CertMate – SSL Certificate Management System
5 comments
·June 30, 2025ozim
I like how docker and kubernetes were supposed to solve dependency problems.
But then I read:
Prerequisites Docker 20.10+ Docker Compose 2.0+.
So now if I have app that can run on v19 I need docker for dockers :) to use CertMate because if I upgrade my other apps might be messed up.
meepmorp
Yeah, nobody should ever employ features that only work on newer versions of software because then someone somewhere might not be able to make use of them.
But less snarkily, maybe put in the work to hack up their dockerfiles if you want to do something they don't directly support.
schwingy
Sounds cool, but what if you don't use one of the listed DNS providers, but rather run your own DNS? I didn't see an option that would let you do that.
CaliforniaKarl
RFC2136 would let you do that, though setting it up is “an exercise left up to the reader”. My suggestion would be to get RFC2136 working with certbot first.
This may be good for the selfhoster who is running more an a couple of sites.
But a GUI to manage enterprise-level SSL fleets? Doubtful.
Not when a change/configuration management system (Puppet, Chef, Ansible etc etc..) driven by git commits enables single-source-of-truth, peer-review, and automatic creation/monitoring/renewal of certificates.