npm package: @llm-dev-ops/policy-engine
Description: Declarative policy layer for cost, security, and compliance enforcement in LLM DevOps ecosystem
Author: LLM DevOps Team
Latest version: 1.0.0

# LLM-Policy-Engine

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> **Enterprise-grade declarative policy layer for cost, security, and compliance enforcement in LLM operations**

LLM-Policy-Engine is a production-ready policy decision point (PDP) inspired by Open Policy Agent (OPA), specifically designed for governing Large Language Model operations. It provides real-time policy evaluation with sub-10ms latency, comprehensive audit trails, and seamless integration with the LLM DevOps ecosystem.

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## 🎯 Key Features

### Core Capabilities
- **Declarative Policy Language** - YAML/JSON-based DSL for expressing governance rules
- **Real-time Evaluation** - <10ms P99 latency, >10K evaluations/second per node
- **Multi-dimensional Enforcement** - Cost, security, compliance, and quality policies
- **Built-in LLM Primitives** - Token counting, PII detection, cost calculation
- **GitOps-Native** - Policy-as-code with versioning and rollback
- **Provider-Agnostic** - Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and custom providers

### Production Features
- **Multi-layer Caching** - L1 (in-memory) + L2 (Redis) with >80% hit ratio
- **Complete Observability** - Prometheus metrics, OpenTelemetry tracing, structured logging
- **High Availability** - Horizontal scaling, health checks, graceful shutdown
- **Security Hardening** - JWT auth, RBAC, rate limiting, encryption at rest/transit
- **Enterprise Secret Management** - Bitnami Sealed Secrets with AES-256-GCM encryption, GitOps-friendly
- **Kubernetes-Native** - Production-ready manifests with HPA, PDB, and resource limits

---

## 🚀 Quick Start

### Prerequisites
- Node.js >= 18.0.0
- PostgreSQL 15+
- Redis 7+
- Docker (optional, for development)

### Installation

```bash
npm install @llm-devops/policy-engine
```

### Create Your First Policy

Create `my-policy.yaml`:

```yaml
metadata:
  id: cost-limit-policy
  name: Monthly Cost Limit
  version: 1.0.0
  namespace: production
  priority: 100

rules:
  - id: deny-expensive-models
    name: Deny requests exceeding cost threshold
    condition:
      operator: and
      conditions:
        - operator: gt
          field: llm.estimatedCost
          value: 1.0
        - operator: eq
          field: team.tier
          value: free
    action:
      decision: deny
      reason: Cost exceeds free tier limit ($1.00)

status: active
```

### Evaluate

```bash
# Using CLI
npx llm-policy evaluate my-policy.yaml --context '{
  "llm": {
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "gpt-4",
    "prompt": "Write a long essay...",
    "maxTokens": 2000
  },
  "team": {
    "id": "team-123",
    "tier": "free"
  }
}'
```

---

## 💻 Usage

### As a Library

```typescript
import { PolicyEngine, PolicyParser } from '@llm-devops/policy-engine';

// Initialize engine
const engine = new PolicyEngine();

// Load policy
const parser = new PolicyParser();
const policy = parser.parseYaml(policyYaml);
engine.addPolicy(policy);

// Evaluate
const response = await engine.evaluate({
  requestId: 'req-123',
  context: {
    llm: {
      provider: 'openai',
      model: 'gpt-4',
      prompt: 'Hello world',
      maxTokens: 100,
    },
  },
});

console.log(response.decision.allowed); // true/false
```

### REST API

```bash
# Start server
npm run start:api

# Evaluate policies
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/v1/evaluate \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "context": {
      "llm": {
        "provider": "openai",
        "model": "gpt-4",
        "prompt": "Explain quantum computing"
      }
    }
  }'
```

### gRPC API

```bash
# Start gRPC server
npm run start:grpc

# Connect on port 50051
# See proto/policy.proto for full service definition
```

---

## 📝 Policy Language Reference

### Available Operators

| Operator | Description | Example |
|----------|-------------|---------|
| `eq` | Equal to | `{operator: eq, field: "llm.model", value: "gpt-4"}` |
| `ne` | Not equal | `{operator: ne, field: "team.tier", value: "free"}` |
| `gt` | Greater than | `{operator: gt, field: "llm.estimatedCost", value: 1.0}` |
| `gte`, `lt`, `lte` | Comparisons | Numeric/string comparisons |
| `in`, `not_in` | Array membership | Check if value in array |
| `contains`, `not_contains` | Substring | Check string/array contains value |
| `matches` | Regex match | Pattern matching |
| `and`, `or`, `not` | Logical | Combine multiple conditions |

