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    Relay certificates

    Learn about how to manage the root and intermediate certificates that the Gloo management server and agents use to secure their relay connection.

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    Setup options

    Review the options that you have to secure the communication between the Gloo management server and …

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    Certificate rotation overview

    Learn about the options to automatically rotate certificates with Gloo Mesh (OSS APIs).

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    Insecure setup

    In demo or testing setups only, you can use an insecure relay connection.

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    Secure the relay connection between the Gloo management server and agent by using simple TLS.

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    Secure the relay connection between the Gloo management server and agent by using mutual TLS.

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