AWS local issuer certificate

Question

Hello, so I was just working on my API and I get an error while connecting to my AWS RDS MSSQL server database. The issue says "unable to get local issuer certificate". What can be a problem? Also how can i fix it?

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Answer

You are getting that error because the SSL certificate from the server is not trusted by the client making the request.

What you can do to resolve:

1. Download the AWS RDS Root Certificate
2. Install the Certificate
3. Configure Your Application
4. Verify SSL Connection

> 💡 You can refer to the [SSL/TLS guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.SSL.html) for instructions on encrypting a connection to a DB instance or cluster.

AWS local issuer certificate

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