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A customizable cloud native policy controller that helps enforce policies and strengthen governance

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Contributed by the community in collaboration with

Kubernetes Native

Gatekeeper makes managing policies on top of Kubernetes easy. Policies can be enforced at admission time or at runtime via the audit functionality.

Powered by Open Policy Agent

Gatekeeper is powered by the Open Policy Agent (OPA) project. Using OPA allows you to write policies that are powerful, flexible, and portable.

Extensive Policy Library

Browse the policy library to find existing policies that fit your use case. Each policy in the library can be extended and customized to fit your needs.

Looking for a managed service or integration?

Azure Policy for Kubernetes
Azure Policy for Kubernetes

Azure Policy for Kubernetes is backed by Gatekeeper and supports Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes.

Google Kubernetes Engine
Google Kubernetes Engine

Google Kubernetes Engine Policy Controller is backed by Gatekeeper.

Rancher
Rancher

Rancher offers an official Gatekeeper integration as an installable app.

AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service
AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service

AWS offers an 'EKS Blueprint' to make installing Gatekeeper easy.