The Kubernetes Downward API allows a pod to get access to metadata about itself and the cluster without creating a tight coupling to the Kubernetes API. For example, information such as pod name, labels, annotations, IP address, node, and cpu/memory limits can be made available inside the pod. In this article, I’ll show how to … Kubernetes: using the Downward API to access pod/container metadata
If you are using version 4+ of PowerShell, then instead of using the older makecert utility or the IIS Manager you can simply use New-SelfSignedCertificate cmdlet. In this article I’ll provide a small Powershell script that can assist in creating a self-signed certificate in the local machine personal store.
There are numerous articles I’ve written where a certificate is a prerequisite for deploying a piece of infrastructure. This article will guide you through generating a self-signed certificate with SAN (Subject Alternative Name) and SAN wildcard entries, replacing the deprecated usage of CN=<FQDN>. In addition to the operational benefits of managing SAN, it is also … Ubuntu: Creating a self-signed SAN certificate using OpenSSL
There are numerous articles I’ve written where a certificate is a prerequisite for deploying a piece of infrastructure. This article will guide you through creating a trusted CA (Certificate Authority), and then using that to sign a server certificate that supports SAN (Subject Alternative Name). Operationally, having your own trusted CA is advantageous over a … Ubuntu: Creating a trusted CA and SAN certificate using OpenSSL
There are numerous articles I’ve written where a certificate is a prerequisite for deploying a piece of infrastructure. Here are the quick steps for installing a simple self-signed certificate on an Ubuntu server. If you instead need to create a certificate with SAN (Subject Alternative Name) support, read my article here. Some of you will … Ubuntu: Creating a self-signed certificate using OpenSSL on Ubuntu