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Anthos Config Management Config Sync & Policy Controller

Legacy names Anthos Config Management, ACM

GitOps configuration synchronization and OPA Gatekeeper policy enforcement for Kubernetes fleets.

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  1. Anthos Config Management

    · Google Cloud Next '19

    Launched as a unified GitOps and policy management umbrella for Anthos fleets.

  2. Config Sync & Policy ControllerCurrent name

    · v1.18.0 Unbundling

    Decoupled into standalone GKE Enterprise products (Config Sync and Policy Controller) following the retirement of standalone ACM SKUs.

What happened to Anthos Config Management?

Anthos Config Management was split up, and this part of it is now Config Sync & Policy Controller, with the latest change on 3 May 2024 (v1.18.0 Unbundling). Earlier names covered by this entry also include ACM. GitOps configuration synchronization and OPA Gatekeeper policy enforcement for Kubernetes fleets. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.

Also known as

  • Policy Controller
  • Hierarchy Controller

Technical identifiers

Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.

REST / gRPC APIsanthosconfigmanagement.googleapis.com anthospolicycontroller.googleapis.com gkehub.googleapis.com
gcloud / CLI Commandsgcloud beta container fleet config-management gcloud container fleet policycontroller nomos
IAM Predefined Rolesroles/gkehub.*
Terraform Resourcesgoogle_gke_hub_feature google_gke_hub_feature_membership

Service endpoints remain anthosconfigmanagement.googleapis.com and anthospolicycontroller.googleapis.com.

Notes & disambiguation

  • Anthos Config Management (ACM) was unbundled into standalone GKE Enterprise products—Config Sync and Policy Controller—with separate release notes and versioning starting in v1.18.0 (May 3, 2024), while Hierarchy Controller was retired in v1.20.0 (May 2025).
  • Underlying service endpoints still retain their legacy Anthos names: anthosconfigmanagement.googleapis.com and anthospolicycontroller.googleapis.com.

Sources & official documentation

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