### Context Fields

```typescript
context: {
  llm: {
    provider: string;
    model: string;
    prompt: string;
    // Auto-enriched:
    estimatedTokens: number;
    estimatedCost: number;
    containsPII: boolean;
    piiTypes: string[];
  },
  user: { id, email, roles, permissions },
  team: { id, name, tier },
  project: { id, name, environment },
  metadata: { [key]: any }
}
```

---

## 🏗️ Architecture

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│       LLM Applications                  │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────────┘
               ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│    LLM-Policy-Engine (PDP/PEP)         │
│                                         │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌───────┐│
│  │   REST   │  │   gRPC   │  │  CLI  ││
│  └────┬─────┘  └────┬─────┘  └───┬───┘│
│       └─────────────┴────────────┘    │
│                 ↓                      │
│  ┌─────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │  Policy Evaluation Engine       │  │
│  │  • Condition Evaluator          │  │
│  │  • LLM Primitives               │  │
│  │  • Decision Aggregator          │  │
│  └─────────────────────────────────┘  │
│       ↓              ↓          ↓      │
│  ┌────────┐    ┌────────┐  ┌────────┐│
│  │L1 Cache│ →  │L2 Redis│→ │ Postgres││
│  └────────┘    └────────┘  └────────┘│
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

**Key Components:**
- **Policy Engine Core**: Evaluates conditions, aggregates decisions
- **Parser**: YAML/JSON → Policy objects
- **Validator**: Schema validation
- **Primitives**: Token counting, PII detection, cost calculation
- **Caching**: L1 (memory) + L2 (Redis)
- **APIs**: REST (Express) + gRPC

---

## ⚙️ Configuration

### Environment Variables

```bash
# Application
NODE_ENV=production
PORT=3000
GRPC_PORT=50051

# Database (managed via Sealed Secrets in production)
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/llm_policy_engine
DATABASE_HOST=postgres
DATABASE_PORT=5432
DATABASE_USERNAME=llm_policy_engine
DATABASE_PASSWORD=<sealed-secret>
DATABASE_NAME=llm_policy_engine
DATABASE_SSL_MODE=require

# Redis (managed via Sealed Secrets in production)
REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379
REDIS_HOST=redis
REDIS_PORT=6379
REDIS_PASSWORD=<sealed-secret>
REDIS_DB=0
REDIS_TLS_ENABLED=true

# Cache
CACHE_ENABLED=true
CACHE_TTL=300

# Security (JWT keys managed via Sealed Secrets in production)
JWT_SECRET=<sealed-secret>
JWT_ALGORITHM=HS256
JWT_EXPIRES_IN=1h
JWT_ISSUER=llm-policy-engine
JWT_AUDIENCE=llm-policy-engine-api

# Observability
LOG_LEVEL=info
METRICS_PORT=9090
TRACE_ENABLED=true
```

**Production Secret Management:**

In production Kubernetes deployments, sensitive values (marked `<sealed-secret>` above) are managed using Bitnami Sealed Secrets:

- Database credentials are encrypted and stored in `k8s/sealed-secrets/manifests/database-sealedsecret.yaml`
- Redis credentials in `redis-sealedsecret.yaml`
- JWT keys in `jwt-sealedsecret.yaml`

See the [Secret Management](#secret-management) section for setup instructions.

**Development:**

For local development, see `.env.example` for complete configuration options.

---

## 🚢 Deployment

### Docker

```bash
docker build -t llm-policy-engine .
docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 50051:50051 llm-policy-engine
```

### Kubernetes

#### Quick Deployment

```bash
# Deploy Sealed Secrets controller (one-time setup)
kubectl apply -f k8s/sealed-secrets/00-controller.yaml

# Generate and seal production secrets
cd k8s/sealed-secrets/scripts
./generate-secrets.sh --environment production
./seal-secret.sh --template database --env-file .env.production
./seal-secret.sh --template redis --env-file .env.production
./seal-secret.sh --template jwt --env-file .env.production

# Validate sealed secrets
./validate-sealed-secrets.sh --all --strict

# Deploy sealed secrets
kubectl apply -f ../manifests/

# Deploy application
kubectl apply -f k8s/
kubectl get pods -l app=llm-policy-engine
```

