# Configuring Kubernetes Pods to Trust Self-Signed Certificates

DevFeed: [Configuring Kubernetes Pods to Trust Self-Signed Certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-if-your-pods-need-to-trust-self-signed-certificates-26648.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.alexellis.io/what-if-your-pods-need-to-trust-self-signed-certificates/>)

Author: Alex Ellis

Published: 2023-06-27T11:09:18Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Alex Ellis' Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/alex-ellis-blog.md>)

Topics: [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/certificates.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>)

Tags: [certificates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/certificates.md>), [helm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/helm.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses ways for Kubernetes workloads to trust self-signed certificates or a custom certificate authority without bypassing TLS verification. It covers application-level trust-bundle loading and supplying certificate bundles through mounted volumes in deployment configuration.

## Source excerpt

Self-signed certificates are common within enterprise companies. But how do you distribute them and enable their use in Kubernetes as a user and a vendor?