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Best Practices for Kubernetes Workload Configuration

Fairwinds' Polaris keeps your clusters sailing smoothly. It runs a variety of checks to ensure that Kubernetes pods and controllers are configured using best practices, helping you avoid problems in the future. Polaris can be run in a few different modes:

Polaris can be run in three different modes:

• As a dashboard, so you can audit what's running inside your cluster.
• As an admission controller, so you can automatically reject workloads that don't adhere to your organization's policies.
• As a command-line tool, so you can test local YAML files, e.g. as part of a CI/CD process.

Want to learn more? Reach out on the Slack channel (request invite), send an email to opensource@fairwinds.com, or join us for office hours on Zoom

Integration with Fairwinds Insights

Fairwinds Insights is a platform for auditing Kubernetes clusters and enforcing policy. If you'd like to:

• manage Polaris across a fleet of clusters
• track findings over time
• send results to services like Slack and Datadog
• add additional checks from tools like Trivy, Goldilocks, and OPA

you can sign up for a free account here.

Contributing

PRs welcome! Check out the Contributing Guidelines and Code of Conduct for more information.

Further Information

A history of changes to this project can be viewed in the Changelog

If you'd like to learn more about Polaris, or if you'd like to speak with a Kubernetes expert, you can contact info@fairwinds.com or visit our website

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