apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: ClusterIssuer
metadata:
  name: letsencrypt-prod
spec:
  selfSigned: {}
---
apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: Issuer
metadata:
  name: letsencrypt-ca
  namespace: sandbox
spec:
  ca:
    secretName: letsencrypt-ca
---
apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
kind: Certificate
metadata:
  name: letsencrypt-ca
  namespace: sandbox
spec:
  isCA: true
  commonName: osm-system
  secretName: letsencrypt-ca
  issuerRef:
    name: letsencrypt-prod
    kind: ClusterIssuer
    group: cert-manager.io

kubectl get secret --namespace=sandbox
NAME                  TYPE                                  DATA   AGE
letsencrypt-ca        kubernetes.io/tls                     3      Xs

kubectl get certificates --namespace=sandbox

Secure Ingress Resources With Cert Manager

apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: ingress-test
  annotations:
    # Set up your ingress.class below (in this example, we are using nginx ingress controller)
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "nginx"
    cert-manager.io/issuer: "letsencrypt-prod"
spec:
  tls:
  # Replace the DOMAIN placeholder with the correct domain name
  - hosts:
    - DOMAIN
    secretName: letsencrypt-ca
  rules:
  # Replace the DOMAIN placeholder with the correct domain name
  - host: DOMAIN
    http:
      paths:
      - path: /
        pathType: Exact
        backend:
          service:
            name: ingress-test
            port:
              number: 80

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