Apache Sling > Sling CMS > Administration > Component Policy
Component policies control what components can be placed within containers and the configurations for the components. They should be referenced from page templates.
Component policies should be created at the path /conf/[config_name]/site/policies with the Configuration Type “Sling CMS - Component Policies”
Once the configuration is created, policies can be added by clicking + in the container and adding a “Sling CMS - Component Policy” component.
Select the top pencil to configure the Component Policy. Component Policies have the following fields:
Component configurations are used to share configurations values with all of the pages using the template.
To add a new component configuration: