Live/Production Environment
This webpage contains certificate information for customer wishing to connect to the Live Environment
Certificates for the Live/Production Environment
For convenience we are providing copies of NHS Digital live RootCA and SubCA certificates for customer wishing to connect to the production environment.
RootCA and SubCA certificates
RootCA and SubCA certificates
The Production certificates are provided on this website for your convenience.
In order to establish a connection to the Live environment, a chain of trust must be set up using the RootCA and SubCA certificates.
- Copy the required RootCA or SubCA certificate. SHA1 certificates are valid till 27 June 2022. If you will be using both existing SHA1 and new SHA2 certificates you will need to install both sets of certificates. Installing both certificates into your trust store will not affect your connectivity as Spine will accept either certificate until the SHA1 certificates naturally expire in June 2022.
- Open Notepad or similar and paste the certificate - save the file locally with a suitable file name
- Locate the locally saved text file and change the file extension from .txt to .der
- Import the certificate into the local trusted certificate store - use the documentation from your software supplier as this may vary between applications
Please note that the:
- RootCA should be placed in 'Trusted Root Certification Authorities'
- SubCA should be placed in 'Intermediate Certification Authorities'
Please refer here for more production certificate options.
G2 RootCA (valid till April 2042). Please note the same Root CA certificate was used to create both the SHA1 and SHA2 subCA certificates.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIFrDCCA5SgAwIBAgIQApYpAQp6EMvJ1TAXp7j0nDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQwFADBI MQswCQYDVQQGEwJHQjEMMAoGA1UEChMDTkhTMQswCQYDVQQLEwJDQTEeMBwGA1UE AxMVTkhTIFJvb3QgQXV0aG9yaXR5IEcyMB4XDTIyMDQwNzExMTEyMVoXDTQyMDQw NzExNDEyMVowSDELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0IxDDAKBgNVBAoTA05IUzELMAkGA1UECxMC Q0ExHjAcBgNVBAMTFU5IUyBSb290IEF1dGhvcml0eSBHMjCCAiIwDQYJKoZIhvcN AQEBBQADggIPADCCAgoCggIBANs4IQFxCsbIs1+EeWEAVSk/u2oTH4+bZEcswAE6 7kvM76pKgPHMDHD++GNZT2srEOArAqkMi47GqYZzwPhEd6lZqY3J5HDNT/VXzFuh gw9IfajEK0yD0tJ05nnaEzbzd+LvaVB9XgbaNmkL5JEgAFyGZaLCbe7+6rKfpL40 14siRhD7zCBNkHU6dPGMcewptiD976EP6hQyhCD3hnHxk8rLDwJR28g3/cjU4NFM qtm4y2XQAWu+Yq3PboTvLFDTcIDgYtAcLPaPIiHE2bccZyfB284T1zNog0iuYZJw rD2d99myuUXvDxx3Ii8sgvMkv5qToKAysxl9HYbBw4DI8O4kvVXTbfB1EG6Hhfo2 smgFkwVcJZNyu57NnhRI2c1cxWPz5jw/qAysoBpfIcjVj3bCYGSVY9DbhcL+1Uk6 ulmZgi6Rq9qNSlqVkB6oU/MRhB7vTAxaH5ZD6JRwToHjewpXB0ZbZBvK1pinzLez c/Oy8aW5SKrpzUPL2BM8NBf6rh9Hz+gjsnwtrOki0ahekLYeDfp4WAM6/8uqfeKb JnteGIldzY1x5xLUhm4oCyXH5ZCnCnjuyq9tSJzGGg8DmSbl1N5DQT58984yDszm 1hh/cOYImQaepG9z1v3gf5rdt4RXoWFoL0RRhLQHur0Yg7gXd6umy92QHRw5e1g+ PK6NAgMBAAGjgZEwgY4wDgYDVR0PAQH/BAQDAgEGMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8w KwYDVR0QBCQwIoAPMjAyMjA0MDcxMTExMjFagQ8yMDQyMDQwNzExNDEyMVowHwYD