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# How to Import the ZT Root Certificate to an iOS device
Recording iOS device (e.g., iPhone and iPad) sessions require that you have installed your self-generated CA root certificate on these devices. This is a quick review of the steps to get this on your iPhone or iPad.
### Transferring the Certificate
The first step is getting the CA root certificate on the device. You can **e-mail your CA root certificate** to an Apple iOS device or **put it on any Web server** and address its URL directly in Safari. You can even use an application that syncs to each device (e.g., Evernote/Dropbox, etc.) and save that certificate to your iPhone/iPad Files folder.
After clicking on the certificate in the e-mail, entering the URL in Safari, or clicking on the certificate in your iPhone/iPad, your CA root certificate can be imported:
### iPad
| **Step** | **ScreenShot** |
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| Install Profile
After you click on your certificate file, there will be a new Profile downloaded.
- Under Settings--> General, the “Profile Downloaded” will open a dialog to install the certificate.
- Click Install
You also can remove the Downloaded Profile if this was either mistakenly downloaded or a no longer needed Profile.
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| Enter Passcode
- Enter your passcode to Continue
- Do not enter your Apple ID password.
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| iOS Warning
- iOS will warn you that this certificate has no trust or a trusted Root CA
- Since this is self-generated, you can install this certificate
- iOS will ask for final confirmation before doing the install
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| Profile Installed
- Once completed, the Certificate will read now as Verified.
- Click More Details to check.
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| ZebraTester Root CA Sample Cert
All the details originally provided at certificate creation should be listed here.
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| Settings
You can find the Configuration Profiles underneath the Settings → General → Profiles menus.
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### iPhone
| **Step** | **ScreenShot** |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| Settings: Profile Downloaded
After you click on your certificate file, there will be a new Profile downloaded.
- Under Settings, → “Profile Downloaded” will open a dialog to install the certificate.
- Click the right “>” to start Installation.
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| Install Profile
- Notice that the Profile has a Not Verified label beneath it.
- Click Install
You also have the option to Remove the Downloaded Profile if this was either mistakenly downloaded or a no longer needed Profile.
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| Enter Passcode
- Enter your passcode to Continue
- Do not enter your Apple ID password.
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| iOS Warning
- iOS will warn you that this certificate has no trust or a trusted Root CA
- Since this is self-generated, you can install this certificate
- Click Install
- iOS will ask for final confirmation before doing the install
- Click Install
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| Profile Installed
- Once completed, the Certificate will read now as Verified.
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| Profile for ZebraTester Root CA Sample Cert
- Click Profile –> More to see the certificate.
- Drill down again to get certificate details.
All the details originally provided at certificate creation should be listed here.
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| ZebraTester Root CA Sample Cert
All the details originally provided at certificate creation should be listed here.
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### Trust
Trust manually installed certificate profiles in iOS In iOS 10.3, and later, when you manually install a profile that contains a certificate payload, that certificate isn't automatically trusted for SSL.
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*You must manually turn on trust for SSL when you install a new profile.*
| **Step** | **Screenshot** |
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| Certificate Trust Settings
If you want to turn on SSL trust for a certificate:
- Go to Settings > General > About > Certificate Trust Settings
- Find the Enable Full Trust For Root Certificates section.
- Enable trust for the certificate
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| Root Certificate Warning
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| Certificate Trust Settings Completed
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**Recommendation**
Apple recommends deploying certificates via Apple Configurator or Mobile Device Management (MDM). Certificate payloads installed with Configurator, MDM, or as part of an MDM enrollment profile are *automatically trusted* for SSL.