Installing own root CA certificate in FreeBSD

Created on 2022-04-19 by Paweł Kraszewski

FreeBSD crypto X509 howto

Adding own root CA certificate to FreeBSD to be seen by most of the software:

  1. Copy certificate to /usr/local/etc/ssl/certs (create if necessary).
  2. Run certctl rehash - it will put it in all the places necessary and update respective databases/links.
Paweł Kraszewski
Paweł Kraszewski

Multi-paradigm programmer, embedded systems developer, proud cat servant.

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  • OSes: Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD
  • Platforms: x86/x86_64/ARM