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Integration with third-party tools
This document provides an overview of the third-party tools that have an
integration with Certificate Authority Service.
Hashicorp Vault
Hashicorp Vault lets you
manage and store secrets on-premises. You can configure Hashicorp Vault CA to
act as a proxy that forwards all certificate issuance requests to Certificate Authority Service.
The Vault plugin for CA Service
issues certificates through Hashicorp Vault by generating the private key and
certificate signing request (CSR), or by receiving a user-provided CSR. The
plugin doesn't perform create and delete CA operations, or manage other aspects
of the certificate authority (CA) lifecycle.
At a high level, the plugin acts as a proxy to issue certificates.
Using the Vault plugin has the following advantages:
Administrators can use a familiar workflow and the existing access-control
list (ACL) permissions in the Vault.
The administrator can define who gets to request certificates and what
specifications and limits those certificates have.
Jetstack Cert-Manager is an open source Kubernetes
add-on that automates the management and issuance of TLS certificates from various
issuing sources.
Cert-Manager manages the lifecycle of certificates issued by CA pools that are
created using Certificate Manager. Cert-Manager ensures certificates are
valid and duly renewed before they expire.
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