---
name: "tinyca"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tinyca"
version: "0.6.8-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tinyca"
---

# tinyca(1)

Very simple Certification Authority

## NAME

tinyca - Very simple Certification Authority

## SYNOPSIS

**tinyca**

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **tinyca** command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**tinyca** is a very simple Certification Authority.  It features a graphical interface to create Certificate Requests, sign them with the key of the Certificate Authority and export the signed certificate and the corresponding keys in various formats.

Upon first invocation, information for a new Certificate Authority is generated.

## OPTIONS

Tinyca has no commandline options.

## FILES

- /etc/tinyca/openssl.cnf

  Openssl configuration for tinyca

- \~/.TinyCA/

  Storage place for the different CAs

## SEE ALSO

**[openssl(1)](/openssl/1.md).**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Ulrich Scholler \<scholler@fnb.tu-darmstadt.de\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).