# Problem using ssl Backend with selfsigned certificates

**URL:** <https://community.traefik.io/t/problem-using-ssl-backend-with-selfsigned-certificates/1974>\
**Category:** Traefik v2\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [September 27, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/problem-using-ssl-backend-with-selfsigned-certificates/1974 "2019-09-27T17:21:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 28, 2019, 6:50am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/problem-using-ssl-backend-with-selfsigned-certificates/1974/9 "2019-09-28T06:50:12Z")

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If you add the self-signed certificate as a CA e.g.

```
  - --serverstransport.rootcas=/ca.pem

```

You can avoid the `insecureskipverify` you just need to make the file accessible by traefik example

```
volumes:
  - /d/p/trajano.net/devops-ca-R2.crt:/ca.pem

```

Here's the relevant chunk from [Trajano base Docker swarm stacks](https://community.containo.us/t/trajano-base-docker-swarm-stacks/1899)

> <https://github.com/trajano/trajano-swarm/blob/d18d1edb666072484c98d08fd0e32f5111cfa0f3/edge.yml#L43-L52>

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