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Validation of best practices in your Kubernetes clusters

From polaris-fips 10.2.6-r0 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running polaris --help (exit 0). permalink

Validation of best practices in your Kubernetes clusters.

Usage:
  polaris [flags]
  polaris [command]

Available Commands:
  audit       Runs a one-time audit.
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  dashboard   Runs the webserver for Polaris dashboard.
  fix         Fix Infrastructure as code files.
  help        Help about any command
  version     Prints the current version.
  webhook     Runs the webhook webserver.

Flags:
  -c, --config string                    Location of Polaris configuration file.
  -x, --context string                   Set the kube context.
      --disallow-annotation-exemptions   Disallow any exemption defined as a controller annotation.
      --disallow-config-exemptions       Disallow exemptions set within the configuration file.
      --disallow-exemptions              Disallow any configured exemption.
  -h, --help                             help for polaris
      --insights-host string             Fairwinds Insights host URL (default "https://insights.fairwinds.com")
      --log-level string                 Logrus log level to be output (trace, debug, info, warning, error, fatal, panic). (default "info")
  -m, --merge-config                     If true, custom configuration will be merged with default configuration instead of replacing it.

Use "polaris [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-c, --config stringLocation of Polaris configuration file.help
-x, --context stringSet the kube context.help
--disallow-annotation-exemptionsDisallow any exemption defined as a controller annotation.help
--disallow-config-exemptionsDisallow exemptions set within the configuration file.help
--disallow-exemptionsDisallow any configured exemption.help
-h, --helphelp for polarishelp
--insights-host stringFairwinds Insights host URL (default "https://insights.fairwinds.com")help
--log-level stringLogrus log level to be output (trace, debug, info, warning, error, fatal, panic).help
-m, --merge-configIf true, custom configuration will be merged with default configuration instead of replacing it.help

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