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Certificate Authority

A step-by-step record of building a private certificate authority stack with DNS, Smallstep, and Caddy.

4 articles

Tech Guide Infrastructure
Published 4 Aug 2025

Part 4 - Setting up Caddy Reverse Proxy

Part four of the certificate authority series, covering Caddy as the reverse proxy in front of the rest of the stack.

Certificate Authority
Tech Guide Certificates
Published 4 Aug 2025

Part 3 - Setting up Smallstep CA

Part three of the certificate authority series, setting up Smallstep CA and the supporting host configuration around it.

Certificate Authority
Tech Guide Certificates
Published 3 Aug 2025

Part 2 - Setting up AdGuard Home

Part two of the certificate authority series, covering AdGuard Home as the DNS layer for the environment.

Certificate Authority
Tech Guide Certificates
Published 30 Jul 2025

Part 1 - Custom CA with Smallstep on a VPS

Part one of the certificate authority series, outlining the VPS-based custom CA plan and the first pieces of the setup.

Certificate Authority

Notes on gaming, technology, and projects by Vicknesh Suppramaniam.

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