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OPA Open Policy Agent

Infra & Ops På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

Generic policy engine — "is this user allowed to do X on resource Y?". Rego is the language.

Centralises authorisation away from each service. Integrates into Kubernetes (admission control), Terraform (policy-as-code), API gateways. CNCF graduated. Kubernetes competitor: Kyverno (YAML instead of Rego).

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