Cert-Manager Beyond Ingress – Exploring the Variety of Use Cases

Explore the diverse applications of cert-manager beyond ingress in this informative conference talk. Delve into the automation of X.509 TLS certificates and discover how cert-manager, a CNCF Sandbox project, has evolved since reaching version 1.0 in 2020. Learn about its extensive support for ACME and Ingress, enabling secure cloud-native web environments with Kubernetes and various ingress controllers. Examine the versatility of cert-manager's custom resources, controllers, and extensible issuers for numerous certificate-related use cases. Follow along as the speaker guides you through practical applications, including ingress, control plane and node management with kubeadm and CAPI, webhooks, intra-service mTLS using cert-manager-csi, and service mesh integration with OpenServiceMesh and Istio. Gain insights into private CAs, CSI drivers, private keys, annotations, and Kubernetes control plane integration, equipping you with comprehensive knowledge to leverage cert-manager effectively in your cloud-native projects.