Cert Manager

StarlingX integrates the open source project cert-manager (cert-manager.io). Cert-manager is a native Kubernetes certificate management controller, that supports certificate management with external CAs.

StarlingX installs cert-manager and an nginx-ingress-controller in support of http-01 challenges from CAs, at bootstrap time, so that cert-manager services are available for hosted containerized applications by default.

Warning

Removing the cert-manager causes problems and potentially brings the system to an unrecoverable state. Removal deletes all certificates and related logs, requiring the system to be reinstalled.

For more information on the cert-manager project, see http://cert-manager.io.

Related Information

• The cert-manager Bootstrap Process