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Enforce Policy with Sentinel

Enforce policies before your users create infrastructure using Sentinel policy-as-code. Write, test, and implement Sentinel policies.

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7 tutorials
  • 4min
    Install the Sentinel CLI
    Install the Sentinel CLI, a binary that allows you to run Sentinel policies locally. Then test the install by running a policy in the Sentinel CLI against HCP Terraform data.
    • Terraform
    • Interactive
  • 5min
    Generate policy mock data
    Generate and download plan data in HCP Terraform for the Sentinel CLI to evaluate a policy against.
    • Terraform
  • 6min
    Write a Sentinel policy for a Terraform deployment
    Create filters and rules for your governance requirements with the Sentinel policy language
    • Terraform
  • 6min
    Test Sentinel policies
    Use mock import data and the Sentinel CLI to write tests for Sentinel policies.
    • Terraform
  • 5min
    Upload your Sentinel policy set to HCP Terraform
    Create and upload a Sentinel policy set. Apply the policy set to your HCP Terraform organization.
    • Terraform
  • 5min
    Control costs with policies
    Write a soft-mandatory Sentinel policy against example infrastructure to limit its cost to less than one hundred dollars a month.
    • Terraform
  • 23min
    Detect infrastructure drift and enforce policies
    Use HCP Terraform to enforce policies and detect infrastructure configuration drift.
    • Terraform