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 from our latest release:
wget https://github.com/smallstep/cli/releases/download/v0.15.3/step-cli_0.15.3_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i step-cli_0.15.3_amd64.debInstall
step-caDownload and install the Debian package from our latest release:
wget https://github.com/smallstep/certificates/releases/download/v0.15.4/step-certificates_0.15.4_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i step-certificates_0.15.4_amd64.deb
Arch Linux
We are using the Arch User Repository to
distribute step and step-ca binaries for Arch Linux.
You can use pacman to install the packages.
RHEL/CentOS
Install
stepDownload and install the Linux tarball from our latest release:
wget -o step-cli.tar.gz https://github.com/smallstep/cli/releases/download/v0.15.3/step_linux_0.15.3_amd64.tar.gz tar -xf step-cli.tar.gz sudo cp step_0.15.3/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/v0.15.4/step-certificates_linux_0.15.4_amd64.tar.gz tar -xf step-ca.tar.gz sudo cp step-certificates_0.15.4/bin/step /usr/bin
See the systemctl setup section for a guide on configuring step-ca as a daemon.
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.
