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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Connect Sidecar - Kubernetes"
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sidebar_current: "docs-platform-k8s-connect"
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description: |-
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Connect is a feature built into to Consul that enables automatic service-to-service authorization and connection encryption across your Consul services. Connect can be used with Kubernetes to secure pod communication with other services.
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---
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# Connect Sidecar on Kubernetes
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[Connect](/docs/connect/index.html) is a feature built into to Consul that enables
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automatic service-to-service authorization and connection encryption across
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your Consul services. Connect can be used with Kubernetes to secure pod
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communication with other pods and external Kubernetes services.
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The Connect sidecar running Envoy can be automatically injected into pods in
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your cluster, making configuration for Kubernetes automatic.
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This functionality is provided by the
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[consul-k8s project](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s) and can be
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automatically installed and configured using the
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[Consul Helm chart](/docs/platform/k8s/helm.html).
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## Usage
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When the
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[Connect injector is installed](/docs/platform/k8s/connect.html#installation-and-configuration),
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the Connect sidecar is automatically added to all pods. This sidecar can both
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accept and establish connections using Connect, enabling the pod to communicate
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to clients and dependencies exclusively over authorized and encrypted
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connections.
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-> **Note:** The pod specifications in this section are valid and use
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publicly available images. If you've installed the Connect injector, feel free
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to run the pod specifications in this section to try Connect with Kubernetes.
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Please note the documentation below this sectionn on how to properly install
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and configure the Connect injector.
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### Accepting Inbound Connections
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An example pod is shown below with Connect enabled to accept inbound
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connections. Notice that the pod would still be fully functional without
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Connect. Minimal to zero modifications are required to pod specifications to
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enable Connect in Kubernetes.
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This pod specification starts a server that responds to any
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HTTP request with the static text "hello world".
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```yaml
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apiVersion: v1
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kind: Pod
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metadata:
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name: static-server
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annotations:
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"consul.hashicorp.com/connect-inject": "true"
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spec:
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containers:
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- name: static-server
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image: hashicorp/http-echo:latest
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args:
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- -text="hello world"
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- -listen=:8080
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ports:
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- containerPort: 8080
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name: http
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```
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The only change for Connect is the addition of the
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`consul.hashicorp.com/connect-inject` annotation. This enables injection
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for this pod. The injector can also be
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[configured](/docs/platform/k8s/connect.html#installation-and-configuration)
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to automatically inject unless explicitly disabled, but the default
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installation requires opt-in using the annotation shown above.
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This will start a Connect sidecar that listens on a random port registered
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with Consul and proxies valid inbound connections to port 8080 in the pod.
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To establish a connection to the pod using Connect, a client must use another Connect
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proxy. The client Connect proxy will use Consul service discovery to find
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all available upstream proxies and their public ports.
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In the example above, the server is listening on `:8080`. This means
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the server will still bind to the pod IP and allow external connections.
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This is useful to transition to Connect by allowing both Connect and
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non-Connect connections. To restrict access to only Connect-authorized clients,
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any listeners should bind to localhost only (such as `127.0.0.1`).
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### Connecting to Connect-Enabled Services
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The example pod specification below configures a pod that is capable
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of establishing connections to our previous example "static-server" service. The
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connection to this static text service happens over an authorized and encrypted
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connection via Connect.
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```yaml
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apiVersion: v1
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kind: Pod
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metadata:
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name: static-client
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annotations:
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"consul.hashicorp.com/connect-inject": "true"
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"consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-upstreams": "static-server:1234"
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spec:
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containers:
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- name: static-client
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image: tutum/curl:latest
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# Just spin & wait forever, we'll use `kubectl exec` to demo
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command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "--" ]
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args: [ "while true; do sleep 30; done;" ]
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```
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Pods must specify upstream dependencies with the
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[`consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-upstreams` annotation](/docs/platform/k8s/connect.html#consul-hashicorp-com-connect-service-upstreams).
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This annotation declares the names of any upstream dependencies and a
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local port for the proxy to listen on. When a connection is established to that local
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port, the proxy establishes a connection to the target service
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("static-server" in this example) using
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mutual TLS and identifying as the source service ("static-client" in this
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example).
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The injector will also set environment variables `<NAME>_CONNECT_SERVICE_HOST`
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and `<NAME>_CONNECT_SERVICE_PORT` in every container in the pod for every defined
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upstream. This is analogous to the standard Kubernetes service environment variables, but
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point instead to the correct local proxy port to establish connections via
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Connect.
