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Viewing a network policy

As a cluster administrator, you can view a network policy for a namespace.

Example NetworkPolicy object

The following configuration annotates an example NetworkPolicy object:

kind: NetworkPolicy
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
  name: allow-27107
spec:
  podSelector:
    matchLabels:
      app: mongodb
  ingress:
  - from:
    - podSelector:
        matchLabels:
          app: app
    ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 27017

where:

name

The name of the NetworkPolicy object.

spec.podSelector

A selector that describes the pods to which the policy applies. The policy object can only select pods in the project that defines the NetworkPolicy object.

ingress.from.podSelector

A selector that matches the pods from which the policy object allows ingress traffic. The selector matches pods in the same namespace as the NetworkPolicy.

ingress.ports

A list of one or more destination ports on which to accept traffic.

Viewing network policies using the CLI

You can examine the network policies in a namespace.

If you log in with cluster-admin privileges, you can edit network policies in any namespace in the cluster.

If you log in with cluster-admin privileges, you can edit network policies in any namespace in the cluster. In the web console, you can edit policies directly in YAML or by using the Actions menu.
Prerequisites

  • You installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You are logged in to the cluster with a user with admin privileges.

  • You are working in the namespace where the network policy exists.

Procedure

  1. List network policies in a namespace.

    1. To view network policy objects defined in a namespace enter the following command:

      $ oc get networkpolicy

    2. Optional: To examine a specific network policy enter the following command:

      $ oc describe networkpolicy <policy_name> -n <namespace>

      where:

      <policy_name>

      Specifies the name of the network policy to inspect.

      <namespace>

      Optional: Specifies the namespace if the object is defined in a different namespace than the current namespace.

      $ oc describe networkpolicy allow-same-namespace
      Name:         allow-same-namespace
Namespace:    ns1
Created on:   2021-05-24 22:28:56 -0400 EDT
Labels:       <none>
Annotations:  <none>
Spec:
  podSelector:     <none> (Allowing the specific traffic to all pods in this namespace)
  Allowing ingress traffic:
    To Port: <any> (traffic allowed to all ports)
    From:
      podSelector: <none>
  Not affecting egress traffic
  Policy Types: Ingress