Install cert-manager & Let’s encrypt

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Certification is one of critical security feature.

In Kubernetes, cert-manager is key role for certification management.

For cert-manager, there are only two steps.

Install cert-manager by helm chart
Configure Issuer

Installation

kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.14.4/cert-manager.yaml

Install Let’s Encrypt Issuer

kind ClusterIssuer is global scope API, so you don’t need any namespace.

File: clusterissuer.yaml

apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: ClusterIssuer # I’m using ClusterIssuer here
metadata:
name: letsencrypt-prod
spec:
acme:
server: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
email: <your-email-address>
privateKeySecretRef:
name: letsencrypt-prod
solvers:
– http01:
ingress:
class: traefik

Reference

https://cert-manager.io/docs/installation/kubectl/

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