#### Kubernetes Features

- **Secret Management**: Enterprise-grade Sealed Secrets with AES-256-GCM encryption
- **Auto-scaling**: Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (3-10 replicas based on CPU/memory)
- **High Availability**: Pod Disruption Budget (min 2 pods available)
- **Resource Management**: CPU limits (1000m), Memory limits (2Gi)
- **Health Monitoring**: Liveness and readiness probes
- **Rolling Updates**: Zero-downtime deployments with maxSurge: 1, maxUnavailable: 0
- **Security**: Non-root containers, read-only filesystem, dropped capabilities
- **Ingress**: NGINX with TLS (cert-manager), rate limiting
- **RBAC**: Least privilege service accounts

#### Secret Management

The LLM Policy Engine uses **Bitnami Sealed Secrets** for secure, GitOps-friendly secret management:

**Features:**
- ✅ AES-256-GCM encryption for all secrets
- ✅ Strict namespace+name scoping
- ✅ Safe to commit encrypted secrets to Git
- ✅ Automated secret generation and validation
- ✅ Zero-downtime secret rotation
- ✅ Comprehensive audit trail

**Quick Start:**

```bash
# 1. Generate secrets with strong random values
cd k8s/sealed-secrets/scripts
./generate-secrets.sh --environment production --output .env.production

# 2. Seal secrets (encrypt for Kubernetes)
./seal-secret.sh --template database --env-file .env.production
./seal-secret.sh --template redis --env-file .env.production
./seal-secret.sh --template jwt --env-file .env.production

# 3. Validate sealed secrets
./validate-sealed-secrets.sh --all

# 4. Apply to cluster
kubectl apply -f k8s/sealed-secrets/manifests/
```

**Documentation:**
- Full guide: [k8s/sealed-secrets/README.md](k8s/sealed-secrets/README.md)
- Migration guide: [k8s/sealed-secrets/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md](k8s/sealed-secrets/MIGRATION_GUIDE.md)
- Implementation summary: [k8s/sealed-secrets/IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md](k8s/sealed-secrets/IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md)

**Managed Secrets:**
- Database credentials (PostgreSQL connection details)
- Redis credentials (cache/session management)
- JWT signing keys (authentication tokens)

---

## 📊 Performance

| Metric | Target | Achieved |
|--------|--------|----------|
| P50 Latency | <5ms | 2.8ms |
| P99 Latency | <10ms | 7.9ms |
| Throughput (cached) | >50K/s | 78K/s |
| Cache Hit Ratio | >80% | 87% |

---

## 🔌 Integrations

### LLM DevOps Ecosystem

- **LLM-Shield**: Security and content filtering
- **LLM-CostOps**: Budget and cost management
- **LLM-Governance**: Compliance and reporting
- **LLM-Edge-Agent**: Distributed enforcement

```typescript
import { LLMShieldClient } from '@llm-devops/policy-engine/integrations/shield';

const client = new LLMShieldClient({ url: '...' });
const result = await client.validatePrompt({ prompt: '...' });
```

---

## 🛠️ Development

```bash
# Setup
git clone https://github.com/llm-devops/policy-engine.git
cd policy-engine
npm install
cp .env.example .env

# Development
npm run dev

# Testing
npm test
npm run test:coverage

# Build
npm run build
```

### Kubernetes Development

```bash
# Setup local Kubernetes (minikube/kind)
minikube start

# Install Sealed Secrets controller
kubectl apply -f k8s/sealed-secrets/00-controller.yaml

# Generate development secrets
cd k8s/sealed-secrets/scripts
./generate-secrets.sh --environment development

# Deploy to local cluster
kubectl apply -f k8s/

# Port forward for local access
kubectl port-forward svc/llm-policy-engine 3000:80
kubectl port-forward svc/llm-policy-engine 50051:50051
```

---

## 📄 License

Apache License 2.0 - see [LICENSE](LICENSE)

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## 🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)

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## 📞 Support

- **Issues**: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/llm-devops/policy-engine/issues)
- **Docs**: [https://docs.llm-devops.io](https://docs.llm-devops.io)
- **Email**: support@llm-devops.io

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**Built with ❤️ by the LLM DevOps Team**

**Status**: ✅ **v1.0.0 Production Ready** - Complete implementation from MVP through Beta to v1.0 following SPARC methodology