helm repo add jetstack https://charts.jetstack.io Install CRDs (option 1) manually: kubectl apply -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.7.0/cert-manager.crds.yaml Or install with helm --set installCRDs=true helm install cert-manager jetstack/cert-manager --namespace cert-manager --create-namespace --set installCRDs=true