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            <h1>Adding Self-Signed PKI to Windows Trusted Certificate Store via Group Policy</h1>
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          <p>This is part three of a series of creating your own self-signed PKI and some ways to utilize the PKI to setup SSL for your web server or create your own OpenVPN server.</p>

<p>Disclaimer: I am not a security expert. This is just the easiest way I have found to create and utilize SSL for my homelab services.</p>

<h2>Prerequisites</h2>

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	<li class="noCheckbox">A XCA PKI database <a href="https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ezzj3x207lQ</a></li>
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<h2>Exporting Certificates from XCA</h2>

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	<li>Launch XCA</li>
	<li>Open the PKI database if it is not already (File &gt; Open DataBase), enter password</li>
	<li>Click on the Certificates tab</li>
	<li>Right click the Intermediate CA certificate &gt; Export &gt; File</li>
	<li>Set the file name with a .crt extension and verify the export format is PEM (*.crt)</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
	<li>Right click the Root CA certificate &gt; Export &gt; File</li>
	<li>Set the file name with a .crt extension and verify the export format is PEM (*.crt)</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
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<h2>Push Certificates Into Windows Certificate Store Via GPO</h2>

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	<li>Launch Group Policy Management (Control Panel &gt; Administrative Tools &gt; Group Policy Management)</li>
	<li>Right click Default Domain Policy &gt; Edit...</li>
	<li>Expand Computer Configuration &gt; Policies &gt; Windows Settings &gt; Security Settings &gt; Public Key Policies</li>
	<li>Right click Trusted Root Certification Authorities &gt; Import..</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Browse &gt; Select the exported Root CA .crt file &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Verify Include all extended properties is checked</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Finish</li>
	<li>Right click Intermediate Certification Authorities &gt; Import..</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Browse &gt; Select the exported Intermediate CA .crt file &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Verify Include all extended properties is checked</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Finish</li>
	<li>Close the Group Policy Management Editor window</li>
	<li>Force Group Policy update by Right clicking the start button &gt; Run &gt; cmd</li>
	<li>Type gpupdate /force</li>
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