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Venafi Kubernetes Agent 1.3.0 released

14 November 2024

Release v1.3.0 enables the exclusion of annotations and labels in Venafi Control Plane and introduces JSON as a logging format option. For additional details, refer to the documentation. Learn more

Venafi Kubernetes Agent 1.2.0 released

31 October 2024

This release includes updates that allow you to diagnose issues with the Venafi Kubernetes Agent by looking at the Kubernetes events attached to its pod. Venafi Kubernetes Agent 1.2.0 now compresses its requests made to the Venafi Control Plane API, reducing network traffic significantly. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.15.2 released

30 October 2024

Release v1.15.2 is a patch release that includes an update to the venctl installation cluster connect command. This release also updates the default install versions of several Venafi Kubernetes components. Learn more

Approver Policy Enterprise 0.19.0 released

30 October 2024

This release updates a number of Venafi Kubernetes component versions and other dependencies. Learn more

Trust Manager 0.13.0 released

29 October 2024

This release includes a new optional includeAllKeys field for Secret and ConfigMap sources, improvements to reduce the number of encode/decode operations done during a bundle reconciliation, as well as several small bug fixes and assorted dependency updates. Learn more

Approver Policy 0.16.0 released

28 October 2024

This release includes Common Expression Language (CEL) validator improvements, and various dependency updates. Learn more

OpenShift Routes 0.7.1 released

24 October 2024

This patch release of OpenShift Routes fixes an issue with the renew-before annotation that was introduced in v0.7.0. Learn more

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Discovery now available

23 October 2024

Introducing the new Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Discovery feature! Gain enhanced visibility into your cloud-native environments by integrating with Venafi Control Plane. Empower your security teams to monitor and manage certificates, ensuring policy compliance and control across your GCP infrastructure. Learn more

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Discovery now available¶

23 October 2024

Introducing the new Amazon Web Services (AWS) Discovery feature! Gain enhanced visibility into your cloud-native environments by integrating with Venafi Control Plane. Empower your security teams to monitor and manage certificates, ensuring policy compliance and control across your GCP infrastructure. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.15.1 released

15 October 2024

Release v1.15.1 is a patch release that fixes a minor issue with the output of the venctl version and venctl update commands. This release also updates the default install version of cert-manager. Learn more

cert-manager 1.16.1 released

9 October 2024

This cert-manager 1.16.1 patch release includes fixes several issues, including where cert-manager's ACME ClusterIssuer looks in the wrong namespace for resources required for the issuance, and updates to several Helm values. Learn more

Venafi Kubernetes Agent 1.1.0 released

7 October 2024

This release introduces the reporting of annotations and labels for namespaces and secrets to the Venafi Control Plane. It also exposes readiness and liveness probes, improves validation of Helm chart values, and updates several configuration flags. This release also includes changes and improvements to the Docker image. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.15.0 released

4 October 2024

Release v1.15.0 includes an update to the Venafi Manifest tool to support the VENAFI_KUBERNETES_AGENT_CLUSTER_NAMEenvironment variable, updates the version of Go used, as well as the default install versions of several Venafi Kubernetes components. This release also includes a fix for a minor Venafi Manifest tool bug. Learn more

cert-manager 1.16.0 released

3 October 2024

This cert-manager 1.16.0 release contains a whole range of new features, including extended metrics, Venafi Issuer updates, Route53 DNS01 Solver improvements, memory optimization improvements, as well as new updates to aid Helm schema validation. Learn more

OpenShift Routes 0.7.0 released

3 October 2024

OpenShift Routes now creates cert-manager Certificate resources instead of creating cert-manager CertificateRequest resources based on the annotations added to the OpenShift Route resource. This release also supports several new annotations. Learn more

Approver Policy 0.15.2 released

25 September 2024

This patch release upgrades Go dependencies and tooling. Learn more

OpenShift Routes 0.6.1 released

12 September 2024

Release 0.6.1 of OpenShift Routes is a patch release that includes minor updates to the Helm chart and updates several dependencies to the latest stable versions. Learn more

Venafi Control Plane Operator 1.3.0 released

12 September 2024

Release 1.3.0 of Venafi Control Plane Operator supports installing OpenShift Routes and Istio CSR components. In addition, all installable components have been updated to the latest stable version. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.14.1 released

