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Disallow Default Namespace

Kubernetes Namespaces are an optional feature that provide a way to segment and isolate cluster resources across multiple applications and users. As a best practice, workloads should be isolated with Namespaces. Namespaces should be required and the default (empty) Namespace should not be used. This policy validates that Pods specify a Namespace name other than `default`. Rule auto-generation is disabled here due to Pod controllers need to specify the `namespace` field under the top-level `metadata` object and not at the Pod template level.

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Policy Definition

apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: disallow-default-namespace
annotations:
pod-policies.kyverno.io/autogen-controllers: none
policies.kyverno.io/title: Disallow Default Namespace
policies.kyverno.io/minversion: 1.6.0
policies.kyverno.io/category: Multi-Tenancy
policies.kyverno.io/severity: medium
policies.kyverno.io/subject: Pod
policies.kyverno.io/description: Kubernetes Namespaces are an optional feature that provide a way to segment and isolate cluster resources across multiple applications and users. As a best practice, workloads should be isolated with Namespaces. Namespaces should be required and the default (empty) Namespace should not be used. This policy validates that Pods specify a Namespace name other than `default`. Rule auto-generation is disabled here due to Pod controllers need to specify the `namespace` field under the top-level `metadata` object and not at the Pod template level.
spec:
validationFailureAction: Audit
background: true
rules:
- name: validate-namespace
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
validate:
message: Using 'default' namespace is not allowed.
pattern:
metadata:
namespace: "!default"
- name: validate-podcontroller-namespace
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- DaemonSet
- Deployment
- Job
- StatefulSet
validate:
message: Using 'default' namespace is not allowed for pod controllers.
pattern:
metadata:
namespace: "!default"

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