# Kit examples — Install an internal CA certificate

> If your organization uses a proxy that inspects HTTPS traffic, install the proxy's internal root CA in the sandbox trust store.

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## Knowledge

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If your organization uses a proxy that inspects HTTPS traffic, install the proxy's internal root CA in the sandbox trust store. This helps agents and SDKs trust certificates signed by the proxy.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
internal-ca/
├── spec.yaml
└── files/
    └── home/
        └── internal-ca.crt
```

Use a PEM-encoded certificate with a .crt extension. Files under files/home/ land in /home/agent/ in the sandbox, so files/home/internal-ca.crt becomes /home/agent/internal-ca.crt — which is the path the install command reads from. If traffic can be signed by more than one internal proxy, include each proxy's root CA in the kit and install each certificate before running update-ca-certificates.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yamltitleinternal-caspec
schemaVersion: "2"
kind: mixin
name: internal-ca

setup:
  install:
    - command: "install -m 0644 /home/agent/internal-ca.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/internal-ca.crt &amp;&amp; update-ca-certificates"
      user: "0"
      description: Install internal CA certificate
```

update-ca-certificates adds the certificate to the system trust store, so tools and SDKs that read the system bundle trust the proxy's certificates without further configuration.

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