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Fix incomplete certificate chain errors

Add intermediate certificates to clear browser warnings.

Fix incomplete certificate chain errors

An incomplete chain usually means the server is missing the intermediate certificate.

Diagnose

openssl s_client -connect example.com:443 -showcerts

If only one certificate is shown, the intermediate is missing.

Fix

cat your_domain.crt intermediate.crt > fullchain.crt

Use fullchain.crt as ssl_certificate in Nginx and reload.

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