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Per Phase 1 audit at cowork/docs-overhaul-phase-1-audit-2026-05-04/
and the section-by-section plan in testing-guide-tumor.md.
testing-guide.md was 30% of all docs/ content (8268 lines) but was
integration test code written in markdown, not operator documentation.
The audit's tumor analysis disposed of every Part:
- ~65% DELETE (test cases that already exist in code)
- ~22% MOVE to inline test code
- ~8% KEEP-COMPRESSED into focused operator-runbook docs
- Title + contents + release sign-off ~5% KEEP
This commit ships the KEEP-COMPRESSED dispersal:
docs/contributor/qa-prerequisites.md (NEW, ~120 lines):
From testing-guide.md "Prerequisites" section. Stack boot procedure,
demo data baseline, reference IDs operators reuse across QA docs.
docs/contributor/gui-qa-checklist.md (NEW, ~105 lines):
From testing-guide.md "Part 35: GUI Testing". Manual GUI verification
pass for release sign-off. 25-row table covering every dashboard page.
docs/contributor/release-sign-off.md (NEW, ~130 lines):
From testing-guide.md "Release Sign-Off" section (originally 1009
lines of per-test detail tables). Compressed to a release-day
checklist organized by gate category: code state, automated gates,
manual QA passes, release artefact verification, branch protection,
post-release.
docs/operator/performance-baselines.md (NEW, ~100 lines):
From testing-guide.md "Part 39: Performance Spot Checks". Four
operator-runnable benchmarks (API request handling, inventory list
pagination, scheduler tick, bulk revoke) with baseline numbers and
when-to-re-baseline guidance.
docs/operator/helm-deployment.md (NEW, ~120 lines):
From testing-guide.md "Part 52: Helm Chart Deployment". Operator
runbook for the bundled deploy/helm/certctl/ chart: prereqs,
install, four cert-source patterns, verify, upgrade, troubleshooting.
docs/reference/cli.md (NEW, ~120 lines):
From testing-guide.md "Part 28: CLI Tool". certctl-cli command
reference with command-group breakdown, common workflows
(list/filter, renew, revoke, bulk import, EST enrollment, status),
output formats, CI/CD integration patterns.
docs/README.md navigation index updated to include the 6 new docs:
Reference section gains: cli.md, release-verification.md (was added
in Phase 13)
Operator section gains: helm-deployment.md, performance-baselines.md
Contributor section gains: qa-prerequisites.md, gui-qa-checklist.md,
release-sign-off.md
docs/testing-guide.md deleted. Git history preserves the 8268 lines —
if any specific test case is found missing from inline test code or
the destination docs during future work, lift from `git show
HEAD~1:docs/testing-guide.md`.
Net: docs/ total line count drops by ~7700 lines (28%), from 26,369
to 18,742. testing-guide.md was the single largest doc; pruning it is
the single biggest content-edit win of the entire restructure.
Phase 5 is the last major content phase. Remaining: Phase 4 follow-on
(per-connector page extractions from reference/connectors/index.md),
Phase 15 (WHAT/HOW/WHY remediation), Phase 16 (final acceptance gate).
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# certctl Documentation
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> Last reviewed: 2026-05-05
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The full docs index, organized by audience. Pick the section that matches what you need to do; each link below opens a focused doc rather than a wall of text.
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For the elevator pitch and quickstart commands, see the repo `README.md` at the root. For the marketing site, see [certctl.io](https://certctl.io).
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---
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## Getting Started
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You're new to certctl, just cloned the repo, or want to understand what it does before installing.
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| [Concepts](getting-started/concepts.md) | TLS certificates explained for beginners — CAs, ACME, EST, private keys, the full glossary |
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| [Quickstart](getting-started/quickstart.md) | Five-minute setup with Docker Compose, dashboard tour, API tour |
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| [Examples](getting-started/examples.md) | Five turnkey scenarios — ACME+NGINX, wildcard DNS-01, private CA+Traefik, step-ca+HAProxy, multi-issuer |
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| [Advanced demo](getting-started/advanced-demo.md) | End-to-end certificate lifecycle with technical depth at each step |
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| [Why certctl](getting-started/why-certctl.md) | Positioning vs ACME clients, agent-based SaaS, enterprise platforms; when to look elsewhere |
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## Reference
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You're operating certctl in production or building integrations and need authoritative technical detail.
