--- title: Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces cert-manager... description: The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced the graduation of cert-manager, an open-source project that automates TLS and mTLS certificate issuance... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-native-computing-foundation-announces-cert-manager-graduation-0lzc7vtti twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces cert-manager Graduation | daily.dev og:description: The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced the graduation of cert-manager, an open-source project that automates TLS and mTLS certificate issuance... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-native-computing-foundation-announces-cert-manager-graduation-0lzc7vtti og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0lzC7VTTi.png og:image:alt: Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces cert-manager Graduation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces cert-manager Graduation **[CNCF](https://daily.dev/sources/cncf)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced the graduation of cert-manager, an open-source project that automates TLS and mTLS certificate issuance and renewal in cloud native environments. The project, created in 2017 at Jetstack, has grown significantly, seeing 500 million downloads per month and being deployed in 86% of new production clusters. It integrates with other CNCF projects like Kubernetes and Istio to enhance security, and its roadmap includes support for ACME Renewal Information and minimizing the attack surface of its core components. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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