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Scenario #109
Networking
K8s v1.22, Azure AKS

Misconfigured Ingress Resource Causing SSL Errors

SSL certificate errors occurred due to a misconfigured Ingress resource.

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What Happened

The Ingress resource had incorrect SSL certificate annotations, causing SSL handshake failures for external traffic.

Diagnosis Steps
  • 1Inspected Ingress resource configuration and identified the wrong certificate annotations.
  • 2Verified SSL errors in the logs, confirming SSL handshake issues.
Root Cause

Incorrect SSL certificate annotations in the Ingress resource.

Fix/Workaround
• Corrected the SSL certificate annotations in the Ingress configuration.
• Re-applied the Ingress resource and verified successful SSL handshakes.
Lessons Learned

Double-check SSL-related annotations and configurations for ingress resources.

How to Avoid
  • 1Use automated certificate management tools like cert-manager for better SSL certificate handling.
  • 2Test SSL connections before deploying ingress resources in production.