The next part is copying and pasting in a text editor. We want to create a text file consisting of all the relevant certificate authorities certificates, chained together.
Important: The order of the certificates in the file. First comes the issuing, then the intermediate and last the root certificate authority.
If you need to create a full chain file for an appliance where the certificate was issued by the issuing certificate authority, that certificate would come before the issuing authority.
The result would look something like the example below:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIGpTCCBI2gAwIBAgIBATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCBnDEtMCsGA1UEAxMkZGV3
eXNlci5sYWIgaW50ZXJuYWwgaW50ZXJtZWRpYXRlIGNhMQswCQYDVQQGEwJCRTEY
MBYGA1UECBMPV2VzdC1WbGFhbmRlcmVuMRIwEAYDVQQHEwlEaWtzbXVpZGUxFDAS
/teZKPvfY0A+CFssJv7J1KMXW4ZalB/P/g==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIGuDCCBKCgAwIBAgIBATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADCBlDElMCMGA1UEAxMcZGV3
eXNlci5sYWIgaW50ZXJuYWwgcm9vdCBjYTELMAkGA1UEBhMCQkUxGDAWBgNVBAgT
D1dlc3QtVmxhYW5kZXJlbjESMBAGA1UEBxMJRGlrc211aWRlMRQwEgYDVQQKEwtk
8Pnnih0eCUNHTcEAbzUkS7M2PYfl0GSbmo+FrADNmiltv8+MJHgefYz2cmI=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIGtzCCBJ+gAwIBAgIIXD+frbdXLCowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAwgZQxJTAjBgNV
BAMTHGRld3lzZXIubGFiIGludGVybmFsIHJvb3QgY2ExCzAJBgNVBAYTAkJFMRgw
FgYDVQQIEw9XZXN0LVZsYWFuZGVyZW4xEjAQBgNVBAcTCURpa3NtdWlkZTEUMBIG
pNldtiW4TxAfR24faPQ5e0h9xC8MolGiXESI9OJNCepMGCnFBRznmmyFoA==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Save this as chain.pem for the next part(s).



