enforce security, compliance, and operational best practices across all Kubernetes workloads.
What You'll Learn
Install and configure Kyverno in a Kubernetes cluster
Create validation policies to enforce security standards
Implement mutation policies for resource defaults
Configure policy enforcement and audit modes
Prerequisites
kubernetes-fundamentals
helm-basics
yaml-basics
Technologies Covered
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This lab is part of the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE) course
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