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ACME works almost anywhere and is especially useful for issuing certificates to
web servers for use with TLS. To issue certificates for internal names that
aren't in public DNS the ACME server does need access to local DNS. It's common
to use a linked CA or a network-local RA. Reference the
to use a network-local RA (or a linked CA via [Step CA Pro](https://smallstep.com/product/step-ca-pro/)). Reference the
[Certificate Manager docs](./acme/README.mdx) for more details.

# Next steps
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## Requirements

- **Open source -** For `step-ca`, this tutorial assumes you have initialized and started up an instance using the steps in [Getting Started](../step-ca/getting-started.mdx). Additionally, you'll need to configure your CA with an ACME provisioner. Run `step ca provisioner add acme --type ACME`, and restart your CA.
- **[Smallstep Certificate Manager](../certificate-manager/acme/README.mdx) -** this tutorial assumes you have [created a hosted or linked authority](../certificate-manager/getting-started.mdx) and are running a local [ACME Registration Authority](../registration-authorities/acme-for-certificate-manager.mdx).
- **[Smallstep Certificate Manager](../certificate-manager/acme/README.mdx) -** this tutorial assumes you have [created a hosted authority](../certificate-manager/getting-started.mdx) (or a linked authority via [Step CA Pro](https://smallstep.com/product/step-ca-pro/)) and are running a local [ACME Registration Authority](../registration-authorities/acme-for-certificate-manager.mdx).

## Overview

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## Requirements

- **Open source -** You have initialized and started up a `step-ca` ACME instance using the steps in [our ACME server tutorial](../step-ca/acme-basics.mdx).
- **[Smallstep Certificate Manager](https://smallstep.com/certificate-manager) -** this tutorial assumes you have [created a hosted or linked authority](../certificate-manager/getting-started.mdx) and created an ACME provisioner with External Account Binding enabled.
- **[Smallstep Certificate Manager](https://smallstep.com/certificate-manager) -** this tutorial assumes you have [created a hosted authority](../certificate-manager/getting-started.mdx) (or a linked authority via [Step CA Pro](https://smallstep.com/product/step-ca-pro/)) and created an ACME provisioner with External Account Binding enabled.
- You'll need the root certificate PEM file for your CA.

### 0. Before you begin
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