Block new Linked CA creation in step ca init by tashian · Pull Request #1559 · smallstep/cli
Remove support for creating new Linked CA deployments: - Remove "linked" from --deployment-type flag options - Return clear error when --deployment-type=linked is used - Remove "Linked" from interactive deployment type selection - Update help text to point users to Step CA Pro Existing Linked CAs can still run (via certificates repo) but new ones cannot be created in open-source step-ca. This is phase 1 of removing Linked CA from open-source step-ca. A future release will remove the functionality entirely. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
tashian added a commit to smallstep/docs that referenced this pull request
Jan 29, 2026
Update documentation to clarify that linked CA functionality is now available exclusively through Step CA Pro, not open-source step-ca. Related PRs: - smallstep/certificates#2554 - smallstep/cli#1559 PRO-331 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add complete migration workflow using the new step-ca import command to the Linked CA deprecation section. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Cover the linked deployment type deprecation error and other deployment type validation paths. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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