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  • 1.Welcome
    • What is Checkov?
    • Terms and Concepts
    • Quick Start
    • Feature Descriptions
  • 2.Basics
    • Installing Checkov
    • CLI Command Reference
    • Suppressing and Skipping Policies
    • Hard and soft fail
    • Scanning Credentials and Secrets
    • Reviewing Scan Results
    • Visualizing Checkov Output
    • Handling Variables
  • 3.Custom Policies
    • Custom Policies Overview
    • Python Custom Policies
    • YAML Custom Policies
    • Custom YAML Policies Examples
    • Sharing Custom Policies
  • 4.Integrations
    • Jenkins
    • Bitbucket Cloud Pipelines
    • GitHub Actions
    • GitLab CI
    • Kubernetes
    • Pre-Commit
    • Docker
  • 5.Policy Index
    • all resource scans
    • ansible resource scans
    • argo_workflows resource scans
    • arm resource scans
    • azure_pipelines resource scans
    • bicep resource scans
    • bitbucket_configuration resource scans
    • bitbucket_pipelines resource scans
    • circleci_pipelines resource scans
    • cloudformation resource scans
    • dockerfile resource scans
    • github_actions resource scans
    • github_configuration resource scans
    • gitlab_ci resource scans
    • gitlab_configuration resource scans
    • kubernetes resource scans
    • openapi resource scans
    • secrets resource scans
    • serverless resource scans
    • terraform resource scans
  • 6.Contribution
    • Checkov Runner Contribution Guide
    • Implementing CI Metadata extractor
    • Implementing ImageReferencer
    • Contribution Overview
    • Contribute Python-Based Policies
    • Contribute YAML-based Policies
    • Contribute New Terraform Provider
    • Contribute New Argo Workflows configuration policy
    • Contribute New Azure Pipelines configuration policy
    • Contribute New Bitbucket configuration policy
    • Contribute New GitHub configuration policy
    • Contribute New Gitlab configuration policy
  • 7.Scan Examples
    • Terraform Plan Scanning
    • Terraform Scanning
    • Helm
    • Kustomize
    • AWS SAM configuration scanning
    • Ansible configuration scanning
    • Argo Workflows configuration scanning
    • Azure ARM templates configuration scanning
    • Azure Pipelines configuration scanning
    • Azure Bicep configuration scanning
    • Bitbucket configuration scanning
    • AWS CDK configuration scanning
    • Cloudformation configuration scanning
    • Dockerfile configuration scanning
    • GitHub configuration scanning
    • Gitlab configuration scanning
    • Kubernetes configuration scanning
    • OpenAPI configuration scanning
    • SCA scanning
    • Serverless framework configuration scanning
  • 8.Outputs
    • CSV
    • CycloneDX BOM
    • GitLab SAST
    • JUnit XML
    • SARIF
  • 9.Level up
    • Upgrade from Checkov to Bridgecrew
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  • 3.custom policies
  • Custom Policies Overview
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Custom Policies Overview

Custom Policies allow monitoring and enforcing of cloud infrastructure configuration in accordance with your organization’s specific needs. For example, for certain resource types, you may want to enforce a tagging methodology or a special secure password policy; or you may want to restrict usage of a new service depending on the types of other services it is connected to.

  • You can create custom policies in Python that check for the status of configuration attributes.
  • You can create custom policies in YAML that can both check for the status of configuration attributes and check the connection state between types of resources.
  • You can also apply sophisticated logic to multiple conditions within a Custom Policy. Check out our custom policy examples.
  • After creating tests for your custom policies, you can contribute them back to Checkov! Learn how to contribute your policies.

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