Free and Automatic SSL Certificates in Kubernetes using Cert Manager
Get free and Automatic SSL certificates using Cert manager and Let’s Encrypt
In today's scenario, SSL certificates are the most important part of Deploying an application to the Internet. It is only the most important attributes that determine whether your websites are safe or not.
This paddle lock symbol conveys to your customer that the website they are visiting is safe, secured, and verified. So how do you actually achieve HTTPS on your website?
HTTP + SSL = HTTPS.
Getting an SSL certificate is not that easy. Moreover, it is expensive too. In today's world where Kubernetes is Predominantly everywhere. And with tonnes of Ingress resources in Kubernetes, it becomes really hard to get such a huge number of certificates, monitor them, and rotate them every time. This would be a nightmare for the DevOps Engineers. What if I tell you that there a tool that could get you free SSL certificates and rotate them automatically when they expire? Here comes Cert-Manager. Cert-manager was created by Jetstack, and a lot of the development is still sponsored by them. As per the cert-manager’s official guide, the cert-manager is a native Kubernetes certificate management controller. It can help with issuing certificates from a variety of sources, such as Let’s…
