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Polaris

Polaris is the default configuration checker used by Starboard. It runs a variety of checks to ensure that Kubernetes Pods and controllers are configured using best practices.

The default Polaris configuration can be customized to do things like:

Settings

CONFIGMAP KEY DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
polaris.imageRef quay.io/fairwinds/polaris:4.2 Polaris image reference
polaris.config.yaml [Check the default value here][default-polaris-config] Polaris configuration file
polaris.resources.request.cpu 50m The minimum amount of CPU required to run Polaris scanner pod.
polaris.resources.request.memory 50M The minimum amount of memory required to run Polaris scanner pod.
polaris.resources.limit.cpu 300m The maximum amount of CPU allowed to run Polaris scanner pod.
polaris.resources.limit.memory 300M The maximum amount of memory allowed to run polaris scanner pod.

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