{"id":90,"date":"2019-07-09T07:22:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T07:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/?p=90"},"modified":"2019-09-06T16:17:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T16:17:19","slug":"how-to-import-intermediate-and-root-certificates-via-mmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-import-intermediate-and-root-certificates-via-mmc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to import intermediate and root certificates via MMC"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you received and installed a certificate in the PEM format on your Windows server, you may need to additionally install intermediate certificates to your machine. If the intermediate certificates are missing on the server, some browsers may show warnings about the certificate being untrusted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Intermediate certificates can be imported to the Windows machine via Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Please take the following steps to import the intermediate certificates on your machine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Add certificate snap-in.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Launch MMC. Click on the <\/span>Start <\/strong>menu >> <\/span>Run<\/strong>. Type in <\/span>mmc<\/em><\/strong> and press <\/span>OK.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

    Click on <\/span>File<\/strong> and choose the <\/span>Add\/Remove Snap-in<\/strong> option.<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/span><\/p>\n

    Select <\/span>Certificates<\/strong> from the <\/span>Available snap-ins<\/em><\/strong> list and click the <\/span>Add<\/strong> button.<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/span><\/p>\n

    Choose <\/span>Computer account<\/strong> to manage the certificate and click <\/span>Next<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Select <\/span>Local Computer <\/strong>and press the <\/span>Finish<\/strong> button<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Certificates <\/em><\/strong>snap-in was selected. Click <\/span>OK<\/strong> to add it to the console.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Import intermediate\/root certificates.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      To import an intermediate certificate, right-click on <\/span>Intermediate Certification Authority >> All Tasks >> Import<\/strong><\/p>\n

      <\/strong><\/p>\n

      To import a root certificate, right-click on <\/span>Trusted Root Certification Authority >> All Tasks >> Import<\/strong><\/p>\n

      <\/strong><\/p>\n

      Clicking on the <\/span>Import<\/em><\/strong> button will run the Certificate import wizard.<\/span><\/p>\n

      <\/span><\/p>\n

      Browse the intermediate certificate file you want to import to your computer and click <\/span>Next.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      <\/strong><\/p>\n

      Select the certificate store you want to import the certificate into – <\/span>Intermediate Certification Authorities<\/strong> for intermediate certificates and <\/span>Trusted Root Certification Authorities<\/strong> for root certificates. <\/span><\/p>\n

      If you have several intermediate\/root certificates in a single file, you can choose the option \u2018<\/span>Automatically select the certificate store based on the type of certificate<\/span><\/em>\u2019. Wizard will detect the type of the certificates and import them into the corresponding stores.<\/span><\/p>\n

      <\/span><\/p>\n

      Click the <\/span>Finish<\/strong> button to complete the wizard. The certificate has been successfully imported.<\/span><\/p>\n

      <\/span><\/p>\n

      Note:<\/em><\/strong> Generally, the root certificates for SSL we provide should be already pre-installed on the Windows machine. So, a manual root certificate import may only be needed if the root certificate was removed intentionally. <\/span><\/p>\n

      Also, when establishing the handshake, the root certificates are not returned by Windows servers to the clients, so some SSL checking tools may show that the root certificate is missing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      If you received and installed a certificate in the PEM format on your Windows server, you may need to additionally install intermediate certificates to your machine. If the intermediate certificates are missing on the server, some browsers may show warnings about the certificate being untrusted. Intermediate certificates can be imported to the Windows machine via ..<\/p>\n

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      Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ssl-installation-instructions"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to import intermediate and root certificates via MMC \u2013 HelpDesk | SSLs.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/knowledgebase\/how-to-import-intermediate-and-root-certificates-via-mmc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to import intermediate and root certificates via MMC \u2013 HelpDesk | SSLs.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you received and installed a certificate in the PEM format on your Windows server, you may need to additionally install intermediate certificates to your machine. 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