# Certificate Manager

IONOS Cloud offers the Certificate Manager, a tool that simplifies the management of Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificates for websites and applications. It streamlines the process of obtaining, installing, and renewing certificates, ensuring secure web traffic and the protection of sensitive data transmitted between users and web servers.

## Product Overview

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Certificate Manager</strong></mark></td><td>Learn to create, renew, and manage SSL/TLS certificates for secure communication and data encryption.</td><td><a href="certificate-manager/overview">overview</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Quick Links

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>DCD How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to create and manage certificates and ACME Providers via the DCD.</td><td><a href="certificate-manager/dcd-how-tos">dcd-how-tos</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>API How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to create and manage certificates and ACME Providers via the API.</td><td><a href="certificate-manager/api-how-tos">api-how-tos</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Developer Tools

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Certificate Manager Service API (2.0)</strong></mark></td><td>API documentation for the Certificate Manager (v2) endpoints.</td><td><a href="https://api.ionos.com/docs/certificatemanager/v2/">https://api.ionos.com/docs/certificatemanager/v2/</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Certificate Manager SDKs</strong></mark></td><td>SDK documentation for the Certificate Manager.</td><td><a href="https://docs.ionos.com/reference/software-development-kits/sdks/certificate-manager-sdks">https://docs.ionos.com/reference/software-development-kits/sdks/certificate-manager-sdks</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Config Management Tools</strong></mark></td><td>Terraform documentation for Certificate Manager.</td><td><a href="https://docs.ionos.com/reference/config-management-tools/config-management-tools">https://docs.ionos.com/reference/config-management-tools/config-management-tools</a></td></tr></tbody></table>