Enabling mTLS with ALB in Amazon EKS
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This article explains how to enable mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) with Application Load Balancer (ALB) in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). It provides a step-by-step walkthrough for setting up mTLS on an ALB for Kubernetes workloads.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Introduction to mTLS and its benefits for secure communication
- Solution overview involving AWS Load Balancer Controller, ExternalDNS, and a sample application deployment
- Prerequisites for setting up mTLS with ALB in Amazon EKS
- Detailed steps for creating a self-signed certificate, trust store, installing ALB Controller and ExternalDNS, deploying a sample application, and associating the trust store with the Ingress resource
- Cleaning up the resources created during the walkthrough
- Conclusion highlighting the improved security posture with mTLS implementation
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