certificate-init-container

Certificate Init Container

The certificate-init-container generates TLS certificates for pods using the Kubernetes certificate API.

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes 1.6.0+

Usage

Create a deployment that uses the certificate-init-container:

kubectl create -f deployments/tls-app.yaml

The certificate-init-container will generate a private key, certificate signing request (csr), and submit a certificate signing request to the Kubernetes certificate API, then wait for the certificate to be approved.

For handling approval of certificate requests we recommend using proofpoint/kapprover.

Once the certificate signing request has been approved the certificate-init-container will fetch the signed certificate and write it in both PEM and Java keystore (password "keystore") format to a shared filesystem.

Next the certificate-init-container will exit and the pod will start the remaining containers, which will have access to the certificate and private key.

See the example deployment for more details.