AWS Private CA EKS add-on and Connector for AD now available in AWS GovCloud (US)

<p>AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA) announces the availability of the AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes as a managed Amazon EKS add-on and the AWS Private CA Connector for Active Directory in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and AWS GovCloud (US-West) Regions. These launches expand certificate automation capabilities available to AWS GovCloud (US) customers managing government workloads.</p> <p>The AWS Private CA Connector for Kubernetes EKS add-on provides simplified installation, configuration, and lifecycle management through the EKS console, CLI, and API. The connector works with cert-manager to automate certificate requests, distribution to Kubernetes secrets, and renewal, enabling TLS for ingress controllers and securing service-to-service communication in service meshes such as Istio and Linkerd.</p> <p>The AWS Private CA Connector for Active Directory enables AWS GovCloud (US) customers to use AWS Private CA as their certificate authority for Active Directory-enrolled objects. The connector provides automatic certificate issuance to domain-joined users, computers, and other objects through familiar Microsoft certificate enrollment interfaces, supporting enterprise scenarios including smart card authentication, LDAPS, and network device authentication (802.1x).</p> <p>AWS Private CA secures private key material using FIPS 140-3 Level 3 hardware security modules (HSMs).</p> <p>To get started, see the <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/private-ca/">AWS Private CA product page</a>, the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/eks-add-ons.html">Amazon EKS add-ons user guide</a>, and the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/privateca/latest/userguide/connector-for-ad.html">AWS Private CA Connector for Active Directory documentation</a>.</p>