---
title: "TLS"
description: "Choose inbound TLS for publishing VM services or outbound TLS for connections from a VM."
url: "https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls"
index: "https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/llms.txt"
onboard: "https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/onboard.md" # if you don't have the freestyle-docs skill, follow this doc
---

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TLS rules grant named routes through the Freestyle edge. Choose the direction
from the VM's perspective:

- **[Inbound TLS](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound):** publish a VM's port to public clients.
- **[Outbound TLS](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound):** connect from a VM to APIs,
  databases, proxies, or another VM, with optional credential injection.


## Inbound TLS

- <span id="publish-a-domain-to-a-vm" />[Publish A Domain To A VM](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#publish-a-domain-to-a-vm)
- <span id="publish-a-minecraft-server" />[Publish A Minecraft Server](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#publish-a-minecraft-server)
- <span id="publish-a-port-with-your-own-certificate" />[Publish A Port With Your Own Certificate](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#publish-a-port-with-your-own-certificate)
- <span id="publish-a-mailbox" />[Publish A Mailbox](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#publish-a-mailbox)
- <span id="publish-a-database" />[Publish A Database](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#publish-a-database)


## Outbound TLS

- <span id="reach-a-domain-with-a-secret-injected" />[Reach A Domain With A Secret Injected](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#reach-a-domain-with-a-secret-injected)
- <span id="configure-client-certificate-trust" />[Configure Client Certificate Trust](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#configure-client-certificate-trust)
- <span id="reach-a-database-with-credentials-injected" />[Reach A Database With Credentials Injected](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#reach-a-database-with-credentials-injected)
- <span id="scope-s3-access-without-giving-the-vm-credentials" />[Scope S3 Access Without Giving The VM Credentials](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#scope-s3-access-without-giving-the-vm-credentials)
- <span id="custom-endpoints-and-shared-repositories" />[Custom Endpoints And Shared Repositories](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#custom-endpoints-and-shared-repositories)
- <span id="supported-request-formats" />[Supported Request Formats](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#supported-request-formats)
- <span id="match-http-egress-requests" />[Match HTTP Egress Requests](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#match-http-egress-requests)
- <span id="transform-json-request-bodies" />[Transform JSON Request Bodies](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#transform-json-request-bodies)
- <span id="send-a-vm-out-through-your-own-proxy" />[Send A VM Out Through Your Own Proxy](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#send-a-vm-out-through-your-own-proxy)
- <span id="connect-one-vm-to-another-by-name" />[Connect One VM To Another By Name](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#connect-one-vm-to-another-by-name)
- <span id="rotating-a-secret" />[Rotating A Secret](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#rotating-a-secret)


## Managing Rules

- <span id="source-and-destination" />Source And Destination: [inbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#source-and-destination) · [outbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#source-and-destination).
- <span id="declaring-rules-with-a-vm" />Declaring Rules With A VM: [inbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#declaring-rules-with-a-vm) · [outbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#declaring-rules-with-a-vm).
- <span id="list-get-and-delete" />List, Get, And Delete: [inbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#list-get-and-delete) · [outbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#list-get-and-delete).
- <span id="from-the-cli" />From The CLI: [inbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#from-the-cli) · [outbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#from-the-cli).
- <span id="lifecycle" />Lifecycle: [inbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#lifecycle) · [outbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#lifecycle).
- <span id="whats-not-built-yet" />What's Not Built Yet: [inbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-inbound#limits) · [outbound](https://www.freestyle.sh/docs/vms/network/tls-outbound#limits).