Editing a network policy

Editing a network policy
Example NetworkPolicy object
Additional resources

As a user with the admin role, you can edit an existing network policy for a namespace.

You can edit a network policy in a namespace.

If you log in with a user with the cluster-admin role, then you can edit a network policy in any namespace in the cluster.

Prerequisites

Your cluster uses a cluster network provider that supports NetworkPolicy objects, such as the OpenShift SDN network provider with mode: NetworkPolicy set. This mode is the default for OpenShift SDN.
You installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).
You are logged in to the cluster with a user with admin privileges.
You are working in the namespace where the network policy exists.

Procedure

Optional: To list the network policy objects in a namespace, enter the following command:
```
$ oc get networkpolicy
```
where:

<namespace>

Optional: Specifies the namespace if the object is defined in a different namespace than the current namespace.
Edit the network policy object.
- If you saved the network policy definition in a file, edit the file and make any necessary changes, and then enter the following command.
  $ oc apply -n <namespace> -f <policy_file>.yaml
  where:
  
  <namespace>
  
  Optional: Specifies the namespace if the object is defined in a different namespace than the current namespace.
  
  <policy_file>
  
  Specifies the name of the file containing the network policy.
- If you need to update the network policy object directly, enter the following command:
  $ oc edit networkpolicy <policy_name> -n <namespace>
  where:
  
  <policy_name>
  
  Specifies the name of the network policy.
  
  <namespace>
  
  Optional: Specifies the namespace if the object is defined in a different namespace than the current namespace.
Confirm that the network policy object is updated.
```
$ oc describe networkpolicy <policy_name> -n <namespace>
```
where:

<policy_name>

Specifies the name of the network policy.

<namespace>

Optional: Specifies the namespace if the object is defined in a different namespace than the current namespace.

If you log in to the web console with cluster-admin privileges, you have a choice of editing a network policy in any namespace in the cluster directly in YAML or from the policy in the web console through the Actions menu.

Example NetworkPolicy object

The following annotates an example NetworkPolicy object:

kind: NetworkPolicy
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
  name: allow-27107 (1)
spec:
  podSelector: (2)
    matchLabels:
      app: mongodb
  ingress:
  - from:
    - podSelector: (3)
        matchLabels:
          app: app
    ports: (4)
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 27017

1	The name of the NetworkPolicy object.
2	A selector that describes the pods to which the policy applies. The policy object can only select pods in the project that defines the NetworkPolicy object.
3	A selector that matches the pods from which the policy object allows ingress traffic. The selector matches pods in the same namespace as the NetworkPolicy.
4	A list of one or more destination ports on which to accept traffic.

Additional resources

Creating a network policy