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| [Architecture](reference/architecture.md) | System design, data flow, security model, deployment topologies |
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| [API](reference/api.md) | OpenAPI 3.1 spec, integration patterns, client SDK generation |
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| [CLI](reference/cli.md) | certctl-cli command reference and CI/CD integration patterns |
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| [MCP server](reference/mcp.md) | Model Context Protocol integration for AI assistants |
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| [Release verification](reference/release-verification.md) | Cosign / SLSA / SBOM verification procedure |
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| [Intermediate CA hierarchy](reference/intermediate-ca-hierarchy.md) | Multi-level CA tree management — RFC 5280 §3.2/§4.2.1.9/§4.2.1.10 enforcement |
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| [Deployment model](reference/deployment-model.md) | Atomic write, post-deploy verify, rollback semantics across all targets |
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| [Vendor matrix](reference/vendor-matrix.md) | Tested vendor versions per target connector |
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### Connectors
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| [Connector index](reference/connectors/index.md) | Issuer/target/notifier interface contracts, registry, scanners |
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| [Apache](reference/connectors/apache.md) | Apache httpd connector deep dive |
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| [F5 BIG-IP](reference/connectors/f5.md) | F5 connector — proxy agent + transactional iControl REST |
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| [IIS](reference/connectors/iis.md) | Microsoft IIS — local PowerShell + WinRM modes |
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| [Kubernetes Secrets](reference/connectors/k8s.md) | Kubernetes Secrets connector |
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| [NGINX](reference/connectors/nginx.md) | NGINX connector — deploy contract + quirks |
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### Protocols
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| [ACME server](reference/protocols/acme-server.md) | Run certctl as an RFC 8555 + RFC 9773 ARI ACME server |
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| [ACME server threat model](reference/protocols/acme-server-threat-model.md) | Security posture for the ACME server endpoint |
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| [SCEP server](reference/protocols/scep-server.md) | RFC 8894 native SCEP server — RA cert config, multi-profile dispatch, must-staple, mTLS sibling route |
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| [SCEP for Microsoft Intune](reference/protocols/scep-intune.md) | Intune-specific deployment guide — NDES replacement playbook |
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| [EST server](reference/protocols/est.md) | RFC 7030 EST server — 802.1X / Wi-Fi enrollment, IoT bootstrap, channel binding |
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| [CRL & OCSP](reference/protocols/crl-ocsp.md) | RFC 5280 CRL + RFC 6960 OCSP responder for relying parties |
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| [Async CA polling](reference/protocols/async-ca-polling.md) | Bounded polling for async-CA issuer connectors |
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## Operator
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You're running certctl in production and need operational guidance.
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| [Security posture](operator/security.md) | Auth, rate limits, encryption at rest, key rotation |
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| [Control plane TLS](operator/tls.md) | Self-signed bootstrap, operator-supplied Secret, cert-manager Certificate CR |
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| [Database TLS](operator/database-tls.md) | PostgreSQL transport encryption |
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| [Approval workflow](operator/approval-workflow.md) | Two-person integrity gate for high-stakes issuance |
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| [Helm deployment](operator/helm-deployment.md) | Kubernetes installation via the bundled chart |
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| [Performance baselines](operator/performance-baselines.md) | Operator-runnable benchmarks for regression spot checks |
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| [Legacy clients (TLS 1.2)](operator/legacy-clients-tls-1.2.md) | Reverse-proxy runbook for embedded EST/SCEP clients on TLS 1.2 |
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### Runbooks
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| [Cloud targets](operator/runbooks/cloud-targets.md) | AWS ACM + Azure Key Vault deployment, debugging, rollback |
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| [Expiry alerts](operator/runbooks/expiry-alerts.md) | Per-policy multi-channel routing matrix, severity tiers |
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| [Disaster recovery](operator/runbooks/disaster-recovery.md) | CRL cache, OCSP responder cert, CA private-key rotation, Postgres restore |
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## Migration
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You're moving from another cert-management tool to certctl, or running both in parallel.
