---
title: "Calico Enterprise network policy for beginners"
description: "Learn how to create your first Calico Enterprise network policy."
product: "Calico Enterprise"
version: "3.21"
section: "Network policy"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/"
---

# Calico Enterprise network policy for beginners

## [📄️Enable a default deny policy for Kubernetes pods](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/kubernetes-default-deny.md)

[Create a default deny network policy so pods that are missing policy are not allowed traffic until appropriate network policy is defined.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/kubernetes-default-deny.md)

## [📄️Get started with Calico network policy](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/calico-network-policy.md)

[Create your first Calico network policies. Shows the rich features using sample policies that extend native Kubernetes network policy.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/calico-network-policy.md)

## [📄️Calico Enterprise automatic labels](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/calico-labels.md)

[Calico Enterprise automatic labels for use with resources.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/calico-labels.md)

## [📄️Calico Enterprise for Kubernetes demo](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/simple-policy-cnx.md)

[Learn the extra features for Calico Enterprise that make it so important for production environments.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/simple-policy-cnx.md)

## [🗃Policy rules](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/policy-rules.md)

[6 items](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/policy-rules.md)

## [🗃Policy for services](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/services.md)

[2 items](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/network-policy/beginners/services.md)