https://polaris.apache.org/releases/1.4.1/managing-security/external-pdp/Recent content in External Policy Decision Point on Apache PolarisHugoen-us<a href="https://www.apache.org/">Copyright © 2026 The Apache Software Foundation</a>.<br>Licensed under the <a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a>.https://polaris.apache.org/releases/1.4.1/managing-security/external-pdp/opa/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://polaris.apache.org/releases/1.4.1/managing-security/external-pdp/opa/<div class="alert alert-warning"><p class="alert-heading"> ⚠️ Preview Feature</p> <strong>OPA integration is currently an preview feature</strong> and may undergo breaking changes in future versions. Use with caution in production environments. </div> <p>This page describes how to integrate Apache Polaris with <a href="https://www.openpolicyagent.org/">Open Policy Agent (OPA)</a> for external authorization.</p> <h2 id="overview" id="overview">Overview<a class="heading-anchor" href="#overview" aria-label="Anchor">🔗</a> </h2> <p>Open Policy Agent (OPA) is a general-purpose policy engine that enables unified, context-aware policy enforcement across your stack. OPA provides a high-level declarative language (Rego) for authoring policies and APIs to offload policy decision-making from your software.</p>