exception-recommender chart

The exception-recommender Helm chart creates PolicyExceptionDrafts that can be used as a base model for Giant Swarm PolicyExceptions. These drafts are generated based on PolicyReports within the "Pod Security Standard" Policy categories.

PolicyExceptionDraft example

Below is an example of a generated PolicyExceptionDraft generated by the app. This specific draft exempts the my-custom-operator Deployment in the default namespace from the disallow-privilege-escalation and require-run-as-nonroot policies:

apiVersion: policy.giantswarm.io/v1alpha1
kind: PolicyExceptionDraft
metadata:
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: exception-recommender
  name: my-custom-operator
  namespace: policy-exceptions
spec:
  policies:
  - disallow-privilege-escalation
  - require-run-as-nonroot
  targets:
  - kind: Deployment
    names:
    - my-custom-operator*
    namespaces:
    - default

It's crucial to understand that this object alone does not modify policy behavior. It serves as a preliminary draft for a Giant Swarm PolicyException. To make this exception effective, users must apply a modified version of this object, removing the Draft suffix from the Kind, as shown below:

Resulting Giant Swarm PolicyException

apiVersion: policy.giantswarm.io/v1alpha1
kind: PolicyException
metadata:
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: exception-recommender
  name: my-custom-operator
  namespace: policy-exceptions
spec:
  policies:
  - disallow-privilege-escalation
  - require-run-as-nonroot
  targets:
  - kind: Deployment
    names:
    - my-custom-operator*
    namespaces:
    - default

Note: This requires to have kyverno-policy-operator installed

Installing

There are several ways to install this app onto a workload cluster.

• Using GitOps to instantiate the App
• Using our web interface.
• By creating an App resource in the management cluster as explained in Getting started with App Platform.

Configuring

values.yaml

This is an example of a values file you could upload using our web interface.

recommender:
  # Install PolicyExceptionDrafts on the default namespace
  destinationNamespace: "default"

See our full reference on how to configure apps for more details.