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Implementing Kubernetes Policy as Code with Kyverno

Deploy Kyverno and implement validation, mutation, and generation policies for Kubernetes governance.

45 minutes
platform-engineering/security
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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

kyvernopolicysecuritygovernancekubernetescnpe

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This lab is part of the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE) course

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