How to verify a SSL certificate when the Certification Authority chain is not available or is not complete

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Issue

  • I want to verify a SSL certificate but the Certification Authority chain is not available or is not complete

  • Verifying a certificate using a CA file returns the following error: unable to get local issuer certificate

Environment

  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 7 and later
    • openssl

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