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| Certbot | [migration/from-certbot.md](migration/from-certbot.md) |
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| acme.sh | [migration/from-acmesh.md](migration/from-acmesh.md) |
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| cert-manager (coexistence, not replacement) | [migration/cert-manager-coexistence.md](migration/cert-manager-coexistence.md) |
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| Caddy ACME (point Caddy at certctl) | [migration/acme-from-caddy.md](migration/acme-from-caddy.md) |
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| cert-manager ACME (point cert-manager at certctl) | [migration/acme-from-cert-manager.md](migration/acme-from-cert-manager.md) |
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| Traefik ACME (point Traefik at certctl) | [migration/acme-from-traefik.md](migration/acme-from-traefik.md) |
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## Compliance
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You're working through a SOC 2, PCI, or NIST audit and need to map certctl's capabilities to control objectives.
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| [Compliance overview](compliance/index.md) | What these guides cover and what they don't |
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| [SOC 2 Type II](compliance/soc2.md) | Trust Service Criteria mapping (CC6, CC7, CC8, A1) |
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| [PCI-DSS 4.0](compliance/pci-dss.md) | Requirements 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 |
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| [NIST SP 800-57](compliance/nist-sp-800-57.md) | Key management alignment with NIST guidance |
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## Contributor
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You're contributing to certctl, running tests locally, or trying to understand the CI pipeline.
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| [Testing strategy](contributor/testing-strategy.md) | What we test and why; per-PR fast gates vs daily deep-scan |
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| [Test environment](contributor/test-environment.md) | Local environment with real CAs (Pebble, step-ca, etc.) |
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| [QA prerequisites](contributor/qa-prerequisites.md) | Before running QA: stack boot, demo data baseline, env vars |
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| [QA test suite](contributor/qa-test-suite.md) | qa_test.go reference for release QA |
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| [GUI QA checklist](contributor/gui-qa-checklist.md) | Manual GUI verification pass for release |
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| [Release sign-off](contributor/release-sign-off.md) | Release-day checklist — code state, automated gates, manual QA, artefact verification |
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| [CI pipeline](contributor/ci-pipeline.md) | CI shape, regression guards, adding new checks |
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## Archive
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Historical docs preserved for reference. Most operators don't need these.
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| [Upgrade to TLS (v2.2)](archive/upgrades/to-tls-v2.2.md) | Pre-v2.2 HTTPS-everywhere upgrade procedure |
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| [Upgrade past v2 JWT removal](archive/upgrades/to-v2-jwt-removal.md) | G-1 milestone JWT auth removal procedure |
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## Reading order by role
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**First-time operator:** [Concepts](getting-started/concepts.md) → [Quickstart](getting-started/quickstart.md) → [Examples](getting-started/examples.md). About 90 minutes end to end.
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**Production operator:** [Architecture](reference/architecture.md) → [Security posture](operator/security.md) → [Control plane TLS](operator/tls.md) → [Disaster recovery runbook](operator/runbooks/disaster-recovery.md). About 4 hours end to end.
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**PKI engineer:** [ACME server](reference/protocols/acme-server.md) → [SCEP server](reference/protocols/scep-server.md) → [EST server](reference/protocols/est.md) → [Intermediate CA hierarchy](reference/intermediate-ca-hierarchy.md). About 6 hours end to end.
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**Auditor / compliance team:** [Compliance overview](compliance/index.md) → applicable framework doc → [Disaster recovery runbook](operator/runbooks/disaster-recovery.md) → [Approval workflow](operator/approval-workflow.md) → [ACME server threat model](reference/protocols/acme-server-threat-model.md). About 4 hours end to end.
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**Contributor:** [Architecture](reference/architecture.md) → [Testing strategy](contributor/testing-strategy.md) → [Test environment](contributor/test-environment.md) → [CI pipeline](contributor/ci-pipeline.md). About 3 hours end to end.
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