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title: Troubleshoot failed certificate verification with curl on Mac
description: Symptoms: curl on the Mac returns a certificate verification error even when the --cacert option is used.Resolution: Apple’s integration of curl with...
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  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
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# Troubleshoot failed certificate verification with curl on Mac
**Symptoms:**
- `curl` on the Mac returns a certificate verification error even when the `--cacert` option is used.

**Resolution:**
Apple’s integration of `curl` with their keychain technology disables the `--cacert` option. See [http://curl.haxx.se/mail/archive-2013-10/0036.html](http://curl.haxx.se/mail/archive-2013-10/0036.html) for more information.
You can use another tool, such as `wget`, to test certificates. Alternately, you can add the certificate for the signing certificate authority MacOS system keychain, using a procedure similar to the one detailed at the [Apple knowledge base](http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14003). Be sure to add the signing CA’s certificate and not the server’s certificate.