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TLS Certificate Management and PKI

TLS Certificate Management and PKI

by zaitanz·May 22, 2026·10 points·0 comments
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●●●BangerSolve My ProblemDark Horse

Finally, a certificate manager that works for home labs, not just enterprises.

Strengths
  • •Network discovery and CT log scanning automate certificate tracking.
  • •Built-in private PKI removes the need for separate CA infrastructure.
  • •Addresses the shrinking certificate lifespan mandate proactively.
Weaknesses
  • •Requires sign-up to test, creating friction for quick evaluation.
  • •Competing against free tools like Certbot for simple use cases.
Category
Security
Target Audience

DevOps engineers, Home lab users

Similar To

Smallstep · Venafi · Certbot

Post Description

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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