To deploy the Cert Manager, we can execute a single Kubernetes definition file that will create a namespace, cert-manager, and then deploy the Cert Manager into the namespace. We will install version 0.8.1, the latest available version when writing this chapter. Run the following command:
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v0.8.1/cert-manager.yaml
If you get an error message such as unable to recognize "https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v0.8.1/cert-manager.yaml": no matches for kind "Issuer" in version "certmanager.k8s.io/v1alpha1", then simply rerun the command again.
Wait for the deployment and its pods to be available: ...
