Create a Self Signed CA and Cert with ECDSA
Create a Self Signed CA and Cert with ECDSA for Your Homelab Ever wanted to secure your homelab with your own Certificate Authority (CA)? In this guide, I’ll walk you through creating a modern, ECDSA-based self-signed CA and using it to issue certificates for your home network. This approach lets you generate as many trusted certificates as you need for your devices and services, all under your own local domain (e.g., mypc.mynet ). Why a Self-Signed CA? A self-signed CA gives you full control over your network’s trust model. Instead of relying on public CAs, you can issue and manage certificates for every server, device, or service in your homelab. This is especially useful for internal services, dashboards, and devices that don’t need public exposure. Step 1: Initialize the CA Directory Structure First, let’s set up a dedicated directory for your CA. This is your CA’s workspace, where all keys, certificates, and supporting files will live. You can place this directory anywh...
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