Trusting Your Root CA

To establish a secure (HTTPS) connection with your server, it is necessary to download and trust your server's Root Certificate Authority (Root CA).

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Download your Root CA

There are multiple ways to download your Root CA.

  1. From the HTTP login screen.

    Visit your server's http://<adjective-noun>.local URL.

    Trust Root CA Login

  2. From your StartOS-info.html file.

    Following initial setup, you were required to download a StartOS-info.html file. Your Root CA can be downloaded from this file.

    Address Info

  3. Over Tor.

    You can securely access your server using its http://....oinion URL from any Tor-enabled browser. From there, you can download your Root CA by going to System -> Root CA.

    CA Download

  4. Sending to yourself.

    Once you have downloaded your Root CA on one device, you can simply send the file to yourself using email, messaging app, or other file sharing technique.

Trust your Root CA

Select your client device OS and follow instructions