EX280 Security And SCC Practice Question
An administrator needs to secure a Route using a custom wildcard certificate. The certificate and private key are stored in a TLS Secret named wildcard-tls-secret in the same namespace as the Route. Which section of the Route manifest should reference this Secret?
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
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spec.tls with termination: edge and certificate, key, and caCertificate fields pointing to the secret keys.
Custom TLS certificates for routes are configured under the spec.tls block of the Route resource, referencing the certificate and key components in a TLS secret.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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spec.backend.tlsSecret.
Why it's wrong here
This field does not exist in the Route API.
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spec.tls with termination: edge and certificate, key, and caCertificate fields pointing to the secret keys.
Why this is correct
The spec.tls block defines the termination strategy and references the secret keys.
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spec.wildcardPolicy with secretName: wildcard-tls-secret.
Why it's wrong here
wildcardPolicy handles routing behavior for wildcards, not certificate binding.
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metadata.annotations using the route.openshift.io/tls-secret annotation.
Why it's wrong here
Annotations are not used to attach TLS secrets to standard routes.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Red Hat exam blueprint
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