The domains are securely verified and the certificates are generated automatically. This also allows automating the renewal of these certificates.

For testing purposes, here is [how to create self-signed certificates](https://github.com/minio/minio/tree/master/docs/tls#3-generate-self-signed-certificates).

## 2. Create Kubernetes secret

to generate a trusted root certificate, an intermediate certificate, and a server certificate.
We use `certificateAuthority(int)` to create certificates that can sign other certificates. The
int specifies how many intermediate certificates are allowed beneath it in the chain.

```java
HeldCertificate rootCertificate = new HeldCertificate.Builder()
    .certificateAuthority(1)
    .build();

1. [Install MinIO Server](#install-minio-server)
2. [Use an Existing Key and Certificate with MinIO](#use-an-existing-key-and-certificate-with-minio)
3. [Generate and use Self-signed Keys and Certificates with MinIO](#generate-use-self-signed-keys-certificates)
4. [Install Certificates from Third-party CAs](#install-certificates-from-third-party-cas)

credentials via the STS API. It can authenticate via a client certificate and obtain a access/secret key pair as well as a session token. These credentials are associated to an S3 policy at the MinIO server.

In case of certificate-based authentication, MinIO has to map the client-provided certificate to an S3 policy. MinIO does this via the subject common name field of the X.509 certificate. So, MinIO will associate a certificate with a subject `CN = foobar` to a S3 policy named `foobar`....

            |    certificate: ${CertificatePinner.pin(cert)}
            |    DN: ${cert.subjectDN.name}
            |    subjectAltNames: ${OkHostnameVerifier.allSubjectAltNames(cert)}
            """.trimMargin(),
          )
        } else {
          throw SSLPeerUnverifiedException(
            "Hostname ${address.url.host} not verified (no certificates)",
          )
        }
      }

      sink: BufferedSink,
      certificates: List<Certificate>,
    ) {
      try {
        sink.writeDecimalLong(certificates.size.toLong()).writeByte('\n'.code)
        for (element in certificates) {
          val bytes = element.encoded
          val line = bytes.toByteString().base64()
          sink.writeUtf8(line).writeByte('\n'.code)
        }
      } catch (e: CertificateEncodingException) {

### Certificate Directory

provide the password via:

```
export MINIO_KMS_KES_KEY_PASSWORD=<your-password>
```

Note that MinIO only supports encrypted private keys - not encrypted certificates.
Certificates are no secrets and sent in plaintext as part of the TLS handshake.

## Explore Further

- [Use `mc` with MinIO Server](https://docs.min.io/community/minio-object-store/reference/minio-mc.html)

- 📞 [Traefik](https://traefik.io) as a reverse proxy / load balancer.
- 🚢 Deployment instructions using Docker Compose, including how to set up a frontend Traefik proxy to handle automatic HTTPS certificates.