#policy

Admission Policy is a GitOps term for a rule that evaluates resources before they are accepted by the cluster. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: Kubernetes controller pattern.

“The team used Admission Policy before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Kyverno Policy is a GitOps term for a Kubernetes-native policy rule for validating, mutating, or generating resources. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: Kubernetes controller pattern.

“The team used Kyverno Policy before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

OPA Gatekeeper is a GitOps term for a Kubernetes policy system often used to enforce admission constraints. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: Kubernetes controller pattern.

“The team used OPA Gatekeeper before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Policy as Code is a GitOps term for security, compliance, or release rules written as versioned machine-readable code. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: OpenGitOps principles.

“The team used Policy as Code before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Supply Chain Policy is a GitOps term for rules that decide which code, images, dependencies, and sources can be released. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: OpenGitOps principles.

“The team used Supply Chain Policy before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”