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Dogtag Certificate System

dogtagpki.org

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Purpose
Dogtag is an enterprise-class open source certificate authority for deploying PKI at scale.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org
Intended users
The site describes Dogtag as a collection of technologies for enterprises deploying PKI on a large scale.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org
Deployment
The project README gives Fedora installation commands and points to deployment instructions for subsystems, clones, and HSMs.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com
Security
The project describes the system as hardened by real-world deployments.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org
License
The project README identifies the software license as GPL-2.0.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com
Certificate lifecycle
It supports certificate issuance, revocation, retrieval, certificate revocation list generation and publishing, and certificate profiles.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org
Directory storage
Dogtag requires access to a 389 Directory Server for storage, either locally or over the network.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org
Enrollment protocols
The project lists ACME, CMC, EST, and SCEP responders among its features.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com
Key recovery
The system supports encryption key archival and recovery.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org
REST API
The site links a programming guide for developers writing clients against Dogtag's REST interface.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org
Smartcards
Smartcard lifecycle features include token profiles, enrollment, on-hold handling, key recovery, and formatting.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org
Subsystems
The suite includes a Certificate Authority, Key Recovery Authority, OCSP Responder, Token Key Service, Token Processing System, and ACME Responder.Read 8 Oct 2026 · github.com
Support and community
The project directs users to documentation, mailing lists, and online IRC chat for help and community participation.Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org

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Dogtag Certificate System Free Open source certificate authority software · Requires access to 389 Directory Server Read 8 Oct 2026 · dogtagpki.org

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