Document external certificates
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Description
```bash
$ step certificate create --profile root-ca "Example Root CA" root-ca.crt root-ca.key --no-password --insecure
$ step certificate create identity.linkerd.cluster.local identity.crt identity.key --profile intermediate-ca --ca ./root-ca.crt --ca-key ./root-ca.key --no-password --insecure
$ linkerd install --identity-trust-anchors-file root-ca.crt --identity-issuer-key-file identity.key --identity-issuer-certificate-file identity.crt
```
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the website's existing documentation for identity certificates and external certificate setup; the issue provides the bash commands but no target file or section. Document the shown certificate-generation and linkerd install commands in the appropriate place, with completion confirmed by maintainers reviewing the resulting guidance.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- bash
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100