11 September 2024

Release v1.14.1 includes installation support for OpenShift Routes for cert-manager, as well as improving manifests for Venafi Kubernetes agents which no longer require a Client ID. All generated manifests now include a better comments, to help you to edit or recreate manifests later. This release also adds support for Istio CSR with extra objects defined at manifest generation time, bug fixes and updates the default install versions of several Venafi Kubernetes components. Learn more

Firefly 1.5.0 released

9 September 2024

This release adds the option to include a new Helm option that automatically populates the CA when using the cert-manager controller, and defaults SecurityContextConstraints for Red Hat OpenShift. Learn more

Istio CSR Driver 0.12.0 released

4 September 2024

Release v0.12.0 of the Istio CSR driver includes support for Istio Ambient mode, and a range of runtime configuration improvements. Learn more

Venafi Kubernetes Agent 1.0.0 released

3 September 2024

This release introduces secretless authentication for Venafi Control Plane connections. It also includes improvements to memory usage and logging. Learn more

Firefly 1.4.3 released

29 August 2024

This release adds the option to include Firefly's trust anchor certificate in the status.ca field of cert-manager CertificateRequest resources, fixes an issue with the Helm chart for deploying Firefly in Kubernetes, and includes a minor improvement to Firefly's handling of HSM availability issues. Learn more

CSI Driver for SPIFFE 0.8.1 released

29 August 2024

This release of the CSI driver for SPIFFE updates the csi-node-registrar-version Helm value to v2.12.0, as well as upgrading a number of other dependencies. Learn more

CSI Driver 0.10.1 released

29 August 2024

This release of the CSI driver updates the csi-node-registrar-version Helm value to v2.12.0, as well as upgrading a number of other dependencies. Learn more

Approver Policy Enterprise 0.18.1 released

20 August 2024

This patch release fixes an issue where the dynamic certificate source used by the webhook TLS server failed to detect a root CA approaching expiration, due to a calculation error. The cert-manager and Approver Policy dependencies were also updated in this release. Learn more

Approver Policy 0.15.1 released

16 August 2024

This patch release fixes an issue where the dynamic certificate source used by the webhook TLS server failed to detect a root CA approaching expiration, due to a calculation error. Learn more

cert-manager 1.15.3 released

16 August 2024

This patch release fixes an issue where the dynamic certificate source used by the webhook TLS server failed to detect a root CA approaching expiration, due to a calculation error. Learn more

cert-manager 1.12.13 released

9 August 2024

This patch release addresses the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-6104, CVE-2024-24791, CVE-2024-25620, CVE-2024-26147, and CVE-2024-41110. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.13.0 released

6 August 2024

Release v1.13.0 now gives you the ability to install Istio CSR with the Venafi CLI tool. Also added in this release are new Helm custom chart repository CA flags for the venctl components kubernetes manifest generate and venctl components kubernetes apply commands to indicate the path to PEM-formatted CA bundles used to validate the Helm repository for component charts. The release also updates the version of Go used, and the default install versions of several Venafi Kubernetes components. Learn more

Venafi Control Plane Operator 1.2.1 released

2 August 2024

Release 1.2.1 of Venafi Control Plane Operator is a patch release which fixes an issue that caused the log-spam on OpenShift clusters introduced in v1.2.0. Learn more

Istio CSR Driver 0.11.0 released

1 August 2024

Release v0.11.0 of the Istio CSR driver further enhances support for runtime configuration, enabling "pure" runtime configuration where the Istio CSR driver can be installed at the same time as cert-manager. It also enables client certificate authentication, which provides an alternative method for workloads to renew their certificates. This release also adds JSON logging capabilities. Learn more

Venafi Control Plane Operator 1.2.0 released

29 July 2024

In the Venafi Control Plane Operator 1.2.0 release, you can provide credentials for authenticating with custom Helm repositories. This is implemented for both OCI registries and HTTPS repositories. Learn more

cert-manager 1.15.2 released

30 July 2024

This patch release fixes a number of issues, including a fix for an issue with Azure DNS causing panics on authentication errors, and for ACME HTTP01 challenge behavior when using the Gateway API. The release also includes dependency updates. Learn more

Approver Policy Enterprise 0.18.0 released

30 July 2024

This release of Approver Policy Enterprise improves the Venafi plugin to retry more quickly in the event of a temporary failure to connect to Venafi API endpoints. It also includes a new JSON logging feature and various bug fixes and security updates. This release updates the Approver Policy dependency to v0.15.0, and the version of Go used for the build to 1.22.5. Learn more

