# How to get cacert for enablingssl\_certificate\_verification?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-cacert-for-enablingssl-certificate-verification/248909>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-cacert-for-enablingssl-certificate-verification/248909 "2020-09-17T05:34:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![habeebperwad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/habeebperwad/32/72729_2.png) [@habeebperwad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/habeebperwad)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-cacert-for-enablingssl-certificate-verification/248909/1 "2020-09-17T05:34:15Z")

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ACTUAL TITLE OF THIS QUESTION: How to get cacert for enablingssl\_certificate\_verification?  
The validation says: Title seems unclear, is it a complete sentence?

It may be a very silly question, but I couldn't resolve it spending many hours.  
Wanted to set output.elasticsearch.enablingssl\_certificate\_verification.  
"If ssl\_certificate\_verification is true, uncomment cacert and set the path to the certificate.".  
I have no idea from where I will get certificate for that. I don't understand exactly why a client need certificate.

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**Author:** ![habeebperwad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/habeebperwad/32/72729_2.png) [@habeebperwad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/habeebperwad)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-cacert-for-enablingssl-certificate-verification/248909/2 "2020-09-17T13:20:13Z")

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The comment "If ssl\_certificate\_verification is true, uncomment cacert and set the path to the certificate." was in  
[elastiflow](https://github.com/robcowart/elastiflow).

Raised issue there:

> <https://github.com/robcowart/elastiflow/issues/602>
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> I couldn't find any such requirements in the output plugin documentation.
> Currently the default value of ssl\_certificate\_verification is true. and the connection...

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-get-cacert-for-enablingssl-certificate-verification/248909/3 "2020-10-15T13:20:14Z")

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