Installation
It's trivial to install the step-ca binary on your local machine.
Select your operating system or infrastructure:
Install step and step-ca together, via Homebrew:
brew install step
Debian
Install
stepDownload and install the Debian package for your platform from our latest release:
wget https://github.com/smallstep/cli/releases/download/v0.16.0/step-cli_0.16.0_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i step-cli_0.16.0_amd64.debInstall
step-caDownload and install the Debian package for your platform from our latest release:
wget https://github.com/smallstep/certificates/releases/download/v0.16.0/step-ca_0.16.0_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i step-ca_0.16.0_amd64.deb
To configure step-ca as a daemon, see our systemd configuration guide.
To uninstall, run dpkg -r step-cli step-ca and remove the configuration directory $HOME/.step.
Arch Linux
There are community-driven Arch Linux packages in the Arch User Repository.
You can use pacman to install the packages.
pacman -S step-cli step-ca
The binary tarballs can be found here:
Big shout out to the maintainers of these packages! We appreciate you.
To uninstall, run pacman -R step-ca step-cli and remove the configuration directory $HOME/.step.
Alpine Linux
There are community driven Alpine Linux Packages for step and step-ca.
Use apk to install step:
apk add step-cli step-certificates
To uninstall, run apk del step-cli step-certificates and remove the $HOME/.step configuration directory.
The binary tarballs can be found here:
Big shout out to the maintainers of these packages! We appreciate you.
NixOS
There are community-maintained packages for NixOS 21.05:
FreeBSD
There are community-maintained packages for FreeBSD:
Here's an installation transcript for installing both packages in a FreeBSD jail.
Big shout out to the maintainers of these packages! We appreciate you.
Linux (other)
Install
stepDownload and install the Linux tarball from our latest release:
wget -O step.tar.gz https://github.com/smallstep/cli/releases/download/v0.15.16/step_linux_0.15.16_amd64.tar.gz tar -xf step.tar.gz sudo cp step_0.15.16/bin/step /usr/binInstall
step-caDownload and install the Linux tarball from our latest release:
wget -O step-ca.tar.gz https://github.com/smallstep/certificates/releases/download/v0.15.14/step-ca_linux_0.15.14_amd64.tar.gz tar -xf step-ca.tar.gz sudo cp step-ca_0.15.14/bin/step-ca /usr/bin
To configure step-ca as a daemon, see our systemd configuration guide.
We publish helm charts for easy installation on kubernetes:
helm install step-certificates
You can see all the configuration options at https://hub.helm.sh/charts/smallstep/step-certificates.
We publish docker images for easy container installation.
$ step version
Smallstep CLI/0.10.0 (darwin/amd64)
Release Date: 2019-04-30 19:01 UTC
$ step-ca version
Smallstep CA/0.10.0 (darwin/amd64)
Release Date: 2019-04-30 19:02 UTC
- Learn about the core concepts and design principles behind
step-ca. - Read the Getting Started guide to set up a CA and get your first certificate.
