| etcd Root CA certificate | Certificate that signs etcd server and client certificates, and kube-apiserver etcd client certificates | Yes | NOT AUTO-RENEWED; Default expiry is set at 10 years |
| etcd server certificate | Certificate used by etcd server to identify itself over HTTPS. Services such as kube-apiserver that access | Yes | auto-renewed by cron job |
| | etcd verify this serving certificate with etcd Root |CA| certificate. | | |
| kube-apiserver-etcd-client certificate | Certificate used by kube-apiserver to identify itself while connecting to etcd by HTTPS | Yes | auto-renewed by cron job |
| Kubernetes-root-ca | Kubernetes root |CA| certificate used to sign all other K8s server and client certificates | Yes | NOT AUTO-RENEWED; Default expiry is set at 10 years; MUST be renewed via CLI. |
| Cluster Admin client certificate used by kubectl | Client certificate used to access kubernetes-admin credentials for kubernetes API | Yes | auto-renewed by cron job |
| kube-controller-manager client certificate | Client certificate used by kube-controller-manager pod to identify itself to kube-apiserver | Yes | auto-renewed by cron job |
| kube-scheduler client certificate | Client certificate used by kube-scheduler pod to identify itself to kube-apiserver | Yes | auto-renewed by cron job |
| kube-apiserver certificate | Certificate used by kube-apiserver to identify itself over HTTPS. Clients connecting to kube-apiserver | Yes | auto-renewed by cron job |
| | verify this certificate using kubernetes root CA certificate. | | |
| kube-apiserver-kubelet client certificate | Kube-apiserver's client certificate used for communication with kubelet | Yes | auto-renewed by cron job |
| kubelet client certificate | Client certificate used by kubelet to identify itself while connecting to kube-apiserver | Yes | auto-renewed by kubelet. Feature enabled by default |
| front-proxy-client | Client certificate signed by front-proxy root |CA| certificate. It is used by kube-apiserver/aggregator | Yes | front-proxy-client: auto-renewed by cron job |
| | to connect to aggregated apiserver (extension APIserver). | | |
| system-local-ca | The |CA| certificate used to create Cert-Manager ClusterIssuer for signing a variety of |prod| server certificates | Yes | NOT AUTO-RENEWED. MUST be renewed via CLI |
| | For Laboratory environment, K8s Root CA Certificate is used by default. For product environment, the CA certificate should | | |
| | be set to an Intermediate CA Cert/Key that has been signed by an external public Root CA. For information on how to | | |
| | update system-local.ca, see :ref:`migrate-platform-certificates-to-use-cert-manager-c0b1727e4e5d`. | | |
| system-openldap-local-certificate | Certificate used by OpenLDAP server to identify itself over HTTPS. It is typically signed by **system-local-ca**. Services such as | Yes | auto-renewed by system |
| | |SSH|/|SSSD| that access OpenLDAP verify this serving certificate with **system-local-ca**. | | |
| ssl(restapi/gui)/system-restapi-gui-certificate | Certificate used by |prod| RESTAPI endpoints and GUI (Horizon) to identify themselves | Yes (But the auto-created certificate is self-signed and should be changed) | auto-renewed if configured with cert-manager; |
| | over HTTPS. It is typically signed by **system-local-ca**. Services such as external RESTAPI clients or | | NOT AUTO-RENEWED if configured with :command:`system certificate-install ..`, must be renewed via CLI |
| docker_registry/system-registry-local-certificate | Certificate used by Docker distribution server (registry.local ) to identify itself over HTTPS. | Yes (But the auto-created certificate is self-signed and should be changed) | auto-renewed if configured with cert-manager; |
| | | | NOT AUTO-RENEWED if configured with :command:`system certificate-install ..`, must be renewed via CLI |
| | It is typically signed by **system-local-ca**. Services such as internal and/or external clients of registry | | |
| | that access registry.local verify this serving certificate with **system-local-ca**. | | |
| OIDC Client and Dex Server Certificate/oidc-auth-apps-certificate | Certificate used by both the |OIDC| client server and the DEX |OIDC| server to identify themselves over HTTPS. | No | auto-renewed if configured with cert-manager; |
| | | | NOT AUTO-RENEWED if configured with an externally generated certificate. MUST be renewed via CLI. |
| | It is typically signed by **system-local-ca**. Services such as external clients that access |OIDC| client server/DEX |OIDC| server | | |
| | verify this serving certificate with **system-local-ca**. | | |
| OIDC Client and Dex Server CA certificate | The |CA| certificate that signs the |OIDC| client server certificate and the DEX |OIDC| server certificate. In the recommended | No | NOT AUTO-RENEWED. MUST be renewed via CLI. |
| | configurations, the |CA| certificate is **system-local-ca**. | | |
| OIDC Remote WAD CA Certificate | The |CA| certificate that signs the remote Windows Active Directory configured in the ``oidc-auth-apps`` application. The DEX server | No | NOT AUTO-RENEWED. MUST be renewed via CLI. |
| | uses this |CA| certificate to validate the remote Windows Active Directory's server certificate. | | |
| Vault Server Certificate | Certificate used by Vault server to identify itself over HTTPS. It is typically signed by **system-local-ca**. Vault RESTAPIs or applications | Yes | NOT AUTO-RENEWED; MUST be renewed via CLI. |
| | using Vault verify this serving certificate with **system-local-ca**. | | |
| Vault Root CA certificate | The |CA| certificate that signs the Vault Server certificate. In the recommended configurations, the |CA| certificate is **system-local-ca**. | Yes | NOT AUTO-RENEWED; MUST be renewed via CLI. |
| Portieris Server Certificate | Certificate used by Portieris Admission-Control server to identify itself over HTTPS. It is typically signed by **system-local-ca**. | Yes | Auto renewed by cert-manager; BUT CUSTOMER MUST restart Portieris after the certificate is renewed |
| | The Portieris kubernetes admission webhook, which makes request to Portieris Admission-Control server | | |
| | verifies this serving certificate with **system-local-ca**. | | |
| Portieris remote registry and notary server CA Certificate | The |CA| certificate that signs the Portieris Admission Control server certificate. | No | NOT AUTO-RENEWED; CUSTOMER MUST renew via CLIs |
| | In the recommended configurations, the |CA| certificate is **system-local-ca**. | | |
| DC-AdminEp-RootCA | The |CA| certificate that signs the dc-adminep-certificate. On SystemController, it is called dc-adminep-root-ca-certificate. | Yes | auto-renewed |
| | On subcloud, it is called sc-adminep-root-ca-certificate. | | |
| DC-AdminEp-InterCA | Signed by adminep-rootCA. On SystemController, it is called dc-adminep-inter-ca-certificate. On subcloud, it is called sc-adminep-inter-ca-certificate. | Yes | auto-renewed |
| DC-AdminEp-Server | On SystemController, it is called dc-adminep-certificate. On subcloud, it is called sc-adminep-certificate signed by interCA. | Yes | auto-renewed |
|**System trusted CA Certificates (ssl_ca)** | One or more (typically external) |CA| certificates to identify remote servers. Example: when using an external Container Registry, the certificate of the | No | NOT AUTO-RENEWED as these are certificates that are not necessarily owned by the platform |
| | |CA| that signed the external Container Registry's certificate must be configured to validate the identity of the external Container Registry. | | |
-:ref:`StarlingX REST API Applications and the Web Administration Server Certificate <starlingx-rest-api-applications-and-the-web-administration-server>`
