Kyverno Policy Reports Frontend Plugin#

Overview#

The Kyverno Policy Reports frontend plugin enhances your Backstage instance with comprehensive visualization capabilities for Kyverno policy reports. It provides detailed insights into policy compliance, violations, and overall security posture of your Kubernetes resources.

Features#

Policy Report Overview#

Aggregated policy compliance metrics
Error, fail, pass, skip, and warning counts
Cluster-wide policy status visualization
Component-level compliance summary

Detailed Policy Analysis#

Resource-specific policy results
Expandable detailed views
Policy YAML inspection capabilities
Copy-to-clipboard functionality

Crossplane Integration#

Support for Crossplane Claims and Composite resources
Dedicated policy report views for Crossplane components
Integrated compliance monitoring for cloud resources

Components#

KyvernoPolicyReportsTable#

The main component for displaying policy reports:
- Cluster-organized policy results
- Expandable resource details
- Policy YAML viewer integration
- Sorting and filtering capabilities

KyvernoOverviewCard#

A summary card for the component overview page:
- Quick compliance status view
- Key metrics visualization
- Direct access to detailed reports

Crossplane-Specific Components#

Special components for Crossplane integration:
- KyvernoCrossplanePolicyReportsTable
- KyvernoCrossplaneOverviewCard

Technical Details#

Integration Points#

Kubernetes resources
Kyverno policies
Crossplane resources
Backstage catalog entities

Permission Framework#

Integration with Backstage permissions
Configurable access controls
Role-based viewing capabilities

Available Permissions#

kyverno.overview.view: Access to overview data
kyverno.reports.view: Access to detailed reports
kyverno.policy.view-yaml: Access to policy YAML content

Screenshots#

Policy Reports Table#

Policy Reports Overview

Detailed Resource View#

Detailed Resource View

Policy YAML Inspection#

Policy YAML View

Overview Card#

Component Overview