<p>You might come across a situation where you want to add some certificates in your WSL instance to fix any SSL issues. You need to first copy your certificates to the location <code>/usr/local/share/ca-certificates</code> and then run the command <code>sudo update-ca-certificates</code></p>
<h2 id="heading-things-to-remember"><strong>Things to Remember</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li><p>While exporting the certificates, make sure you select the base64 encoded option. (DER encoded doesn't seem to work for me)</p>
</li>
<li><p>When copying the certificates to wsl, change the extension to crt</p>
</li>
</ul>


You might come across a situation where you want to add some certificates in your WSL instance to fix any SSL issues. You need to first copy your certificates to the location `/usr/local/share/ca-certificates` and then run the command `sudo update-ca-certificates`

## **Things to Remember**

* While exporting the certificates, make sure you select the base64 encoded option. (DER encoded doesn't seem to work for me)
    
* When copying the certificates to wsl, change the extension to crt

Install certificates on WSL2

Things to Remember