Usage Policy & Rights
OPA
Open Policy Agent
Foundation
Global
CNCF (graduated)
Since 2016
A general-purpose policy engine with its own declarative language, Rego. Policies are decoupled from the services that enforce them: the service asks OPA for a decision, OPA answers from policy and data.
The compliance value is evidence. Policy is code, decisions are logged, and "access was denied because of clause X" becomes a query rather than an interview.
At a glance
- Category
- Usage Policy & Rights
- Jurisdiction
- Global
- Governance
- CNCF (graduated)
- Status
- CNCF graduated project since 2021; Rego policy language
- First released
- 2016
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See OPA in context
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