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# Discover root certificates hosted outside your server

# Discover root certificates hosted outside your server {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Brazil  
Updated September 10, 2026  
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Collect information about root certificates stored outside your server. Create a
specialized Discovery schedule.

## Before you begin

Role required: Admin, discovery_admin, Certificate administrator

## About this task

To discover root certificates stored outside your server, create a special Discovery schedule to target them.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllDiscoveryDiscovery Schedules.
2. From the Discovery Schedule page, select New.
3. On the Discovery Schedule form, fill in the fields.  
   For a description of the field values, see [Discovery schedule form table](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/tdZOcoroi6C6Eep4Ph08lA "To perform Discovery on root certificates stored outside your server, you must set a special Discovery schedule that locates these certificates. This table guides you through the form required for this task.").
4. Save this record by selecting Update.
5. Select the Serverless Execution Patterns tab.
6. Create a Serverless Execution Pattern.
   1. Select New.
   2. In the New Record page, select the search icon (![Search icon]()) in the Pattern field.
   3. Fill in the Name field.
   4. Find and select Import SSL Certificate.
   5. Select Submit.  
      You're redirected back to the Discovery Schedule page created in step 4.
7. Select the Serverless Execution Patterns tab.
8. Select the Name of the new pattern that you just made.
9. Select the (empty) value field, and add a value for each parameter.  
   For guidance on what values to set, see [Run Certificate Discovery via certificate file import](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/QjTAaIi2iPDaD07EVTZfeQ "In Certificate Inventory and Management, you can discover certificates by importing certificate files into the system using pattern-based Discovery.").
10. Collect information on your root certificate by making a unique certificate file.
    1. Navigate to the Discovery Schedule record that you created.
    2. Select the link Discover now to begin Discovery that collects your root certificate.
11. Navigate to AllUnique Certificates.
12. After the Discovery is complete, find your root certificate to confirm that it's there.

## Result

Your Discovery collects information on your root certificate located outside a server.

## What to do next

[Connect an intermediate certificate to its root certificate](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/KfoLI~zDEQMuTZbFIG50MQ "Connect intermediate certificates to recently imported certificates or to root certificates located outside the servers to complete the certificate chain of trust.") to complete your certificate chain.

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