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Akeyless Vault Platform for cert-manager

PLATFORM

The Akeyless cert-manager issuer enables users of open source cert-manager (maintained by Venafi) to easily obtain certificates from Akeyless using either Certificate Manager or Akeyless as the certificate issuer.

SOLUTION HIGHLIGHTS

  • Eliminate difficulty and risks associated with manually requesting and installing certificates within Akeyless Vault
  • Protect machine identities with Akeyless’ FIPS Certified DFC Technology that signs certificates
  • Enable agile practices and save time handling certificate management in hybrid environments
  • Use a variety of plugins as well as SDKs/CLI/REST to push certificates into your CI/CD pipeline, config management, and orchestration tools
  • Obtain, renew and manage certificates in your Kubernetes clusters using cert-manager
  • Simplify authentication for certificate issuance by utilizing external identity providers like OIDC, SAML, AWS IAM, Azure AD, GCP, and more

SOLUTION OVERVIEW

The Akeyless cert-manager issuer adds certificates and certificate issuers as resource types in Kubernetes clusters and simplifies the process of obtaining, renewing and using certificates, leveraging the Akeyless platform.