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title: Adding a Pod Security Policy
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> **Prerequisite:** The options below are available only for clusters that are [launched using RKE.](../../new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/launch-kubernetes-with-rancher/launch-kubernetes-with-rancher.md)

When your cluster is running pods with security-sensitive configurations, assign it a [pod security policy](../authentication-permissions-and-global-configuration/create-pod-security-policies.md), which is a set of rules that monitors the conditions and settings in your pods. If a pod doesn't meet the rules specified in your policy, the policy stops it from running.

You can assign a pod security policy when you provision a cluster. However, if you need to relax or restrict security for your pods later, you can update the policy while editing your cluster.

1. From the **Global** view, find the cluster to which you want to apply a pod security policy. Select **&#8942; > Edit**.

2. Expand **Cluster Options**.

3. From **Pod Security Policy Support**, select **Enabled**.

    >**Note:** This option is only available for clusters [provisioned by RKE](../../new-user-guides/kubernetes-clusters-in-rancher-setup/launch-kubernetes-with-rancher/launch-kubernetes-with-rancher.md).

4. From the **Default Pod Security Policy** drop-down, select the policy you want to apply to the cluster.

    Rancher ships with [policies](../authentication-permissions-and-global-configuration/create-pod-security-policies.md#default-psps) of `restricted` and `unrestricted`, although you can [create custom policies](../authentication-permissions-and-global-configuration/create-pod-security-policies.md#creating-psps) as well.

5. Click **Save**.

**Result:** The pod security policy is applied to the cluster and any projects within the cluster.

>**Note:** Workloads already running before assignment of a pod security policy are grandfathered in. Even if they don't meet your pod security policy, workloads running before assignment of the policy continue to run.
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>To check if a running workload passes your pod security policy, clone or upgrade it.