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Any containers running in the pod that need to establish connections
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to dependencies must be reconfigured to use the local upstream address either
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directly or using the environment variables set by the injector (defined above).
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This means pods should not use Kubernetes service DNS or environment
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variables for these connections.
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We can verify access to the static text server using `kubectl exec`. Notice
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that we use the local address and port from the upstream annotation (1234)
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for this verification.
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```sh
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$ kubectl exec static-client -- curl -s http://127.0.0.1:1234/
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"hello world"
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```
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We can control access to the server using [intentions](/docs/connect/intentions.html).
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If you use the Consul UI or [CLI](/docs/commands/intention/create.html) to
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create a deny [intention](/docs/connect/intentions.html) between
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"static-client" and "static-server", connections are immediately rejected
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without updating either of the running pods. You can then remove this
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intention to allow connections again.
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```sh
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$ kubectl exec static-client -- curl -s http://127.0.0.1:1234/
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command terminated with exit code 52
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```
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### Available Annotations
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Annotations can be used to configure the injection behavior.
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* `consul.hashicorp.com/connect-inject` - If this is "true" then injection
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is enabled. If this is "false" then injection is explicitly disabled.
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The default injector behavior requires pods to opt-in to injection by
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specifying this value as "true". This default can be changed in the
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injector's configuration if desired.
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* `consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service` - For pods that accept inbound
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connections, this specifies the name of the service that is being
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served. This defaults to the name of the first container in the pod.
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* `consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-port` - For pods that accept inbound
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connections, this specifies the port to route inbound connections to. This
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is the port that the service is listening on. The service port defaults to
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the first exposed port on any container in the pod. If specified, the value
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can be the _name_ of a configured port, such as "http" or it can be a direct
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port value such as "8080". This is the port of the _service_, the proxy
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public listener will listen on a dynamic port.
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* `consul.hashicorp.com/connect-service-upstreams` - The list of upstream
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services that this pod needs to connect to via Connect along with a static
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local port to listen for those connections. Example: `db:1234,auth:6789`
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will start two local listeners for `db` on port 1234 and `auth` on port
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6789, respectively. The name of the service is the name of the service
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registered with Consul. This value defaults to no upstreams.
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### Deployments, StatefulSets, etc.
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The annotations for configuring Connect must be on the pod specification.
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Since higher level resources such as Deployments wrap pod specification
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templates, Connect can be used with all of these higher level constructs, too.
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An example `Deployment` below shows how to enable Connect injection:
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```yaml
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spec:
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matchLabels:
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template:
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metadata:
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labels:
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spec:
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## Installation and Configuration
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[mutating admission webhook](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/extensible-admission-controllers/#admission-webhooks)
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### Verifying the Installation
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example from the "Usage" section above. After running this example, run
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`kubectl get pod static-server -o yaml`. In the raw YAML output, you should
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If you do not see this, then use `kubectl logs` against the injector pod
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The name of the Docker image (including any tag) for the containers running
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The name of the Docker image (including any tag) for the containers running
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- <a name="v-client-grpc" href="#v-client-grpc">`grpc`</a> (`boolean: false`) -
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it to the host. This will use slightly more resources, but is required for
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- <a name="v-client-extraconfig" href="#v-client-extraconfig">`extraConfig`</a> (`string: "{}"`) -
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configure running the [Connect injector](/docs/platform/k8s/connect.html).
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webhook. By default, the injector will generate and manage its own certs,
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secretName is the name of the Kubernetes secret that has the TLS certificate and
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private key to serve the injector webhook. If this is null, then the
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injector will default to its automatic management mode.
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The PEM-encoded CA public certificate bundle for the TLS certificate served by the
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injector. This must be specified as a string and can't come from a
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secret because it must be statically configured on the Kubernetes
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`MutatingAdmissionWebhook` resource. This only needs to be specified
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<li<%= sidebar_current("docs-connect-platform-nomad") %>>
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<a href="/docs/connect/platform/nomad.html">Nomad</a>
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<a href="/docs/connect/platform/nomad.html">Nomad</a>
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<li<%= sidebar_current("docs-connect-security") %>>
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<li<%= sidebar_current("docs-connect-security") %>>
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<a href="/docs/connect/security.html">Security</a>
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<li<%= sidebar_current("docs-platform-k8s-service-sync") %>>
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<li<%= sidebar_current("docs-platform-k8s-service-sync") %>>
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<a href="/docs/platform/k8s/service-sync.html">Service Sync</a>
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<li<%= sidebar_current("docs-platform-k8s-connect") %>>
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</ul>
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