ValidatingAdmissionPolicy not working for OpenShift resources

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When trying to create a ValidatingAdmissionPolicy that denies the creation of OpenShift-specific objects such as BuildConfigs or DeploymentConfigs, this does not work as expected.
  • The following ValidatingAdmissionPolicy does not work as expected:

    apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1
    kind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicy
    metadata:
      name: deny-creation-of-build-configs
    spec:
      failurePolicy: Fail
      matchConstraints:
        resourceRules:
        - operations: ["CREATE"]
          apiGroups: ["build.openshift.io"]
          apiVersions: ["v1"]
          resources: ["buildconfigs"]
      validations:
      - expression: "false"
        message: "Creation of BuildConfigs is not allowed."
        reason: Invalid
    

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)
    • 4.17
    • 4.18
    • 4.19
    • 4.20

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