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= Implementing a custom pod security provider

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If Strimzi's Baseline Provider and Restricted Provider don't quite match your needs, you can develop a custom pod security provider to deliver all-encompassing pod and container security context constraints.

Implement a custom pod security provider to apply your own security context profile.
You can decide what applications and privileges to include in the profile.

Your custom pod security provider can implement the `PodSecurityProvider.java` interface that gets the security context for pods and containers; or it can extend the Baseline Provider or Restricted Provider classes. 

The pod security provider plugins use the Java Service Provider Interface, so your custom pod security provider also requires a provider configuration file for service discovery. 

To implement your own provider, the general steps include the following:

. Build the JAR file for the provider.
. Add the JAR file to the Cluster Operator image.
. Specify the custom pod security provider when setting the Cluster Operator environment variable `STRIMZI_POD_SECURITY_PROVIDER_CLASS`.

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.Additional resources
* {PodSecurityInterface}
* {PodSecurityProviders}
* {PodSecurityProvidersConfig}
* {JavaServiceProvider}