# Configuration
The default Polaris configuration can be seen here (opens new window).
You can customize the configuration to do things like:
- Turn checks on and off
- Change the severity level of checks
- Add new custom checks
- Add exemptions for particular workloads or namespaces
To pass in your custom configuration, follow the instructions for your environment:
- CLI - set the
--configargument to point to yourconfig.yaml - Helm - set the
configvariable in your values file - kubectl - create a ConfigMap with your
config.yaml, mount it as a volume, and use the--configargument in your Deployment