Demystifying Certificate Updates: A Visual Guide for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and RHEL Systems
Ever wondered how update-ca-certificates on Debian/Ubuntu, and update-ca-trust on Fedora/RHEL-based Linux systems works?
If you take the time to read through the respective man pages, you will find that they already do a quite decent job at explaining the mechanisms, but who’s got time nowadays?
So, without further ado, let me present a flowchart that should give you a 90% overview for these architectures.
Please note that these diagrams reflects my current understanding and may be incomplete or outdated. No guarantee of accuracy is provided.
Debian/Ubuntu: update-ca-certificates
Disclaimer: May be incomplete or outdated. See original article for details.
More information can be found here:
- Debian Docs: Link
Fedora/RHEL: update-ca-trust
Disclaimer: May be incomplete or outdated. See original article for details.
More information can be found here:
Disclaimer: The diagram reflects my current understanding and may be incomplete or outdated. No guarantee of accuracy is provided.
Find the original drawings for you to modify on GitHub.
