Set up overview for Cloud Service Mesh

This page provides an overview of how to set up Binary Authorization for use with Cloud Service Mesh.

Before you begin

Note: Binary Authorization for Cloud Service Mesh is available only on Google Kubernetes Engine. Installation on GKE Enterprise isn't supported.

Before you use Binary Authorization for Cloud Service Mesh, you must first install Cloud Service Mesh on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). For more information, see the quickstart or the GKE installation guides.

Setup Steps

To set up Binary Authorization for Cloud Service Mesh, perform the following steps:

1. Enable Binary Authorization.

2. Configure your Binary Authorization policy.

   Note: Skip this step if you want to use attestations.

   You can configure the following features in your policy:

   • Default rule.
   • Specific rules for your Cloud Service Mesh service identity.
   • Exempt images. Learn more about exempt images.

3. Optional: Use the built-by-cloud-build attestor to deploy only images built by Cloud Build (Preview).

4. Optional: Use attestations.

5. View audit logs by following instructions in View audit logs for GKE.

Disable Binary Authorization for GKE with Cloud Service Mesh

To disable Binary Authorization for GKE with Cloud Service Mesh enabled, follow the instructions in Disable Binary Authorization for GKE.