Monitoring and observability for policy engine results

Component Information

Property	Value
Chart Version	3.5.0
Chart Type	application
Upstream Project	policy-reporter
Maintainers	Platform Engineering Team (repo)

Why Policy Reporter?

Policy Reporter aggregates PolicyReport CRDs generated by Kyverno and presents them in a dashboard. It provides visibility into policy compliance across the cluster.

Without Policy Reporter, you’d need to query PolicyReport resources directly using kubectl or write custom tooling. Policy Reporter provides a web UI, exports metrics to Prometheus, and can send notifications when violations occur.

It’s specifically designed to work with Kyverno’s PolicyReport outputs, making it a natural fit for this platform.

Architecture Role

Policy Reporter sits at Layer 3 of the platform, the Developer-Facing Applications layer. It’s a visualization tool for policy compliance.

Key integration points:

• Kyverno: Consumes PolicyReport CRDs generated by Kyverno
• Prometheus: Exposes policy compliance metrics
• Gateway API: Exposed via HTTPRoute for accessing the dashboard

Policy Reporter watches for PolicyReport resources and updates its internal state. The dashboard shows current compliance status and historical trends.

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