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Quick Start Guide

Get up and running with TigerTrust in under 10 minutes.

Quick Start

This guide walks you through setting up TigerTrust and discovering your first certificates.

Step 1: Create API Key

  1. Log into your TigerTrust dashboard
  2. Navigate to Settings → API Keys
  3. Click Create API Key
  4. Select type: Agent
  5. Copy the generated key (starts with ak_)

Step 2: Install the Agent

# Linux/macOS
curl -LO https://releases.tigertrust.io/agent/latest/tigertrust-agent-linux-amd64
chmod +x tigertrust-agent-linux-amd64
sudo mv tigertrust-agent-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/tigertrust-agent

Step 3: Configure the Agent

Create /etc/tigertrust/agent.yaml:

collector:
  base_url: "https://collector.tigertrust.io"
  api_key: "ak_your_api_key_here"

discovery:
  local:
    enabled: true
    scan_paths:
      - /etc/ssl
      - /etc/nginx/ssl
      - /etc/apache2/ssl

Step 4: Run the Agent

tigertrust-agent -config=/etc/tigertrust/agent.yaml

The agent will:

  • Register with TigerTrust
  • Scan configured paths for certificates
  • Submit discovered certificates to the dashboard

Step 5: View Discovered Certificates

  1. Open the TigerTrust dashboard
  2. Navigate to Certificates → Discovered
  3. Review the certificates found by the agent

Step 6: Import and Manage

For each certificate you want to manage:

  1. Click Import on the discovered certificate
  2. Configure renewal settings:
- Renewal threshold (days before expiry)

- Renewal method (ACME, Manual CSR, CA API)

  1. Configure deployment targets
  2. Enable auto-renewal

Step 7: Set Up Alerts

  1. Navigate to Alerts → Rules
  2. Create expiration alert rule:
- Trigger: 30, 14, 7, 1 days before expiry

- Channels: Email, Slack, Teams

What's Next?