[Unit] Description=step-ca service Documentation=https://smallstep.com/docs/step-ca Documentation=https://smallstep.com/docs/step-ca/certificate-authority-server-production After=network-online.target Wants=network-online.target StartLimitIntervalSec=30 StartLimitBurst=3 ConditionFileNotEmpty=/etc/step-ca/config/ca.json ConditionFileNotEmpty=/etc/step-ca/password.txt [Service] Type=simple User=step Group=step Environment=STEPPATH=/etc/step-ca WorkingDirectory=/etc/step-ca ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/step-ca config/ca.json --password-file password.txt ExecReload=/bin/kill --signal HUP $MAINPID Restart=on-failure RestartSec=5 TimeoutStopSec=30 StartLimitInterval=30 StartLimitBurst=3 ; Process capabilities & privileges AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE SecureBits=keep-caps NoNewPrivileges=yes ; Sandboxing ; This works with YubiKey PIV (via pcscd), and presumably with YubiHSM2 via http connector ProtectSystem=full ProtectHome=true RestrictNamespaces=true RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6 PrivateTmp=true ProtectClock=true ProtectControlGroups=true ProtectKernelTunables=true ProtectKernelLogs=true ProtectKernelModules=true LockPersonality=true RestrictSUIDSGID=true RemoveIPC=true RestrictRealtime=true PrivateDevices=true SystemCallFilter=@system-service MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true ReadWriteDirectories=/etc/step-ca/db [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target