# Generate policy file To generate the sample policy yaml file, run the following command from the top level of the cinder directory: tox -egenpolicy # Use generated policy file Cinder recognizes ``/etc/cinder/policy.yaml`` as the default policy file. To specify your own policy file in order to overwrite the default policy value, add this in Cinder config file: [oslo_policy] policy_file = path/to/policy/file