VR0jBBgwFoAUj5ywA6E1kIYd1ht4UgXJxLVAMTQwHQYDVR0OBBYEFI+csAOhNZCG HdYbeFIFycS1QDE0MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBDAUAA4ICAQDAvoimEzUZauqljyVYiyKG jeoIgSp0AW8Adq1xsXZfIc3/Ht/R1wsur/Y0Nu84r67O6HUzNGy0qzW5rytOQJHh BrUtTIk7j8tX27PpNkgzadn8fZM1kFojkaogbkHcqORur/DVtDyuVHe04HxeP6QR xnSjaKAjwTbjHlJ0n6ADrLzxVKpEdPKIs+twy7mtnrh9uK3gCOS1ODLVPaf1RDM9 6WgCro8496n3ucmCuMmHSmtlPy7yIDT6daDkQY9ETqDBozmtAGF6FECH5gBK36qE ySFjjX4BNbeW3CWiVcavwtV1ozANbxp8g6gBYl4NLJ0fTg8Zu2VNjqQ250Iew9vr /dBtDDlBzKgJ/D9hWkWJy85sCpIXTiMaY6uqa69f05kiW3qPw+fq+k3HfkW5N8aY dZm+c+wvlK6tD9+Wfovff2jaQA5j76Gu5hxlySNTKsW1f3ToCE36789WjbpOcSfz /wqQiBkTxpaOXHFncF+em5mW3q+o7Aac/KNouw8E9DM/v16h1O15m+yIW6JgZdXu 9sNiFX8hG6t3SggWAuUINX2pmvh90Ani89TG0+fSO+M4a5xWdrFGvAXSQi6dbdhs yE1F3YceHBPFtxmIeqcRS9ko86lMgU0MguJ7n9ngRurzWOS/ZHRPL2Xt/OyA+YZF DMjLvT0kgQN+z+1lHOMUxA== -----END CERTIFICATE-----
SubCA NHS Level1C (SHA2 certificate, valid till September 2032)
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIFezCCA2OgAwIBAgIQX8RxMSsLeIP0CvV+/QsfBzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBI MQswCQYDVQQGEwJHQjEMMAoGA1UEChMDTkhTMQswCQYDVQQLEwJDQTEeMBwGA1UE AxMVTkhTIFJvb3QgQXV0aG9yaXR5IEcyMB4XDTIyMDkxNTEwMzg1NVoXDTMyMDkx NTExMDg1NVowSDELMAkGA1UEBhMCR0IxDDAKBgNVBAoTA25oczELMAkGA1UECxMC Q0ExHjAcBgNVBAMTFU5IUyBBdXRoZW50aWNhdGlvbiBHMjCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcN AQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBAMIFhMdiEQ3PVRGO+X57I073NR99MK8l2RAmLBYy x/1oqT8F5Mr+TXOiwfzRWCMUR/nJoWzio56yUhlj7QAgj+q/77SKVamCAK6JbI+V SGKKUgwAc8Q4sttFOATz3FWPTacjnJbkTQItKeOhbsWQXrnS0kHOM/FwIYJTxY+K t9tXBkiBzQ05uoPhlsv2fScZ8tw7ySX675yf1/hjeNWnI1PgdslbnZaO9+WKqGly fu3hl+GfAFNl7gPKURFFhm84Iyg3cfFB8IqWEMDQzo+ILITH7BQNh2K30eaaix9S vxLmctdAZeMB+9Nw+G5guRDMxEhp606MbvKZAMT/8v4KwIsCAwEAAaOCAV8wggFb MA4GA1UdDwEB/wQEAwIBBjASBgNVHRMBAf8ECDAGAQH/AgEBMD4GA1UdIAQ3MDUw MwYLKoY6AIl7ZQADAgAwJDAiBggrBgEFBQcCARYWaHR0cHM6Ly9wa2kubmhzLnVr L0NQUzB2BggrBgEFBQcBAQRqMGgwIwYIKwYBBQUHMAGGF2h0dHA6Ly9vY3NwLm5o cy51ay9vY3NwMEEGCCsGAQUFBzAChjVodHRwOi8vcGtpLm5ocy51ay9saXZlL0cy L3Jvb3QvTkhTUm9vdEF1dGhvcml0eUcyLmNydDA9BgNVHR8ENjA0MDKgMKAuhixo dHRwOi8vY3JsLm5ocy51ay9saXZlL0cyL3Jvb3QvTkhTcm9vdEcyLmNybDAfBgNV HSMEGDAWgBSPnLADoTWQhh3WG3hSBcnEtUAxNDAdBgNVHQ4EFgQUlKJQfffI6m3V pQ3BabPPZfiYuqIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADggIBALBxCnTrOZcoqbxFqaclqzzU oaipK58fuozGAKM3yE3XNu7uwe6ve9igGGZ1bx0WrxpUt9IfkR73lbD7v/5IkcCP 7RGlDCyMVIiOEkEGYyWsd1iBjr3py5WsRMwIHB/Tk7Su+fibQF70eTBg4jVE/xQX lvkbU1mjfvd22T1OgmaZMzfmCQqiHCuUaPuPzGbh1nRKV3+oqFE78ypzuPd1fvso mgEzc9GMAX5IXtV2m9TXm4y1CI1mY2HNIZaF7KA6v6QI/tF9v42Q1TdaZKwDeEjT Zcx+DMgHlstFru9sQBF7M1AtVufqmcP4aP3mg6D4hiwHJZmW/tF2VLb2tQe0+G3k ArnuS/TnUnWTmab53xnF8gFQoIvEc0Yh6ETTaeFeBiTXSmHUyi8lNROIvmmihsZx zmYVoGB9G0HrZHhuinj+ZLiJrHuvVVNOvfyiXy81PF0pXos3faLrwDqn638B/UKR 2Obpxi81ByK3oREgZuyjoJUWSd1g5QK5QJryN+A3RJwgJQELsFkbyu354BfjPfJe xwrjUNSmqeE3JfBf6oWNdU/nJK1HRoppHF7J6/RqF995u0L90Z86FvHz3F+sFNO7 U12dIZmsSj94V8gwrECy3Qm5yZubqyW7wOuuBJf3KvfyK43l/2FqRumh+pV/TAVq rsl4YOGTbdiJkZjFGbw/ -----END CERTIFICATE-----
Last edited: 25 March 2025 10:49 am