# Cluster Kubernetes + Rancher 2 + Letsencrypt **URL:** \ **Category:** SUSE Rancher Prime\ **Created:** [February 5, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cluster-kubernetes-rancher-2-letsencrypt/16505 "2020-02-05T12:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![angelobrg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@angelobrg](https://forums.suse.com/u/angelobrg)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cluster-kubernetes-rancher-2-letsencrypt/16505/1 "2020-02-05T12:46:28Z")
Good Morning! I’m new to k8s and Rancher, I recently deployed a Kubernetes + Rancher cluster in the following scenario: 3 Nodes (VM) 1 Proxy / Nginx (VM) I followed the installation using the official documentation: [https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/k8s-install/helm-rancher/](https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/installation/k8s-install/helm-rancher/) When installing Rancher I used the option with the letsencrypt certificate where one of the requirements is installation of cert-manager (it was installed via helm) and everything went well! I can access the rancher web interface via https and the certificate worked ok! However I am at a loss as to how to proceed in the case where I will deploy an application in my environment and I would like a certificate to be generated for this application. I couldn’t move on, I tried to install cert-manager via catalog in order to have access to some cert-manager interface but it didn’t work I believe that the installation is in conflict with the installation of the cert-manager. Has anyone been through this situation and can suggest a path for me? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![vincent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/vincent/32/7156_2.png) [@vincent](https://forums.suse.com/u/vincent)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cluster-kubernetes-rancher-2-letsencrypt/16505/2 "2020-02-05T16:02:33Z")
If you’re using the same cluster you installed cert-manager and rancher into then you do not need to install cert-manager again. There is no “interface”/control panel for it, you use it by adding annotations to ingress rules requesting a cert. (or by manipulating CRDs, which the Rancher UI doesn’t show). ---
**Author:** ![bjorn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/bjorn/32/5385_2.png) [@bjorn](https://forums.suse.com/u/bjorn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cluster-kubernetes-rancher-2-letsencrypt/16505/3 "2020-02-08T19:38:07Z")
try this one. [https://www.2stacks.net/blog/rancher-2-and-letsencrypt/#edit-the-ingress](https://www.2stacks.net/blog/rancher-2-and-letsencrypt/#edit-the-ingress)