step-ca preinstalled for AWS. The open source private online certificate authority for X.509 and ACME from Smallstep, on Ubuntu 24.04, with a fresh per instance CA generated on first boot. Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.
## step-ca by cloudimg
step-ca is an open source private online certificate authority and ACME server from Smallstep. It issues and renews X.509 certificates for your internal services and supports automated certificate management with ACME. This Amazon Machine Image delivers step-ca and the step CLI fully installed. The release available is step-ca 0.30.2.
## Secure First Boot
A brand new certificate authority with fresh root and intermediate keys and rotated passwords is generated on first boot, unique to that instance. The CA material lives on a dedicated resizable data volume.
## cloudimg Support
Every cloudimg image includes 24/7 technical support.