How Do I Import the SSL Certificate of an RDS Instance to a Windows or Linux Server?

Importing the Certificate to a Windows Server

1. Click Start and choose Run. In the displayed Run dialog box, enter MMC and press Enter.
2. On the displayed console, choose File > Add/Remove Snap-in.
3. In the left Available snap-ins pane of the displayed Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, select Certificates and click Add.
4. In the displayed Certificates snap-in dialog box, select Computer account and click Next.
5. In the displayed Select Computer dialog box, click Finish.
6. In the Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box, click OK.
7. On the console, double-click Certificates.
8. Right-click Trusted Root Certification Authorities and choose All Tasks > Import.
9. In the displayed Certificate Import Wizard dialog box, click Next.
10. Click Browse to change the file type to All Files (*.*).
11. Locate the downloaded root certificate ca.pem file and click Open. Then, click Next.
    

    You must change the file type to All Files (*.*) in the browse window to perform this operation, because .pem is not a standard certificate extension.

12. Click Next.
13. Click Finish.
14. Click OK to complete the import of the root certificate.

Importing the Certificate to a Linux Server

You can use any terminal connection tool (such as WinSCP or PuTTY) to upload the certificate to any directory on the Linux server.

Example:

Figure 1 Importing a certificate