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            <h1>Adding Self-Signed PKI to Linux Trusted Certificate Authorities</h1>
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          <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>Trusting the CA Ceritificates in a Linux Environment</h2>

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	<li>Download WinSCP <a href="https://winscp.net/eng/downloads.php" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Extract WinSCP and run the executable</li>
	<li>Connect to the target Linux device server via WinSCP</li>
	<li>Copy the created .crt files to ~/</li>
	<li>Log into the target Linux device (console or ssh)</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in a terminal window:
	<div class="codeBlock">sudo mkdir /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/self-signed<br />
	sudo cp ~/root-ca.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/self-signed<br />
	sudo cp ~/intermediate-ca.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/self-signed<br />
	sudo update-ca-certificates</div>
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	<li>An ouput stating 2 added should display</li>
	<li>Run the following command in a terminal window and verify the imported certificate authorities display in the list
	<div class="codeBlock">sudo ls /etc/ssl/certs</div>
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