The Road to a More Scalable and Unified Network Policy API
The Admin and Baseline Network Policies (ANP and BANP) have been available in v1alpha1 for some time, with several open source implementations giving security enthusiasts a sneak peek into how they can experiment with and adopt them in real-world environments. In this blog, we’ll go through some of the new changes introduced in v1alpha2 and 🤞 the upcoming beta!
In particular, the sub-group has been addressing complexities in the existing two APIs, along with making terminology changes to better represent their functionality. A central part of this effort is rethinking how cluster-wide and namespace-level policies interact, ensuring the API evolves into a more consistent and powerful tool for Kubernetes users. To achieve this, the separate APIs are being unified into a single, modular, and extensible design.
Keep in mind, that we always welcome volunteers to help accelerate this effort. If you’re interested, you can learn more about how to get involved here.