How Do I Import the SSL Certificate of an RDS Instance to a Windows or Linux Server?¶
Importing the Certificate to a Windows Server¶
Click Start and choose Run. In the displayed Run dialog box, enter MMC and press Enter.
On the displayed console, choose File > Add/Remove Snap-in.
In the left Available snap-ins pane of the displayed Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, select Certificates and click Add.
In the displayed Certificates snap-in dialog box, select Computer account and click Next.
In the displayed Select Computer dialog box, click Finish.
In the Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, click OK.
On the console, double-click Certificates.
Right-click Trusted Root Certification Authorities and choose All Tasks > Import.
In the displayed Certificate Import Wizard dialog box, click Next.
Click Browse to change the file type to All Files (*.*).
Locate the downloaded root certificate ca.pem file and click Open. Then, click Next.
Important
You must change the file type to All Files (*.*) because .pem is not a standard certificate extension name.
Click Next.
Click Finish.
Click OK to complete the import of the root certificate.
Importing the Certificate to a Linux Server¶
You can use a connection tool (such as WinSCP or PuTTY) to upload the certificate to any directory on a Linux server.
Example:
Figure 1 Importing a certificate¶