Approver Policy 0.15.0 released

26 July 2024

This release sets new default values for the nodeSelector Helm value, and cert-manager Approver Policy webhook server dynamic_source CA duration and leaf certificate duration. This release also includes support for JSON logging, a fix for an issue with duplicate Prometheus scrape targets, as well as dependency updates. Learn more

Firefly 1.4.2 released

22 July 2024

This release greatly improves Firefly's handling of transient availability issues with the HSM protecting its signing key. Issuance of certificates will now automatically resume when access to the HSM is restored. Learn more

CSI Driver 0.10.0 released

22 July 2024

This release of the CSI driver adds a Prometheus metrics endpoint, and updates csi-node-driver-registrar and google.golang.org/grpc. Learn more

CSI Driver for SPIFFE 0.8.0 released

22 July 2024

This release of the CSI driver for SPIFFE updates csi-node-driver-registrar and cert-manager dependencies. Learn more

Trust Manager 0.12.0 released

19 July 2024

This release adds support for generating certificates with Helm, and so Trust Manager can now be installed stand-alone without cert-manager (although this is not recommended for production environments). This release also includes support for dual-stack cluster service configuration and more configurability of Trust Manager's leader-election. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.12.0 released

18 July 2024

Release v1.12.0 adds new authentication parameters for protected OCI and non-OCI Helm chart repositories. The release also includes changes to the install location of the livenessprobe and csi-node-driver-registrar images, and a fix for an issue where the Venafi Connection dependency for Approver Policy Enterprise was not installed by the Venafi Kubernetes Manifest tool. The release also updates the default install versions of several Venafi Kubernetes components. Learn more

Istio CSR Driver 0.10.0 released

18 July 2024

Release v0.10.0 of the Istio CSR Driver includes initial support for easier runtime configuration, support for the s390x architecture, and dependency updates. Learn more

Trust Manager 0.11.1 released

15 July 2024

This release addresses an issue where the ConfigMap label selector caused unintended updates to trust bundles within ConfigMaps. This release also updates several dependencies. Learn more

Approver Policy Enterprise 0.17.2 released

11 July 2024

This patch release of Approver Policy Enterprise fixes an issue introduced in the last release that led to a Helm template call error. Learn more

Venafi Kubernetes Agent 0.1.49 released

11 July 2024

This release introduces support for proxies with private certificates, configurable metrics, a fix for an OpenShift deployment error, and enhanced logging for easier troubleshooting. Learn more

Venafi Control Plane Operator 1.1.1 released

4 July 2024

The v1.1.1 release includes fixes for a typo in the vcpRegion key in the VenafiInstall specification, and a panic that occurred if using a custom image/helm registry. This release also updates the Venafi Kubernetes component version you can install using Venafi Control Plane Operator. Learn more

CSI Driver for SPIFFE 0.7.0 released

2 July 2024

This release updates the CSI driver for SPIFFE Helm chart values to add RBAC for OpenShift SecurityContextConstraints. This release also updates several dependencies to newer versions. Learn more

CSI Driver 0.9.0 released

27 June 2024

This release updates the CSI driver Helm chart values to include RBAC for OpenShift Learn more

cert-manager 1.15.1 released

26 June 2024

This release patches a vulnerability in the Microsoft Azure SDK and in the go-retryablehttp dependency. Release 1.15.1 also fixes an issue that caused HashiCorp Vault issuer not to retry signing when an error was encountered. Learn more

cert-manager 1.14.7 and 1.12.12 released

21 June 2024

These releases were made to patch a vulnerability in the Microsoft Azure SDK. These releases also fix an issue that caused HashiCorp Vault issuer not to retry signing when an error was encountered. Learn more

Venafi Control Plane Operator 1.1.0 released

14 June 2024

This release adds new install parameters for several components, and resolves an install issue with Venafi Firefly, Venafi Kubernetes Agent, and CSI driver for SPIFFE installs. Learn more

Approver Policy Enterprise 0.17.1 released

12 June 2024

This patch release of Approver Policy Enterprise fixes an issue with an incorrect cert-manager-approver-policy ServiceAccount name. Learn more

Scheduling functionality for AKV Discovery

12 June 2024

Effortlessly run your Azure Key Vault provisioning by enabling the scheduling functionality on your machines. Learn more

