Write tests against structured configuration data using the Open Policy Agent Rego query language
See the codeConftest helps you write tests against structured configuration data. Using Conftest you can write tests for your Kubernetes configuration, Tekton pipeline definitions, Terraform code, Serverless configs or any other config files.
Conftest uses the Rego language from Open Policy Agent for writing the assertions. You can read more about Rego in the Policy Language section in the Open Policy Agent documentation.
Here's a quick example. Save the following as policy/deployment.rego:
package main
deny contains msg if {
input.kind == "Deployment"
not input.spec.template.spec.securityContext.runAsNonRoot
msg := "Containers must not run as root"
}
deny contains msg if {
input.kind == "Deployment"
not input.spec.selector.matchLabels.app
msg := "Containers must provide app label for pod selectors"
}
Assuming you have a Kubernetes deployment in deployment.yaml you can run Conftest like so:
$ conftest test deployment.yaml
FAIL - deployment.yaml - Containers must not run as root
FAIL - deployment.yaml - Containers must provide app label for pod selectors
2 tests, 0 passed, 0 warnings, 2 failures, 0 exceptions
Conftest isn't specific to Kubernetes. It will happily let you write tests for any configuration files in a variety of different formats. See the documentation for installation instructions and more details about the features.
For discussions and questions join us on the Open Policy Agent Slack
in the #opa-conftest channel.
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Write tests against structured configuration data using the Open Policy Agent Rego query language
See the codeConftest helps you write tests against structured configuration data. Using Conftest you can write tests for your Kubernetes configuration, Tekton pipeline definitions, Terraform code, Serverless configs or any other config files.
Conftest uses the Rego language from Open Policy Agent for writing the assertions. You can read more about Rego in the Policy Language section in the Open Policy Agent documentation.
Here's a quick example. Save the following as policy/deployment.rego:
package main
deny contains msg if {
input.kind == "Deployment"
not input.spec.template.spec.securityContext.runAsNonRoot
msg := "Containers must not run as root"
}
deny contains msg if {
input.kind == "Deployment"
not input.spec.selector.matchLabels.app
msg := "Containers must provide app label for pod selectors"
}
Assuming you have a Kubernetes deployment in deployment.yaml you can run Conftest like so:
$ conftest test deployment.yaml
FAIL - deployment.yaml - Containers must not run as root
FAIL - deployment.yaml - Containers must provide app label for pod selectors
2 tests, 0 passed, 0 warnings, 2 failures, 0 exceptions
Conftest isn't specific to Kubernetes. It will happily let you write tests for any configuration files in a variety of different formats. See the documentation for installation instructions and more details about the features.
For discussions and questions join us on the Open Policy Agent Slack
in the #opa-conftest channel.
Overall
Maintained
Code review
Latest release
Releases this year
(top 24 of 58)
603 followers · starred Jun 2026
664 followers · starred Mar 2026
306 followers · starred May 2019
1,585 followers · starred Oct 2020