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+# polaris-headlamp-plugin
+
+A [Headlamp](https://headlamp.dev/) plugin that surfaces [Fairwinds Polaris](https://polaris.docs.fairwinds.com/) audit results directly in the Headlamp UI.
+
+## What It Does
+
+Adds a **Polaris** sidebar entry to Headlamp that displays:
+
+- **Cluster Score** -- overall Polaris score as a percentage (color-coded green/amber/red)
+- **Check Summary** -- total, pass, warning, and danger counts across all workloads
+- **Cluster Info** -- node, pod, namespace, and controller counts
+
+Data is read from the `ConfigMap/polaris-dashboard` in the `polaris` namespace (key: `dashboard.json`), which is created by the standard Polaris Helm chart. The plugin is read-only -- it never writes to the cluster.
+
+Results are cached and refreshed on a user-configurable interval (1 / 5 / 10 / 30 minutes, default 5). The setting persists in the browser's localStorage.
+
+Error states are handled explicitly: RBAC denied (403), Polaris not installed (404), malformed JSON, and loading.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- **Headlamp** >= v0.26 deployed in your cluster
+- **Polaris** installed via the [official Helm chart](https://github.com/FairwindsOps/polaris) with the dashboard component enabled
+- The Headlamp service account must have RBAC permission to `get` ConfigMaps in the `polaris` namespace
+
+## Development
+
+### Setup
+
+```bash
+git clone https://git.farh.net/farhoodliquor/polaris-headlamp-plugin.git
+cd polaris-headlamp-plugin
+npm install
+```
+
+### Run locally (hot reload)
+
+```bash
+npm start
+```
+
+This starts the Headlamp plugin dev server. Point a running Headlamp instance at the dev server to see changes live.
+
+### Build for production
+
+```bash
+npm run build        # outputs dist/main.js
+npm run package      # creates polaris-headlamp-plugin-<version>.tar.gz
+```
+
+### Type-check
+
+```bash
+npm run tsc
+```
+
+## Project Structure
+
+```
+src/
+  index.tsx                  -- Entry point. Registers sidebar entry and route at /polaris.
+  api/
+    polaris.ts               -- TypeScript types matching the Polaris AuditData schema,
+                                usePolarisData() hook with caching, countResults() utility,
+                                and refresh interval settings (localStorage).
+  components/
+    PolarisView.tsx          -- Main page component. Score badge, check summary cards,
+                                cluster info, error states, refresh interval selector.
+```
+
+## Deploying to Headlamp
+
+### Option 1: Docker init container (recommended for Kubernetes)
+
+The plugin ships as a container image at `git.farh.net/farhoodliquor/polaris-headlamp-plugin`.
+
+Add it as an init container in your Headlamp Helm values:
+
+```yaml
+initContainers:
+  - name: polaris-plugin
+    image: git.farh.net/farhoodliquor/polaris-headlamp-plugin:v0.0.1
+    command: ["sh", "-c", "cp -r /plugins/* /headlamp/plugins/"]
+    volumeMounts:
+      - name: plugins
+        mountPath: /headlamp/plugins
+
+volumes:
+  - name: plugins
+    emptyDir: {}
+
+volumeMounts:
+  - name: plugins
+    mountPath: /headlamp/plugins
+```
+
+### Option 2: Manual tarball install
+
+Download the `.tar.gz` from the [releases page](https://git.farh.net/farhoodliquor/polaris-headlamp-plugin/releases), then extract into Headlamp's plugin directory:
+
+```bash
+tar xzf polaris-headlamp-plugin-0.0.1.tar.gz -C /headlamp/plugins/
+```
+
+### Option 3: Build from source
+
+```bash
+npm install
+npm run build
+npx @kinvolk/headlamp-plugin extract . /headlamp/plugins
+```
+
+## Releasing
+
+Releases are automated via Gitea Actions. To cut a release:
+
+```bash
+# Bump version in package.json, then:
+git add package.json package-lock.json
+git commit -m "chore: bump version to 0.0.2"
+git tag v0.0.2
+git push origin main v0.0.2
+```
+
+The CI pipeline (`.gitea/workflows/release.yaml`) will:
+
+1. Build the plugin in a `node:20` container
+2. Package a `.tar.gz` tarball
+3. Build and push a Docker image to `git.farh.net/farhoodliquor/polaris-headlamp-plugin:{tag}` and `:latest`
+4. Create a Gitea release with the tarball attached
+
+### CI secrets
+
+| Secret | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `REGISTRY_TOKEN` | Gitea personal access token with `package:write` scope, used to push Docker images to the container registry |
+
+The release creation itself uses the built-in `github.token` -- no extra secret needed for that.
+
+## RBAC
+
+The plugin reads a single ConfigMap. Minimum RBAC required for the Headlamp service account:
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: headlamp-polaris-reader
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["configmaps"]
+    resourceNames: ["polaris-dashboard"]
+    verbs: ["get"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: headlamp-polaris-reader
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: headlamp-polaris-reader
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: headlamp
+    namespace: headlamp
+```
+
+## Data Source
+
+The plugin reads from:
+
+- **ConfigMap**: `polaris-dashboard`
+- **Namespace**: `polaris`
+- **Key**: `dashboard.json`
+
+This ConfigMap is created automatically when Polaris is installed with the dashboard enabled. The JSON structure matches Polaris's `AuditData` schema (`pkg/validator/output.go`):
+
+```
+AuditData
+  Score            -- cluster score (0-100)
+  ClusterInfo      -- nodes, pods, namespaces, controllers
+  Results[]        -- per-workload results
+    Results{}      -- top-level check results (ResultSet)
+    PodResult
+      Results{}    -- pod-level check results
+      ContainerResults[]
+        Results{}  -- container-level check results
+```
+
+Each check in a `ResultSet` has `Success` (bool) and `Severity` (`"warning"` or `"danger"`).
+
+## License
+
+MIT