Cert-Manager DNS Challenge with Cloudflare on Kubernetes

In this tutorial, we will be issuing Let's Encrypt certificates using cert-manager on Kubernetes and we will be using the DNS Challenge with Cloudflare. The reason I am using DNS Challenge instead of HTTP Challenge is because the Kubernetes environme...

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#kubernetes #letsencrypt #nginx #devops #cloudflare

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mab

kubernetes

Oct 25, 2023

Hey, thanks for the article, awesome. Where does the IP 10.5.24.245 come from? And why does it require a second dns entry with *.app.example.com?

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Ruan Bekker

DevOps Engineer | Cloud Evangelist

Oct 26, 2023

Hey mab, oh I see that seems a bit confusing. I have updated the post to explain it a bit more. The IP is the LoadBalancer IP and its not needed to create a second DNS entry, but I have explained it in the post. Let me know if anything is unclear. :)

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