Add certificate as trusted

This section outlines the process for adding a certificate as trusted by downloading it from the browser and installing it in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities on Windows or Linux systems.

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1. Download the certificate

  1. As soon as Chrome issues a certificate warning, click on Not secure to the left of the address bar.
  2. Show the certificate (Click on Certificate is not valid).
  3. Go to Details tab.
  4. Click Export... at the bottom and save the certificate.
  1. As soon as Firefox issues a certificate warning, click on Advanced....
  2. View the certificate (Click on View Certificate).
  3. Scroll down to Miscellaneous and save the certificate.

2. Install the certificate

  1. Press Windows + R.
  2. Enter mmc and click OK.
  3. Click on File > Add/Remove snap-in....
  4. Select Certificates in the Available snap-ins list and click on Add >, then on OK. Add the snap-in.
  5. In the tree pane, open Certificates - Current user > Trusted Root Certification Authorities, then right-click Certificates and select All tasks > Import....
  6. The Certificate Import Wizard opens here. Click on Next.
  7. Select the previously saved certificate and click Next.
  8. Click Next again in the next window.
  9. Click on Finish. If a warning pops up, click on Yes.
  10. The program can now be closed. Console settings do not need to be saved.
  11. Clear browser cache and restart browser.

The procedures for using a browser to import a certificate as trusted (on Linux systems) vary depending on the browser and Linux distribution used. To manually cause a self-signed certificate to be trusted by a browser on a Linux system:

Distribution Copy certificate here Run following command to trust certificate
RedHat /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/ update-ca-trust extract

Note: If the directory does not exist, create it.
Note: If you do not have the ca-certificates package, install it with your package manager.