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Smallstep CLI

Smallstep

Toolkit for working with certificates, tokens, and cryptographic operations for zero-trust security.

Security & IdentityJSON
docsrepo.json
01Install
brew install step
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02Global Flags
FlagTypeDescription
--formatenum [json, text, pem]Output format
--ca-urlstringCertificate authority URL
--rootstringPath to root certificate
--offlinebooleanCreate certificates without contacting a CA
03Authentication
Methods
config-file
Config files
~/.step/config/defaults.json
Setupstep ca bootstrap --ca-url <url> --fingerprint <fp>
Docssmallstep.com/docs/step-cli/reference/ca/bootstrap
04Capabilities
AuthenticationSecrets Management
Reference
binarystep
checkstep version
authconfig-file
formatstext, pem
json flag--format json