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+---
+---
+
+* TOC
+{:toc}
+
+A network policy is a specification of how selections of pods are allowed to communicate with each other and other network endpoints.
+
+`NetworkPolicy` resources use labels to select pods and define whitelist rules which allow traffic to the selected pods in addition to what is allowed by the isolation policy for a given namespace.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+You must enable the `extensions/v1beta/networkpolicies` runtime config in your apiserver to enable this resource.
+
+You must also be using a networking solution which supports `NetworkPolicy` - simply creating the
+resource without a controller to implement it will have no effect.
+
+## Configuring Namespace Isolation Policy 
+
+Isolation can be configured on a per-namespace basis.  Once isolation is configured on a namespace it will be applied to all pods in that namespace. Currently, only isolation policy on inbound traffic (ingress) can be defined.
+
+The following ingress isolation types being supported: 
+
+- `DefaultDeny`: Pods in the namespace will be inaccessible from any source except the pod's local node. 
+
+Ingress isolation can be enabled using an annotation on the Namespace.
+
+```yaml
+kind: Namespace
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    net.beta.kubernetes.io/network-policy: |
+      {
+        "ingress": {
+          "isolation": "DefaultDeny"
+        }
+      }
+```
+
+To configure the annotation via `kubectl`:
+
+```shell{% raw %}
+kubectl annotate ns <namespace> "net.beta.kubernetes.io/networkpolicy={\"ingress\": {\"isolation\": \"DefaultDeny\"}}"
+{% endraw %}```
+
+## The `NetworkPolicy` Resource
+
+See the [api-reference](/docs/api-reference/extensions/v1beta1/definitions/#_v1beta1_networkpolicy) for a full definition of the resource.
+
+A minimal `NetworkPolicy` might look like this:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+ name: test-network-policy
+spec:
+ podSelector:
+  matchLabels:
+    role: db
+ ingress:
+  - from:
+     podSelector:
+      matchLabels:
+       role: frontend
+    ports:
+     - protocol: tcp
+       port: 6379
+```
+
+*POSTing this to the API server will have no effect unless your chosen networking solution supports network policy.*
+
+__Mandatory Fields__: As with all other Kubernetes config, a `NetworkPolicy` needs `apiVersion`, `kind`, and `metadata` fields.  For general information about working with config files, see [here](/docs/user-guide/simple-yaml), [here](/docs/user-guide/configuring-containers), and [here](/docs/user-guide/working-with-resources).
+
+__spec__: `NetworkPolicy` [spec](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/docs/devel/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status) has all the information needed to define a network isolation policy in the deployed controller.
+
+__podSelector__: Each `NetworkPolicy` includes a `podSelector` which selects the grouping of pods to which the `ingress` rules in the policy apply. 
+
+__ingress__: Each `NetworkPolicy` includes a list of whitelist `ingress` rules.  Each rule allows traffic which matches both the `from` and `ports` sections.