Setting Up a Domain with SSL on DigitalOcean Kubernetes using ExternalDNS and Helm (opens in new tab)

A little while back I for DigitalOcean to the ExternalDNS Helm chart, and I wanted to share my notes on how to use it. DNS records for your Kubernetes resources just by adding an annotation. In this post, I’ll walk through how to install it with Helm and use it to point a domain at a Kubernetes service. I’ll also cover setting up SSL using a DigitalOcean managed SSL certificate on the load balancer. First, a few assumptions: You have access to a Kubernetes cluster with kubectl You have the He...