# How to provision certificates for internal services with Teleport Workload Identity

DevFeed: [How to provision certificates for internal services with Teleport Workload Identity](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-provision-certificates-for-internal-services-with-teleport-workload-identity-29715.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/internal-service-certificates-with-workload-identity/>)

Author: noah@goteleport.com (Noah Stride)

Published: 2025-02-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/certificates.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>), [TLS handshake](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls-handshake.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/trust.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Networks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networks.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authorization.md>), [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/certificates.md>), [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>), [tls-handshake](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls-handshake.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>), [x509](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/x509.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to provision X.509 certificates for internal services with Teleport Workload Identity. It covers TLS, mutual TLS, certificate authorities, workload identity, and the role of certificates in authenticating services and securing internal traffic.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to securely provision X509 certificates to secure traffic between internal services using mTLS and Teleport Workload Identity.