Venafi Control Plane Operator 1.0.2 released

11 June 2024

This patch release adds a new acceptTOS field for Firely installs, and updates the version of Go used for the build. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.11.0 released

6 June 2024

The release updates the default versions of cert-manager and Trust manager that can be installed using the Venafi Manifest tool. It also updates the version of Go used for the build. Learn more

cert-manager 1.15.0 released

5 June 2024

This release of cert-manager contains a whole range of new features, including support for the Gateway API, fetching credentials using AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity, specifying custom key aliases in a JKS Keystore, and support for numeric OID types in LiteralSubject. cert-manager 0.15.0 also incorporates a number of bug fixes and dependency version updates. This release also contains some breaking changes. Learn more

Trust Manager 0.11.0 released

June 3 2024

This release of Trust Manager includes support for JSON logging, as well as some bug fixes and code quality improvements. Learn more

Trust Manager 0.10.1 released

29 May 2024

This patch release of Trust Manager fixes an issue with the Go version used for the build. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.10.0 released

23 May 2024

Release 1.10.0 of the Venafi CLI tool includes an update to the Venafi Manifest tool so you can use it to now install the cert-manager CSI driver for SPIFFE. This release also includes minor fixes and some updates to installable component versions. Learn more

Venafi Enhanced Issuer 0.14.0 released

17 May 2024

This release updates Venafi Enhanced Issuer to use the latest versions of Approver Policy and Venafi Connection. Learn more

Approver Policy Enterprise 0.17.0 released

17 May 2024

This release updates Approver Policy Enterprise to use the latest versions of Approver Policy and Venafi Connection. Learn more

CSI Driver for SPIFFE 0.6.0 released

16 May 2024

This release introduces the ability to configure an issuer at runtime, and simplifies install with signerName no longer a requirement. Release 0.6.0 also simplifies how the csi-driver-spiffe-approver component works which, together with the new runtime issuer configuration feature, makes issuer rotation simpler, safer and less error prone.

Review the release notes as this release also contains some breaking changes. Learn more

Venafi Connection 0.1.0 released

15 May 2024

Release 0.1.0 simplifies authentication for Venafi Enhanced Issuer and other components by leveraging the OpenID Connect (OIDC) standard for Venafi Control Plane access. It also delivers more efficient certificate retrieval operation and improved error messaging. Additionally, this release incorporates API field updates and addresses minor bugs. Learn more

Venafi Kubernetes Agent 0.1.48 released

14 May 2024

This release adds three new environment variables for working with HTTP proxies to the available Helm values. Learn more

Introducing the NextGen certificate inventory view

13 May 2024

Experience the convenience of effortlessly accessing all your machine installations directly from the NextGen Certificate inventory details view. Learn more

Trust Manager 0.10.0 released

13 May 2024

Release 0.10.0 of Trust Manager includes updates to use Makefile modules, dependency updates, and minor bug fixes. Release v0.9.0 also upgrades the Go version used to build to 1.22.3. Learn more

Istio CSR Driver 0.9.0 released

13 May 2024

Release 0.9.0 of the Istio CSR Driver updates the Go version and its related dependencies. This release also includes minor bug fixes and adds json-schema validation to the Helm chart. Learn more

CSI Driver 0.8.1 released

13 May 2024

This patch release of the CSI Driver updates the Go version and its related dependencies. Learn more

Approver Policy 0.14.1 released

13 May 2024

This patch release of the Approver Policy updates the Go version and its related dependencies. Learn more

Azure Key Vault (AKV) Discovery now available

13 May 2024

Unlock enhanced visibility into your cloud-native environments with the new Azure Key Vault (AKV) Discovery feature. Seamlessly integrate your AKV environments with Venafi Control Plane to empower Security teams with consolidated management and operations. Learn more

Transitioning from 'Machine Identities' to 'Machine Installations'

08 May 2024

To enhance clarity in TLS management, we're updating the terminology used in our platform's interface. We will be transitioning from using the term Machine Identities to Machine Installations. The purpose of the Installations tab remains unchanged; here, you can view the status of your installed certificates.

