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- Configure popular ACME clients to use a private CA
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step-cain a Docker container - Federate multiple autonomous certificate authorities
Products
Open Source
- Configure popular ACME clients to use a private CA
- Use Kubernetes cert-manager with
step-ca - Issue X.509 host certificates to cloud VMs
- Issue X.509 user certificates via your identity provider
- Create a CA that uses RSA keys
- Import an existing root or intermediate CA into
step-ca - Use Keycloak to issue SSH certificates with step-ca
- Run an SSH CA and connect to VMs using SSH certificates
- Use AWS to deploy a certificate authority and secure microservices
- Run
step-cain a Docker container - Federate multiple autonomous certificate authorities
step certificate install
Name
step certificate install -- install a root certificate in the system truststore
Usage
step certificate install <crt-file>
[--prefix=<name>] [--all]
[--java] [--firefox] [--no-system]
Description
step certificate install installs a root certificate in the system truststore.
Java and Firefox truststores are also supported via the respective flags.
Positional arguments
crt-file
Certificate to install in the system truststore
Options
--prefix=name
The prefix used to name the CA in the truststore. Defaults to the
certificate common name.
--java install on the Java key store
--firefox install on the Firefox NSS security database
--no-system disables the install on the system truststore
--all install on the system, Firefox and Java truststores
Examples
Install a certificate in the system truststore:
$ step certificate install root-ca.pem
Install a certificate in all the supported truststores:
$ step certificate install --all root-ca.pem
Install a certificate in Firefox and the system truststore:
$ step certificate install --firefox root--ca.pem
Install a certificate in Java and the system truststore:
$ step certificate install --java root-ca.pem
Install a certificate in Firefox, Java, but not in the system truststore:
$ step certificate install --firefox --java --no-system root-ca.pem
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