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/etc/ssl/private/ # Only view-able by root and a good the standard location for the private keys
/etc/ssl/certs/ # Location for the Standard location for CA keys.

Store the CA certificates into the publicly view-able folder,

Code Block
languagebash
sudo mv *.pem /ect/ssl/certs
sudo mv *.crt /etc/ssl/certs
Warning

I noticed that this folder actually contains symbolic links generally to /usr/share/ca-certificates/.

I also believe the symbolic links are generated by the command sudo dpkg-reconfigure ca-certificates.

There is also an entry etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl that reads,

"update the hash symlinks after changes"

Why is this done this way? I do not know. I am guessing that this is for having multiple applications trust the cert store. Still need to research this more.

Store the private key into the protected folder,

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