Venafi CLI tool 1.9.0 released

8 May 2024

This release updates several flags for improved consistency and clarity. Review the Release Notes to identify potential breaking changes. Learn more

Approver Policy Enterprise 0.16.0 released

26 April 2024

Approver Policy Enterprise now accepts all external issuers by default. When using TLS Protect Datacenter, you can remove the revoke privilege from your API Integration with Approver Policy Enterprise. This release also updates the Venafi Connection version to 0.0.20 and the Approver Policy version to 0.13.1. Learn more

Approver Policy 0.14.0 released

23 April 2024

Approver Policy now accepts all external issuers by default. Learn more

cert-manager 1.12.10, 1.13.6, and 1.14.5 released

25 April 2024

These are patch releases to fix an issue with the DigitalOcean DNS-01 provider, which could cause incorrect DNS records to be deleted when using a domain with a CNAME. The version of golang.org/x/net was updated on all three release versions. Learn more

Firefly 1.3.4 released

16 April 2024

For special cases like Envoy where requests from REST clients are "proxied" to Firefly, certificates can now be requested using REST over Unix Domain Sockets (UDS) to avoid the overhead of networking, TLS, and authentication. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.8.0 released

5 April 2024

This release includes new service account authentication and custom integration features, and support for global tolerations, global affinities, and global topology spread constraints. Also included is support for default values for HA deployments for a range of Venafi Kubernetes components, as well as component default version updates. Learn more

Introducing the vsatctl diag command¶

04 April 2024

Introducing the capability to conduct diagnostics on your VSatellites. This tool offers a command-line diagnostic interface specifically designed to troubleshoot your VSatellites. Learn more

Tagging enhancements

02 April 2024

This release introduces a new tag management page that displays all tags currently in use within your system. On this page, administrators can add or remove tags, as well as view the number of active certificates associated with each tag.

Venafi Enhanced Issuer 0.13.3 released

28 March 2024

This release updates the version of Venafi Connection to 0.0.20, and corrects a Helm chart issue that incorrectly prevented the use of certain affinity and topologySpreadConstraints values. Learn more

Venafi Kubernetes Agent 0.1.47 released

28 March 2024

This release adds the namespace to the configmap, deployment, and serviceaccount Helm templates, as well as some mitigations for a memory spike issue on start-up. Learn more

CSI Driver 0.8.0 released

28 March 2024

This releases includes: Helm chart improvements to make it easier to install and manage CSI Driver; the ability to pass volumeAttributes along to the CertificateRequest resource which CSI Driver creates; and an updated CSI Driver DaemonSet which now includes the default-container annotation so that kubectl logs show entries for the CSI Driver container by default. Learn more

Trust Manager 0.9.2 released

26 March 2024

This releases fixes a minor issue with the Helm chart schema, and includes an upgrade of google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.33.0. Learn more

Approver Policy Enterprise 0.15.0 released

26 March 2024

This release adds new configuration values to allow you to configure HTTP proxies from the Helm chart, as well as a new priorityClassName Helm chart value. This release also includes an upgrade of google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.33.0. Learn more.

Approver Policy 0.13.1 released

26 March 2024

This release adds new configuration values to allow you to configure HTTP proxies from the Helm chart, as well as a new priorityClassName Helm chart value. This release also includes an upgrade of google.golang.org/protobuf to v1.33.0. Learn more

Venafi Enhanced Issuer 0.13.2 released

26 March 2024

This release adds new configuration values to allow you to configure HTTP proxies from the Helm chart. Learn more

Venafi Connection 0.0.20 released

26 March 2024

This release includes updates to some key dependencies, and confirms cross-namespace referencing as a product feature (formerly experimental). Learn More

CyberArk Privilege Cloud connector now available in TLS Protect Cloud

25 March 2024

The TLS Protect Cloud integration with CyberArk Privilege Cloud allows TLS Protect Cloud to access credentials stored in a CyberArk Privilege Cloud vault when performing functions like provisioning certificates to machines. This allows you to use TLS Protect Cloud to manage the certificate lifecycle on your machines while continuing to use CyberArk Privilege Cloud to manage privileged credentials. Learn more

Discover Now: On-Demand Enhanced Discovery

21 March 2024

Take the new Discover Now feature on a test drive! Discover Now is a significant enhancement for PKI administrators, giving you an immediate, on-demand certificate discovery. You no longer need to rely on scheduled certificate discoveries when you need to run an Enhanced Discovery immediately. With a simple click, initiate a discovery for up-to-the-minute results for the specified target machines. Learn more

