id: certificate
name: Certificate
full-link: /docs/tasks/tls/managing-tls-in-a-cluster/
tags:
- security
short-description: >
  A cryptographically secure file used to validate access to the Kubernetes cluster.
long-description: >
  Certificates enable applications within a Kubernetes
  cluster to access the Kubernetes API securely. Certificates validate that
  clients are allowed to access the API.