# Pods — Pod security settings

> To set security constraints on Pods and containers, you use the securityContext field in the Pod specification.

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## Knowledge

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To set security constraints on Pods and containers, you use the securityContext field in the Pod specification. This field gives you granular control over what a Pod or individual containers can do. See Advanced Pod Configuration for more details.

For basic security configuration, you should meet the Baseline Pod security standard and run containers as non-root. You can set simple security contexts

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: security-context-demo
spec:
  securityContext:
    runAsUser: 1000
    runAsGroup: 3000
    fsGroup: 2000
  containers:
  - name: sec-ctx-demo
    image: busybox
    command: ["sh", "-c", "sleep 1h"]
```

For advanced security context configuration including capabilities, seccomp profiles, and detailed security options, see the security concepts section.

To learn about kernel-level security constraints that you can use, see Linux kernel security constraints for Pods and containers. To learn more about the Pod security context, see Configure a Security Context for a Pod or Container.

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