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cert-manager

Automates issuing, renewing, and managing TLS certificates for Kubernetes applications, eliminating manual certificate handling.

Overview

cert-manager watches for certificate requests defined as Kubernetes resources and automatically obtains, renews, and installs TLS certificates from a certificate authority - including free automated ones like Let's Encrypt - so a team never manually generates or renews a cert again. It's a CNCF project that has become the standard way to handle TLS on Kubernetes.

cert-manager is a fit for any team running services on Kubernetes that need TLS certificates, a foundational piece of infrastructure that complements ingress and proxy tools already in this catalog like Traefik and Caddy.

Categories
DevOps
Keywords
tls-certificateskubernetes-securitylets-encryptautomation
Languages
Go
License
Apache-2.0

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