# cert-manager Kubernetes API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/cert-manager-api/  
**Provider:** Cert-Manager — https://apis.io/providers/cert-manager/  
**Documentation:** https://cert-manager.io/docs/

cert-manager Kubernetes API is one of 6 APIs that [Cert-Manager](https://apis.io/providers/cert-manager/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Certificates, Kubernetes API, and TLS. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, a GitHub repository, a changelog, and 2 JSON Schemas.

The cert-manager API extends the Kubernetes API with custom resources including Certificate, Issuer, ClusterIssuer, CertificateRequest, and Order. These resources allow declarative management of TLS certificates, automatic renewal, and integration with ACME and other certificate authorities directly through kubectl and Kubernetes manifests.

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **Documentation** — https://cert-manager.io/docs/
- **Reference** — https://cert-manager.io/docs/reference/api-docs/
- **GettingStarted** — https://cert-manager.io/docs/getting-started/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager
- **ChangeLog** — https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cert-manager/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cert-manager-certificate-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cert-manager/refs/heads/main/json-schema/cert-manager-issuer-schema.json
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cert-manager/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Cert-Manager APIs (5)

- [cert-manager CLI (cmctl)](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/cmctl-cli/)
- [trust-manager](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/trust-manager/)
- [cert-manager approver-policy](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/approver-policy/)
- [cert-manager csi-driver](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/csi-driver/)
- [cert-manager csi-driver-spiffe](https://apis.io/apis/cert-manager/csi-driver-spiffe/)

## Tags

Certificates, Kubernetes API, TLS

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