Agustin Romano

Kubernetes custom resources are not new to the platform. Custom resources are handy for when you need to extend the basic Kubernetes API and add new, specific features to your cluster. Custom Resources are not the only options when it comes to adding new features, but creating your own custom resources is the perfect solution for many challenges.

Infrastructure as Code has been the hottest trend in cloud-native application development in recent years. By transforming infrastructure management into simple coded runtimes and routines, Infrastructure as Code or IaC allows developers to be more involved in the deployment part of their CI/CD pipelines.

Today’s evolving technology means that it is now not necessary that all Kubernetes clusters need to run only on the cloud. There is the option to run clusters on-premises locally at a particular location and in the cloud. However, managing hybrid Kubernetes clusters running on cloud and on-premises together is not an easy task. And this is where Google Anthos comes to the rescue.

The question is, how do you gain granular control over manual policies to automate and streamline their implementation? And the answer is with Open Policy Agent (OPA).