step-ca

step-ca

Alternative to HashiCorp Vault

An automated, ACME-compatible certificate authority for services and machines

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🛡️ A private certificate authority (X.509 & SSH) & ACME server for secure automated certificate management, so you can use TLS everywhere & SSO for SSH.

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Free alternative to HashiCorp Vault

step-ca is a free, open-source alternative to HashiCorp Vault. Here's why:

  • ⚙️ Automated TLS
  • 🤝 ACME protocol
  • 🖥️ Machine ID
  • 🔒 Secure SSH/TLS
  • ✨ Simple PKI
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