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Smallstep Solutions Documentation

Smallstep Solutions Documentation

Product Documentation for Smallstep CLI, Device Identity, Step CA Pro, Certificate Manager, SSH Professional, On-premises, and Smallstep Dashboard.

Step CA Pro

Linking Step CA Pro with Smallstep and Smallstep RunAnywhere

What distinguishes Step CA Pro from Open Source step-ca?

Step CLI

Step CLI Releases

Can I install and use Step on Windows OS?

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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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

OKTA Redirect Error using OIDC Provisioner

Create a new Certificate Authority or an intermediate CA from your existing PKI (BYOR)

Getting Started with Certificate Manager

How do I remove/delete an Authority from the Dashboard?

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SSH Professional

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

Setting up SSH for end users

How does Smallstep SSH work?

Configure Default Shell on SSH Hosts (OKTA)

Granting SSO access to hosts with Identity Providers like Azure, Google Workspace, or OKTA

Configure Default Home Directory on SSH Hosts (OKTA)

step-ssh-metadata service logging level

Can't SSH to registered host VM in GCP

client_input_hostkeys: received duplicated [xxx] host key

Troubleshooting SSH host & client-side errors

error connecting with ssh-agent (Windows)

401 Unauthorized Error when using SSO to log into the Dashboard

How to upgrade the step-ssh utilities on an existing host

Entra ID SSO Custom Attributes to Smallstep

Running step commands on Arch Linux

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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

How can I implement automated password change policies?

Accessing the Dashboard using an identity provider (IdP)

Set up Dashboard access using SSO

Removing a Dashboard Admin

Add/Update Invoice payment method

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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?

Security and Compliance

Is Smallstep SOC 2 Compliant?