# CertManagerResource Properties

- Package: [Aspire.Hosting.Kubernetes](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.kubernetes.md)
- Type: [CertManagerResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.kubernetes/certmanagerresource.md)
- Kind: `Properties`
- Members: `2`

Represents a cert-manager installation on a Kubernetes environment.

## HelmChart

- Name: `HelmChart`
- Modifiers: `get`
- Returns: [KubernetesHelmChartResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.kubernetes/kuberneteshelmchartresource.md)
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/becb48e2d61099e35ae336d527d3875e928d6594/src/Aspire.Hosting.Kubernetes/CertManagerResource.cs#L75)

Gets the underlying Helm chart resource used to install cert-manager. Use this to layer additional Helm values via `WithHelmChartValues` or to inspect chart metadata. The chart name and version are fixed at construction time and cannot be changed through this property.

```csharp
public KubernetesHelmChartResource HelmChart { get; }
```

## Parent

- Name: `Parent`
- Modifiers: `get`
- Returns: [KubernetesEnvironmentResource](/reference/api/csharp/aspire.hosting.kubernetes/kubernetesenvironmentresource.md)
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire/blob/becb48e2d61099e35ae336d527d3875e928d6594/src/Aspire.Hosting.Kubernetes/CertManagerResource.cs#L67)

Gets the parent Kubernetes environment that hosts cert-manager.

```csharp
public KubernetesEnvironmentResource Parent { get; }
```