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:

sudo update-ca-certificates

This command will update the file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt with the contents of your .crt file. After this, utilities like curl and other command-line tools that rely on CA certificates from /etc/ssl/certs should work without issues.

Your Ubuntu 22.04 system should be configured to use your custom CA certificates for secure connections.