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docs: Unable to Connect When Using cert-manager for TLS Termination

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#5,657 opened on Apr 3, 2025

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Description: Encountering the following error while testing the gateway: `curl -kv -HHost:www.example.com https://127.0.0.1/get

  • Trying 127.0.0.1:443...
  • connect to 127.0.0.1 port 443 from 127.0.0.1 port 51950 failed: Connection refused
  • Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 443 after 0 ms: Couldn't connect to server
  • Closing connection curl: (7) Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 443 after 0 ms: Couldn't connect to server`

Page: https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/docs/tasks/security/tls-cert-manager/

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Reproduce the issue by following the documented steps. Verify that cert manager is installed and the TLS secret is correctly created. Check the Envoy pod logs for TLS errors.
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