cert-manager - Past, Present and Future - Jake Sanders, cert
Conference: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2022
2022-10-28
Authors: Jake Sanders, Ashley Davis
Summary
Cert Manager is an open-source project that automates the management and issuance of TLS certificates in Kubernetes clusters, with a focus on security and extensibility.
- Cert Manager is an open-source project that automates the management and issuance of TLS certificates in Kubernetes clusters
- It is designed with a focus on security and extensibility
- Cert Manager supports multiple certificate issuers, including Let's Encrypt and private PKIs
- It is highly automated and can be used with a simple annotation on Ingress resources
- The project is actively maintained and welcomes community contributions
Abstract
cert-manager is the Cloud Native way to use X.509 certificates inside Kubernetes. It's usually one of the first things administrators install on a new cluster, with 15 million image pulls per day!The project has just entered incubation, after being part of the CNCF sandbox for almost 2 years.Join two of the maintainers for a talk about why you should use cert-manager, how we got to where we are today, and our plans for the future!
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