Setting up HTTPS on an AKS Cluster

Pre-Reqs

The following is required:

• An ingress controller should already be installed.
• The public IP of the Ingress controller should have a DNS name.
• Helm needs to be running at 2.13.1.
• The Kubernetes cluster should be publicly accessible (to allow cert creation)

To check if Helm is running with version 2.13.1 (there is a bug that doesn’t allow 2.14+ to work). To check, run the following:

If the output doesn’t match as below, you need to downgrade Helm. Install:

Procedure

Run the following commands:

Create the following YAML file `cluster-issuer.yml’:

Apply the changes to the cluster:

Create the certificate.yml file:

Apply those changes:

Verification

Confirm creation of the certificate:

You should see the following:

Verify HTTPS can be accessed.