TLS & Certificates on Support Tools

Advanced PKI Certificate Management for Enterprise Infrastructure: Complete Implementation Guide

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) forms the backbone of modern enterprise security, enabling secure communications, authentication, and data integrity across distributed systems. This comprehensive guide covers advanced PKI certificate management strategies, from establishing certificate authorities to implementing automated certificate lifecycle management in large-scale enterprise environments.

Create Your Own Certificate Authority (CA) for Homelab Environment

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:26:00 -0500

Setting up a custom Certificate Authority (CA) for your homelab environment allows you to issue TLS certificates for internal systems, providing encrypted connections and authentication without relying on external CAs. In this post, we’ll walk through the steps to create your own CA, generate certificates, and install them for use in your homelab.

How to Get Chrome to Accept a Self-Signed Certificate

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 09:30:00 -0500

This guide explains how to make Chrome accept a self-signed certificate. It is based on Chrome 68 on Windows 10, but the steps should be similar for other versions and platforms.

How to Get Chrome to Accept a Self-Signed Certificate

If you’re working with a self-signed certificate and need to make Chrome accept it, here’s a step-by-step procedure that works for Chrome 68 on Windows 10. This method allows you to trust the certificate and use it without encountering constant security warnings.

Installing Custom CA Certificates on Ubuntu 22.04

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:18:00 -0500

Installing Custom CA Certificates on Ubuntu 22.04

If you are dealing with a server that uses self-signed SSL certificates, you may encounter issues with client utilities like curl, which may refuse to work without using the -k or --insecure option. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to install custom CA certificates on an Ubuntu 22.04 system (similar steps apply to Ubuntu 20.04 and 18.04):

Combine SSL Certificates: Start by combining the SSL certificate chain and the SSL certificate into a single file. You can download both certificates from your server by accessing https://your-server-name. Ensure that the file extension for this combined certificate file is .crt.
Copy to CA Certificates Directory: Copy the .crt file you created in the previous step to the /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/ directory.
Update CA Certificates: Run the following command to update the CA certificates on your system: