Open Policy Agent (OPA) 101

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In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Charlie Egan, Sr. Developer Advocate at Styra about all things Open Policy Agent or OPA. This episode is meant to be a 101 level episode, where we will learn what OPA is and how it can help improve the security posture for your applications running on Kubernetes. The discussion dives into some of the use cases for OPA and how it helps with Kubernetes admission control,  auditing, etc.   Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/  Episode Sponsor: Elotl  Links:   https://elotl.co/luna https://www.elotl.co/luna-free-trial Timestamps:  07:46 Interview with Charlie  01:02:00 Key takeaways  Show Links:   OPA Ecosystem https://www.openpolicyagent.org/ecosystem/ OPA Envoy Integration https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa-envoy-plugin Charlie's site: https://charlieegan3.com OPA Docs: https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/ OPA Playground: https://play.openpolicyagent.org OPA Slack: https://communityinviter.com/apps/openpolicyagent/signup

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In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Charlie Egan, Sr. Developer Advocate at Styra about all things Open Policy Agent or OPA. This episode is meant to be a 101 level episode, where we will learn what OPA is and how it can help improve the security posture for your applications running on Kubernetes. The discussion dives into some of the use cases for OPA and how it helps with Kubernetes admission control, auditing, etc. Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/ Episode Sponsor: Elotl Links: * https://elotl.co/luna * https://www.elotl.co/luna-free-trial Timestamps: * 07:46 Interview with Charlie * 01:02:00 Key takeaways Show Links: * OPA Ecosystem https://www.openpolicyagent.org/ecosystem/ * OPA Envoy Integration https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa-envoy-plugin * Charlie's site: https://charlieegan3.com * OPA Docs: https://www.openpolicyagent.org/docs/latest/ * OPA Playground: https://play.openpolicyagent.org * OPA Slack: https://communityinviter.com/apps/openpolicyagent/signup

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