Open Policy Agent
Overview
OPA (Open Policy Agent) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine that enables unified, context-aware policy enforcement across the entire stack. OPA provides a high-level declarative language (Rego) that lets you specify policy as code and simple APIs to offload policy decision-making from your services. OPA is CNCF graduated project and is widely used for authorization, configuration, and compliance across various environments including Kubernetes, microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and more.
About Us
OPA was originally created at Styra, Inc. and later donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It's designed to be a versatile tool for managing policies across different systems and applications. The project is maintained by a vibrant open source community and supported by various organizations.
Vision
OPA's vision is to become the standard for policy-based control in cloud-native environments and beyond, empowering developers and operators to easily manage and enforce policies at scale.
Mission
OPA's mission is to provide a unified, context-aware policy engine that enables organizations to enforce policies consistently across diverse environments.
Culture
OPA is an open-source project with a strong emphasis on community collaboration, transparency, and innovation. The culture promotes contributions from diverse backgrounds and encourages the development of high-quality, reliable policy management solutions.