Real-World Applications

Internal TLS for the way you work

Certman is your private certificate authority in the cloud — designed to eliminate the complexity of TLS certificate management for home labs, development teams, and internal infrastructure.

Home Lab & Self-Hosted Infrastructure

Running a home lab with Proxmox, Unraid, TrueNAS, or Docker? Stop seeing browser security warnings on your self-hosted services.

Secure NAS and storage servers

Encrypt traffic to Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS, or any NAS with trusted HTTPS

Protect network infrastructure

Issue certificates for pfSense, OPNsense, UniFi, and router admin panels

Enable HTTPS for home automation

Secure Home Assistant, Node-RED, Homebridge, and IoT dashboards

Encrypt media server traffic

Add TLS to Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, and Sonarr/Radarr

Secure development environments

Local Kubernetes clusters, GitLab, Gitea, and CI/CD tools

Developer & DevOps Automation

Integrate certificate issuance directly into your workflows. Certman provides a modern REST API for complete automation.

CI/CD pipeline integration

Automatically issue certificates during deployment with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins

Infrastructure as Code

Provision certificates via API calls in Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi scripts

Kubernetes workloads

Generate certificates for internal services, ingress controllers, and service mesh

Development & staging environments

Mirror production TLS configurations without public CA costs

MCP-enabled AI assistants

Let Claude or other AI tools manage certificates on your behalf via the Model Context Protocol

Security-First Scenarios

For organizations that require strict key control, Certman offers Zero-Trust Mode and Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) workflows.

Zero-Trust CA protection

Passphrase-protect your CA so Certman cannot issue certificates without your explicit authorization — your passphrase is never stored

Mutual TLS (mTLS)

Authenticate both clients and servers — perfect for microservices, zero-trust networks, and VPN authentication

Air-gapped key generation

Generate private keys locally, submit CSRs to Certman, and keep keys isolated on your hardware

IoT device certificates

Issue unique certificates for each device in your fleet for strong device identity and authentication

Compliance & audit trails

Complete visibility into certificate issuance and revocation with immutable audit logs

Small Teams & Startups

Professional certificate management that doesn't require a dedicated PKI team. Grown-up tooling without the overhead.

Multi-tenant workspaces

Separate CAs and certificates by project, environment, or client

Role-based access control

Owner, admin, and member roles with granular permissions

Granular API scopes

Create API keys with per-CA permissions — read, issue, or revoke only what's needed

Centralized certificate dashboard

Track expiration dates, revocation status, and certificate inventory in one place

Why Choose Certman?

Built for simplicity without sacrificing power

Set up in minutes

Create your first CA and issue certificates in under 5 minutes

No OpenSSL required

Forget complex command-line certificate generation

Zero-Trust Mode

Optional passphrase protection — only you can issue certificates

OCSP & CRL support

Real-time revocation checking built in

Beautiful, modern UI

Dark-first design inspired by UniFi OS

Unlimited certificates

Issue as many certificates as you need under each CA

Ready to secure your infrastructure?

Create your own Certificate Authority and start issuing trusted certificates in under five minutes. No scripts. No chaos.

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