TLS Certificate Management and PKI
Hello! This project is a TLS/X.509 certificate manager and PKI. Designed to provision and install your TLS certificates across public and private endpoints. It's something I created for my home lab, but has quickly expanded as I have been experimenting more and more with AI development tooling. You can see the product overview: https://www.zaita.com It's architecture and usage is nicely documented: https://docs.zaita.com Unfortunately, you do need to sign up to have a play, but there is a demo instance that doesn't require a credit card. Just enter an email (I won't…
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TLS Certificate Management and PKI is a certificate manager and public key infrastructure tool that provisions and installs TLS certificates across public and private endpoints. It was originally built for home lab use but has expanded to support AI development tooling. The system includes network discovery capabilities and handles certificate management for environments like Docker containers. It is designed for users who need certificate management outside of enterprise-focused solutions, with comprehensive documentation and a demo instance available.
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Hello! This project is a TLS/X.509 certificate manager and PKI. Designed to provision and install your TLS certificates across public and private endpoints. It's something I created for my home lab, but has quickly expanded as I have been experimenting more and more with AI development tooling. You can see the product overview: https://www.zaita.com It's architecture and usage is nicely documented: https://docs.zaita.com Unfortunately, you do need to sign up to have a play, but there is a demo instance that doesn't require a credit card. Just enter an email (I won't send you any emails) and password. Keen for feedback. I've found the major players in the industry are only interested in Enterprise arrangements. I wanted something I could use in my home lab across my many docker containers etc, but still had cool features like network discovery and certificate transparency log scanning.
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