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step-ca is an online Certificate Authority for secure, automated X.509 and SSH certificate management. It is the server counterpart to the step CLI, secured with TLS, and offers configurable provisioners, flexible templating, and pluggable database backends. Teams use step-ca to automate certificate issuance and renewal, enable ACME support for private infrastructure, and issue short-lived SSH certificates as well as customized X.509 and SSH certificates (including OAuth/OpenID Connect single sign-on).
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Smallstep step-ca is purpose-built as an online private CA for automated X.509 certificate management.
Smallstep step-ca — Best overall for dedicated internal PKI and ACME automation.