Describe certificate

Show status and events for a Certificate resource

kubectl describe certificate my-cert -n default
tool
cert-manager16 commands
tags
cert-managertlsk8sdebug

More cert-manager commands

  • List certificate requests
    kubectl get certificaterequests -A

    List all CertificateRequest objects

  • Create ClusterIssuer (Let's Encrypt)
    kubectl apply -f clusterissuer-letsencrypt.yaml

    Apply a ClusterIssuer manifest for Let's Encrypt ACME

  • Check ClusterIssuers
    kubectl get clusterissuers

    List all ClusterIssuer resources and their ready status

  • Manually trigger renewal
    kubectl annotate certificate my-cert cert-manager.io/issueTime="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" --overwrite

    Force cert-manager to renew a certificate immediately

  • View cert-manager logs
    kubectl logs -n cert-manager deploy/cert-manager -f

    Stream logs from the main cert-manager controller

all 16 cert-manager commands