--- slug: "ssl-ca-certificarte-python-requests" title: "Add SSL CA Certificate to Ubuntu and Use It with Python Requests" description: "1. If the certificate is in DER format, convert it to PEM" url: "https://www.ytyng.com/en/blog/ssl-ca-certificarte-python-requests" publish_date: "2018-06-21T02:34:26Z" created: "2018-06-21T02:34:26Z" updated: "2026-02-27T12:37:48.089Z" categories: ["Python"] keywords: "" featured_image_url: "https://media.ytyng.com/resize/20250605/1bec1d988c744eb086188b0a11d4cdb2.png.webp?width=768" has_video: true has_music: true video_urls: ["https://media.ytyng.net/ytyng-blog/138/featured-video-1.mp4", "https://media.ytyng.net/ytyng-blog/138/featured-video-2.mp4", "https://media.ytyng.net/ytyng-blog/138/featured-video-3.mp4"] music_urls: ["https://media.ytyng.net/ytyng-blog/138/featured-music-138-3.mp3", "https://media.ytyng.net/ytyng-blog/138/featured-music-138-4.mp3"] lang: "en" --- # Add SSL CA Certificate to Ubuntu and Use It with Python Requests

1. If the certificate is in DER format, convert it to PEM

openssl x509 -in torico.der -inform DER -out torico-ca.crt -outform PEM

2. Copy the certificate to /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/

3. Execute sudo update-ca-certificates

At this point, certificates will be used when using tools like curl, and certificate errors will no longer occur.

However, certificate errors will still occur with Python Requests.

4. An environment variable is required when using Python Requests

REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

It is recommended to add the environment variable to /etc/environment

Incidentally, you can also specify the CA path in the verify= argument of requests

import requests
requests.get('https://xxx', verify='/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/torico-ca.crt')

Ansible

Here's how it looks when written in Ansible

- hosts: servers
  gather_facts: no
  become: yes
  tasks:
    - copy:
        src: torico-ca.crt
        dest: "/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/torico-ca.crt"
        mode: 0664

    - shell: update-ca-certificates

    - lineinfile:
        dest: "/etc/environment"
        insertafter: EOF
        line: "REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"

Reference
ssl - Python Requests - How to use system ca-certificates (debian/ubuntu)? - Stack Overflow