# Istio Cert Manager Operator The Istio Cert Manager is an addon operator to support Cert-Manager's `ACME HTTP01` Issuer with Istio `Gateway` and `VirtualService` integration. ## Install Create the Custom Resource Definition: ``` kubectl apply -f crd.yaml ``` Grant permissions for the new operator: ``` kubectl apply -f rbac.yaml ``` Create the operator pod: ``` kubectl apply -f pod.yaml ``` ## Cleanup ``` kubectl -n cert-manager exec certman-istio-operator /cleanup.sh kubectl delete -f pod.yaml kubectl delete -f rbac.yaml kubectl delete -f crd.yaml ```