Datree (YC W20)
Dev tools
kubernetes policy checks
SHOW HN2021
144points
26comments
#345of 2,533 in 2021
Top 14%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Shift-left approach catches issues earlier in development.
From 1 comment
Hey, this is a great question. We are big believers in "shift-left" and trying to fix/avoid issues as early as possible. We started with a CLI tool as it is agnostic and can be…
shimont on HN
Objections
Dev-centric CLI rather than platform-enforced policy at the cluster.
From 1 comment
As someone who works in a similar space (K8s configuration management and IaC), I'm curious what drove you to develop a CLI tool for enforcing policies as opposed to something…
mr_moose on HN
Dashboard seemed limited to paying customers.
From 1 comment
Is it me, or is the dashboard only for paying customers? What does this add compared to Polaris by fairwinds ?
sbkg0002 on HN
Requests
Support for OPA Rego policies.
From 1 comment
Looks like this is a policy-as-code tool in the vein of Terraform Cloud's Sentinel Policies, or more generally Open Policy Agent, but specifically targeted at k8s use cases. From…
bobbiechen on HN
Questions
Why a CLI rather than cluster-level enforcement like Gatekeeper or Kyverno?
From 1 comment
As someone who works in a similar space (K8s configuration management and IaC), I'm curious what drove you to develop a CLI tool for enforcing policies as opposed to something…
mr_moose on HN
Why custom rules are YAML/JSON rather than Rego or Sentinel.
From 1 comment
Looks like this is a policy-as-code tool in the vein of Terraform Cloud's Sentinel Policies, or more generally Open Policy Agent, but specifically targeted at k8s use cases. From…
bobbiechen on HN
Alternatives named
Polaris by Fairwinds.
From 1 comment
Is it me, or is the dashboard only for paying customers? What does this add compared to Polaris by fairwinds ?
sbkg0002 on HN
OPA Gatekeeper and Kyverno.
From 1 comment
As someone who works in a similar space (K8s configuration management and IaC), I'm curious what drove you to develop a CLI tool for enforcing policies as opposed to something…
mr_moose on HN