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Live/Production Environment

This webpage contains certificate information for customer wishing to connect to the Live Environment

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Certificates for the Live/Production Environment

For convenience we are providing copies of NHS Digital live RootCA and SubCA certificates for customer wishing to connect to the production environment.

RootCA and SubCA certificates

RootCA and SubCA certificates

The Production certificates are provided on this website for your convenience. 

In order to establish a connection to the Live environment, a chain of trust must be set up using the RootCA and SubCA certificates. 

  1. Copy the required RootCA or SubCA certificate. SHA1 certificates are valid till 27 June 2022.  If you will be using both existing SHA1 and new SHA2 certificates you will need to install both sets of certificates. Installing both certificates into your trust store will not affect your connectivity as Spine will accept either certificate until the SHA1 certificates naturally expire in June 2022.
  2. Open Notepad or similar and paste the certificate - save the file locally with a suitable file name
  3. Locate the locally saved text file and change the file extension from .txt to .der
  4. Import the certificate into the local trusted certificate store - use the documentation from your software supplier as this may vary between applications

Please note that the: 

  • RootCA should be placed in 'Trusted Root Certification Authorities' 
  • SubCA should be placed in 'Intermediate Certification Authorities'

Please refer here for more production certificate options. 

RootCA (valid till June 2024). Please note the same Root CA certificate was used to create both the SHA1 and SHA2 subCA certificates.

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

SubCA NHS Level1C (SHA2 certificate, valid till June 2024)

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Last edited: 5 September 2022 4:07 pm