Manage certificate lifecycle using Cert-Manager

This page contains a sample provided for demonstration purposes. Google does not officially support this sample. Carefully evaluate any solution before deploying it in your production environment.

This page provides information about using Jetstack Cert-Manager with Certificate Authority Service.

Note: CA Service has a native integration with Certificate Manager for global load balancers. To learn more, see Use CA Service with Certificate Manager.

Cert-Manager is an open source Kubernetes add-on that automates the management and issuance of TLS certificates from various issuing sources.

Cert-Manager manages the lifecycle of certificates issued by CA pools that are created using CA Service. Cert-Manager ensures certificates are valid and duly renewed before they expire.

For instructions on using Cert-Manager with CA Service, see README: Certificate Authority Service Issuer for Cert-Manager.

What's next

• Integrating Cert-Manager with Google Cloud Certificate Authority Service
• GitHub: Cert-Manager
• Cert-Manager documentation