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[EKS] [OIDC]: Support idp with self signed certificate

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**Tell us about your request**

The new OIDC for EKS requires a commercially signed certificate on the IdP. There's no way to specify a certificate for the authority. Many enterprises have an internal CA that they use for web applications. A self hosted identity provider in an enterprise is likely to have a self-signed CA.

**Which service(s) is this request for?**
EKS

**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**

Use EKS OIDC with a self-hosted idp using an internal CA.

**Are you currently working around this issue?**
Using impersonation with a reverse proxy in front of the API server

**Additional context**
Anything else we should know?

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the EKS OIDC integration and how certificate trust is configured for the identity provider. Compare that with the reverse-proxy impersonation workaround described in the issue; done means EKS OIDC can use an identity provider backed by an internal or self-signed CA.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
aws, kubernetes
Domain
authentication, cloud, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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