Dealing with Wildcard SSL Certificates on Azure and Kubernetes

DevOps commonly faces challenges in implementing SSL certificates, and free solutions like Lets Encrypt have limitations, such as 3-month validity periods and complexities with Kubernetes integration. A customized certificate solution using cert-manager and Azure Key Vault can auto-update certificates and handle chain-order issues. Azure Front Door provides global application acceleration and SSL/TLS management options, while wildcard certificates cover only one level down for subdomains, necessitating SAN records for additional levels.