Adding SSL Cert to the application | Day 7 | Cert-Manager, Gateway API, Namespaces, TLS

Certificates & TLS

Certificates: Top reason of downtime in K8s workloads. Because certificates have expiry date.

And this process can be automated or manually done for certificates renew.

There are two ways to apply the certificates:

1. Issuers
2. Cluster Issuers

What is TLS?

Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol that encrypts data and authenticates users and servers to ensure secure communication over the internet:

• Encryption: Hides sensitive data as it's being transferred
• Authentication: Verifies the identities of both the client and server
• Integrity: Verifies that data hasn't been forged or tampered with

Architectural Diagram:

What is MTLS?