Glossary
A​
AdmissionPolicy​
A namespace-wide resource. The policy processes only those requests targeting the namespace in which the AdmissionPolicy is defined.
C​
ClusterAdmissionPolicy​
An AdmissionPolicy which targets cluster-wide resources.
ClusterPolicyReport​
A PolicyReport and a ClusterPolicyReport store results of policy scans. Which one is used, depends on the scope of the resource.
K​
kwctl​
A CLI tool to generate and test Kubernetes YAML files for policy deployment.
M​
MutatingWebhookConfiguration​
A
Kubernetes resource
created by the Kubewarden controller to let Kubernetes know where to send an AdmissionReview.
In other words,
this is how a Kubewarden controller informs Kubernetes where to find a resource mutating policy.
P​
PolicyReport​
A PolicyReport and a ClusterPolicyReport store results of policy scans. Which one is used depends on the scope of the resource.
PolicyServer​
A PolicyServer validates incoming requests by executing Kubewarden policies against requests.
V​
ValidatingWebhookConfiguration​
A
Kubernetes resource
created by the Kubewarden controller to let Kubernetes know where to send a AdmissionReview.
In other words, this is how Kubewarden informs Kubernetes where to find a resource validating policy.
W​
waPC​
WebAssembly Procedure Calls. https://wapc.io.
WASI​
WebAssembly System Interface. https://wasi.dev.
Wasm​
A binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine. Designed for web deployment. https://webassemly.org.
Wasmtime​
A runtime for WebAssembly. https://wasmtime.dev.