Firefly 1.3.3 released

20 March 2024

Option for Firefly to derive its instance name from environment variables. Learn more

Venafi Kubernetes Agent 0.1.46 released

15 March 2024

This release includes a new PodDisruptionBudget Helm chart value, and the addition of labels for Venafi Enhanced Issuer clusterrole and clusterrolebinding. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.7.0 released

14 March 2024

This release includes support for custom OCI registries when connecting a cluster, new apply/delete commands for quick installs of Kubernetes components, new manifest tool template and diff commands, small bug fixes, and component default version updates. Learn more

Trust Manager 0.9.1 released

13 March 2024

This release includes a helm chart schema fix for the replicaCount field to assist further chart templating, as well as updates to support the s390x architecture. Learn more

Venafi Enhanced Issuer 0.13.1 released

12 March 2024

This patch release further improves Venafi Enhanced Issuer's security by updating the version of Go used by the product to v1.21.8. Learn more

Venafi Enhanced Issuer 0.13.0 released

11 March 2024

You can now annotate the certificate resources in Kubernetes with your team’s mailing list email so that TLS Protect Datacenter warns you when the certificate fails to be renewed or is about to expire. Learn more

TLS Protect Datacenter integration with Venafi Control Plane

7 March 2024

This integration allows you to effortlessly connect your TLS Protect Datacenter instance with Venafi Control Plane, and to view all cluster certificates directly within their TLS Protect Datacenter instance. Learn more

cert-manager 1.14.4 released

7 March 2024

This release includes support for creating X.509 certificates with Other Name fields, well as support for creating CA certificates with Name Constraints and Authority Information Accessors extensions. Learn more

Trust Manager 0.9.0 released

7 March 2024

This release adds support for the s390x architecture for Trust Manager. A new crds.keep option was added to reduce the risk of losing important data when uninstalling Trust Manager. This release also fixes an issue which broke passwordless PKCS#12 files when read by Java, as well as an issue with certificate deduplication when certs were present in multiple sources. Learn more

Approver Policy Enterprise 0.14.0 released

7 March 2024

This release incorporates changes made in Approver Policy 0.13.0, including changes to Helm chart values to prevent accidental deletion of CRDs, and a new PodDisruptionBudget Helm chart value. Platform engineers can also now set Topology Spread Constraints using Helm chart values. Learn more.

Approver Policy 0.13.0 released

6 March 2024

This release sees changes to Helm chart values to prevent accidental deletion of CRDs, as well as a new PodDisruptionBudget Helm chart value. Platform engineers can also now set Topology Spread Constraints using a Helm chart values. Learn more

Workflow approvals: Continue processing options after an exception

27 Feb 2024

When creating or editing a certificate approval workflow, you can now control what happens after a rule with an exception matches a certificate request. You can choose to either continue evaluating other approval rules, or you can choose to stop evaluating other approval rules. Learn more

Oracle Linux version 8 for Common Keystore machines

27 February 2024

Oracle Linux version 8 (or later) is now a supported operating system for Common Keystore machines. Learn more

Certificate auto-renewal for Google certificate manager

27 February 2024

Certificates provisioned to Google certificate manager will be automatically renewed and provisioned when assigned to an application with auto-renewal enabled. Learn more

Integrate connector into tenant environment

27 February 2024

With a tenant-specific connector, tenants can develop exclusive connectors that are inaccessible to others. This allows you to confidently test your connectors in a production environment before releasing them to customers. Learn more

Firefly 1.3.2 released

26 February 2024

Security fixes and introduced standard OCI annotations (labels) to the Firefly container image.

Venafi CLI tool 1.6.0 released

23 February 2024

This release includes service account creation for Firefly, default version updates for Venafi Kubernetes component installs, FIPS support for CSI Driver installs, as well as adding positional arguments for some commands, and improvements to logging and error messages. Learn more

cert-manager 1.14.3 released

23 February 2024

Release 1.14.3 of cert-manager fixes issues with JSON logging and the BER parser. Learn more

Venafi Connection 0.0.19 released

22 February 2024

You can now use the short name vc when interacting with Venafi Connection with kubectl. Learn more

NextGen Certificate Inventory Preview

16 February 2024

Venafi is working on an all-new certificate inventory to make finding and working with certificates faster and easier. This preview shows you how the new certificate inventory will work, but it doesn't yet allow you to take actions on certificates. The classic inventory will be retired once there is feature parity between the inventories. Learn more

Kubernetes Discovery

16 February 2024

Venafi Control Plane's Kubernetes Discovery feature is now generally available. Organizations can now integrate their Kubernetes environments with Venafi Control Plane, providing visibility into their cloud-native environments, and helping Security teams achieve consolidated management and operations across both their traditional and cloud-native environments.

