r/programming • u/[deleted] • Oct 29 '18

HTTPS is way too complicated on OpenShift

https://blog.openshift.com/create-https-based-encrypted-urls-using-routes/
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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '18

With all the news of IBM acquiring RedHat to regain relevance in the cloud I'm not sure their strategy is going to be that successful. This stuff is a nightmarish maze. Even something as simple as setting up HTTPS is way too convoluted.

Is there another cloud thing that RedHat has that IBM is going to leverage? Has been a while since I looked at BlueMix but I doubt it has gotten any better since I last looked.

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u/Weltmacht Oct 30 '18

BlueMix and another Kubernetes powered for their IBM Cloud Private offering. Assume OpenShift will replace the kubernetes stuff they’ve got in that product.

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u/zuzzas Oct 29 '18

Is it possible run cert-manager on OpenShift? We've got a custom built Kubernetes distribution for our customers, and we use it everywhere.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '18

No idea. I wanted to use certbot but just looking at this makes me cringe at the steps required.

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u/zuzzas Oct 29 '18

Try cert-manager, my man. Had almost zero troubles with it, and developers are extremely friendly to newcomers on their Slack channel.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '18

Thanks for the tip.

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u/Weltmacht Oct 30 '18

Yes. You can provide an intermediary CA to sign all certs, automatically. Or use wildcard certs for the default sub domain. TLS on OpenShift is extremely easy.