IDP Governance and Compliance

Learn how to implement a complete governance and compliance framework for a Kubernetes-based Internal Developer Platform. This hands-on lab covers Kyverno policy engine installation, namespace-level RBAC and resource quotas, zero-trust network policies, audit log collection, and storing policies in Git with ArgoCD for GitOps-driven enforcement.

You'll work with a real Kubernetes cluster running Minikube, install Kyverno as the policy engine, and apply real-world admission control patterns that mirror what platform engineering teams use in production to meet SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001 requirements.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Install and configure Kyverno as the admission controller policy engine
• Write ClusterPolicies to enforce required labels and restrict container registries
• Implement namespace-level RBAC, ResourceQuotas, and LimitRanges for dev/staging/prod
• Enforce zero-trust networking with NetworkPolicies between namespaces
• Collect and analyze Kubernetes audit logs for compliance reporting
• Store policies in Git and deploy them via ArgoCD for policy-as-code workflows