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title: Security Context
id: security-context
date: 2018-04-12
full_link: /docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/security-context/
short_description: >
The securityContext field defines privilege and access control settings for a Pod or Container, including the runtime UID and GID.
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tags:
- security
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The securityContext field defines privilege and access control settings for a Pod or Container, including the runtime UID and GID.
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The securityContext field in a {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="pod" >}} (applying to all containers) or container is used to set the user, groups, capabilities, privilege settings, and security policies (SELinux/AppArmor/Seccomp) and more that container processes use.