Integrations introduction

Cert-manager integrations

There are many integrations for cert-manager that extend the capabilities, or make use of cert-manager to secure communications.

Issuers

Cert-manager supports both built-in and external issuers.

Built-in

ACME Issuer

Issue certificates from ACME providers, such as Let's Encrypt.

external

AWS Private CA Issuer

Issues certificates using AWS ACM Private CA.

Built-in

CA Issuer

Sign certificates using a certificate you provide.

external

Google Certificate Authority Service Issuer

Issue certificates using Google CA Service.

external

Origin CA Issuer

Issue certificates using Cloudflare’s Origin CA feature.

Built-in

Self Signed Issuer

Issue self-signed certificates.

external

Step Issuer

Issue certificates using the Step certificates CA.

Built-in

Hashicorp Vault Issuer

Issues certificates using Hashicorp Vault.

Built-in

Venafi Issuer

Issue certificates with Venafi Cloud or Venafi TPP.

Ingress Controllers

Ingress Controllers that work with cert-manager. Click on one of the cards below for more details, release information and links to relevant documentation.

Contour Ingress Controller

High performance ingress controller for Kubernetes

Kong Ingress Controller

An ingress controller for the Kong Gateway

NGINX Ingress Controller

NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes

Traefik Ingress Controller

The Cloud Native Application Proxy

Service Meshes

Service Meshes that work with cert-manager. Click on one of the cards below for more details, release information and links to relevant documentation.

Istio Service Mesh

Connect, secure, control, and observe services.

Linkerd Service Mesh

Ultralight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes.

Open Service Mesh

A lightweight and extensible cloud native service mesh.