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General FAQ

General FAQ

The most common questions asked about Smallstep.

Welcome to Smallstep FAQs

Is Smallstep Hiring?

Can I install and use Step on Windows OS?

Smallstep Dashboard

Can I use OneLogin for Dashboard authentication?

Are multiple identity providers supported for client authentication to SSH Hosts?

I forgot my Dashboard Team ID account name.

Changing a Dashboard Admin email address

Deleting a Smallstep Account

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Certificate Manager

Smallstep Certificate Manager Pricing

What are templates and how do I use them

Does Smallstep store private keys generated from the Dashboard?

Revoking a Certificate

Create a Certificate using Certificate Manager

What types of certificates does Certificate Manager (step-ca) issue?

Specifying RSA key length or size

Can I issue SSH Certificates with Certificate Manager

How are SSH certificates different from X.509 certificates?

What's the difference between step-ca and Smallstep Certificate Manager?

Learning more about certificates and PKI

Do you have a training academy?

Does step-ca support certificate provisioning options other than ACME?

Does Smallstep support Device Attestation (MDA)?

How much does Smallstep cost?

What is Remote Management?

How to deploy ACME in an internal network

What if I need tokens that last more than one hour?

Can smallstep to generate an RSA-based certificate?

Migrate From Microsoft AD CS

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SSH Professional

Using PuTTy to connect to SSH Hosts

Break glass procedure for reaching SSH hosts in an emergency

Can I register a bastion as a host as well as a client?

Recovering the SSH Host Enrollment Token

Connecting via SSH using Azure, Google, or OKTA

How to Inspect SSH Certificates

View principals on a host certificate

How to check if a certificate has been issued for a specific host.

Can I use Mobaxterm with Step SSH?

Can I use SSH on a port other than the default port 22?

Accessing SSH Hosts using SecureCRT

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Step CLI

Installing step on Ubuntu

Installing Step as a Linux binary

MacOS Version Support

What versions of Linux does Step CLI support?

Do you have a command reference for Step CLI?

How to completely uninstall `step` from a user's computer.

Do I edit the ca.json directly?

Package Managers for Smallstep Installers

How to debug Step CLI commands in Windows PowerShell

Where do I store templates?

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Security and Compliance

Is Smallstep SOC 2 Compliant?

Open Source

Is there support for open-source projects?

Where can I find the step source code?

On-Premises (On-Prem)

What is Smallstep Run Anywhere?

What is Smallstep VM Appliance?