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**`[-ca-cert | VAULT_CACERT] (string : "")`**

Path to a PEM-encoded CA certificate file on the local disk. Used to verify SSL
certificates for the server. **Takes precedence over `-ca_path`**.

**Examples**:

- CLI flag: `-ca-cert "/path/to/certs/mycert.pem"`
- Environment variable: `export VAULT_CACERT="/path/to/certs/mycert.pem"`

