Gatekeeper and Policy Controller, with Max Smythe - a podcast by Adam Glick and Craig Box

Gatekeeper is an open source project which lets you enforce policy in a Kubernetes cluster. It’s also the basis for Policy Controller, a hosted and managed version now available for all GKE users. Max Smythe, a senior SWE at Google, is a maintainer of Gatekeeper and the TL of Policy Controller. He joins us to talk constraints, config and Cruise.

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• APIs being removed in Kubernetes 1.22


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• NetworkServiceMesh 1.0.0


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• InsightCloudSec from Rapid7


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• Spring 2021 graduating class from CNCF-sponsored LFX Mentorship program

Links from the interview

• Brian May


• Edge of Tomorrow
  
  
  
  • The redemption thereof
  
  
  
  


• Chubby


• Riak


• Gatekeeper


• Anthos Config Management
  
  
  
  • Config Sync
  
  
  • Policy Controller
  
  
  
  


• Episode 101, with Tim Hinrichs and Torin Sandall


• PodSecurityPolicy is not going GA
  
  
  
  • SIG Auth’s replacement proposal
  
  
  • Using ACM constraints to enforce Pod security
  
  
  
  


• OPA Constraint framework


• Policy Controller:
  
  
  
  • Creating constraints
  
  
  • Writing a constraint template
  
  
  
  


• Structural schemas


• Design Patterns for Extendable, Scalable K8s Extensions by Rita Zhang and Max Smythe


• Max Smythe on Twitter

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