Stuck ACME challenges

List pending validations and read the propagation/self-check error blocking issuance

kubectl get challenges -A -o wide && kubectl describe challenge -n <ns> <name>

More cert-manager commands

Install cert-manager via Helm

helm install cert-manager jetstack/cert-manager --namespace cert-manager --create-namespace --set installCRDs=true

Install cert-manager with CRDs into its own namespace
Check cert-manager pods

kubectl get pods -n cert-manager

Verify all cert-manager components are running
List certificates

kubectl get certificates -A

List all Certificate resources across namespaces
Describe certificate

kubectl describe certificate my-cert -n default

Show status and events for a Certificate resource
List certificate requests

kubectl get certificaterequests -A

List all CertificateRequest objects