Security and Platform teams can easily assess the overall health status of machine identities across their cloud-native environments, and zoom in to understand the specific usage and location of their machine identities. Learn more

Venafi Kubernetes Agent updates

9 February 2024

You can now add cluster name and description information to the Venafi Kubernetes Agent helm chart so that you can connect a cluster to Venafi Control Plane without using the UI or the Venafi CLI tool. Learn more

cert-manager CSI driver for SPIFFE 0.5.0 released

9 February 2024

The v0.5.0 release of CSI Driver for SPIFFE is the first that is based on cert-manager's Makefile modules system. This release also contains dependency updates, as well as updates to Chart.yaml properties to add artifacthub.io annotations. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.5.0 released

9 February 2024

The Venafi CLI tool has been enhanced to allow you to create service accounts in Venafi Control Plane specifically for Venafi Kubernetes Agents.

This release also includes a new venctl iam service-accounts list command that allows lists all the service accounts in the Venafi Control Plane, as well as updates to the way that the Venafi Manifest tool deploys cert-manager. Learn more

cert-manager CSI driver 0.7.1 released

8 February 2024

Release 0.7.1 of cert-manager CSI driver updates the Chart.yaml properties and makes minor updates to the README file. Learn more

cert-manager 1.14.2 released

8 February 2024

Release 1.14.2 of cert-manager fixes issues with cert-manager CA and SelfSigned issuers, as well as Helm logic in the product. Learn more

Firefly 1.3.1 released

7 February 2024

Helm charts for deploying Firefly have been enhanced to support configuring gRPC, GraphQL, and REST API servers. Learn more

Inject additional DNS SANs

7 February 2024

When you are creating a certificate, and you are using the option to generate the CSR and private key yourself, you can now add additional DNS SANs entries to the request using TLS Protect Cloud. These SANs entries will be appended to the existing SANs entries in the uploaded CSR. Learn more

Additional Linux support for VSatellite

5 February 2024

Oracle Linux 8.x and 9.x, and Rocky Linux 8.x and 9.x are now supported operating systems for VSatellite. This new support gives you more options and flexibility when getting VSatellite up and running in your environment. Learn more

cert-manager 1.14.1 released

2 February 2024

cert-manager 1.14.1 brings a variety of features, security improvements and bug fixes, including: support for creating X.509 certificates with Other Name fields, and support for creating CA certificates with Name Constraints and Authority Information Accessors extensions. Learn more

JKS Append option for Common Keystore machine

30 January 2024

The new Java KeyStores (JKS) append option offers the flexibility to overwrite or append certificates within your JKS Keystore according to your preferences. This functionality enables TLS Protect Cloud to provide multiple certificates to a single JKS store. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.4.0 released

25 January 2024

Release 1.4.0 of the Venafi CLI tool adds support for FIPS-compliant versions of Docker images for all Venafi components for Kubernetes. A --use-fips-images flag has been added to the venctl components kubernetes manifest generate command to install the desired component using the FIPS-compliant version of the component Docker image. Learn more

Importing certificates from custom CAs via EJBCA

19 January 2024

You can now create custom CA connections via EJBCA, and import certificates from the certificate authority either on demand, or on a pre-configured schedule. Learn more

Bulk approval of certificate approvals

18 January 2024

When you have a lot of certificates that require approval, it can be time consuming to respond to each of them individually. {{ vc }} now allows you to multi-select approval requests so you can approve multiple certificates at once. Learn more

Venafi CLI tool 1.3.2 released

15 January 2024

Release 1.3.2 of the Venafi CLI tool adds a new venctl iam service-accounts show command for listing all service accounts in the Venafi Control Plane. Learn more

This release also includes changes that improve logging, as well as fixes for some minor bugs.

Certificate auto-renewal for cloud keystores

9 January 2024

Certificates provisioned to AWS Certificate Manager and Azure Key Vault will be automatically renewed and provisioned when they are assigned to an application that has auto-renewal enabled. Learn more about auto-renewal.