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# CA Certs Repository

Connectors require a Certificate Authority (CA) issued or self-signed SSL certificate to communicate securely with a destination. The CA Certs repository (shown below) enables you to store CA Certs files (that contain one or multiple certificates) and single CA certificates. When certificates are stored in the CA Certs repository, you can add the certificates to a container so that the connectors in the container can validate their configured destinations.

You can add a single certificate to a container that is in FIPS or non-FIPS mode. You can only add a CA Certs file to a container that is in non-FIPS mode.

To associate a CA certificate to a connector, you need to:

- Upload the CA certificate or CA Certs file to the CA Certs repository, as described below.

- Add a CA certificate from the CA Certs repository to the container that contains the connector, as described in Managing Certificates on a Container.