# Connecting Ignition to Snowflake - JDBC driver communication error: no trusted certificate found

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-snowflake-jdbc-driver-communication-error-no-trusted-certificate-found/89726>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [April 30, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-snowflake-jdbc-driver-communication-error-no-trusted-certificate-found/89726 "2024-04-30T18:34:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ben522326](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ben522326](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ben522326)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-snowflake-jdbc-driver-communication-error-no-trusted-certificate-found/89726/1 "2024-04-30T18:34:36Z")

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Hi all-

I'm doing some R&D with connecting Ignition and Snowflake. I'm following along with this IA article: [Creating database connections with custom translators and 3rd party JDBC drivers – Inductive Automation Help Center](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408715117197-Creating-database-connections-with-custom-translators-and-3rd-party-JDBC-drivers)

I've done all the steps outlined in this article, however, I'm running into trouble with getting the database connection valid.

Here is the error I'm getting with my database connection:

`java.sql.SQLException: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (JDBC driver encountered communication error. Message: No trusted certificate found.) Caused by: net.snowflake.client.jdbc.SnowflakeSQLLoggedException: JDBC driver encountered communication error. Message: No trusted certificate found. Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: No trusted certificate found Caused by: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: No trusted certificate found`

Could this be an issue with my gateway driver/translator configuration? Connect URL? jdbc.jar file?

I realize this is a certificate error, however I'm not sure how to go about fixing it. Can someone help identify what this error means and how to fix it? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![MMaynard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmaynard/32/3366_2.png) [@MMaynard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MMaynard)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-snowflake-jdbc-driver-communication-error-no-trusted-certificate-found/89726/2 "2024-05-01T11:39:46Z")

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Not sure if the driver is setup for it but in our case to connect to older SQL Servers we had to add ;trustServerCertificate=true; to the connection

`databaseName=YourDatabaseName;trustServerCertificate=true;`

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**Author:** ![mdia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mdia/32/87599_2.png) [@mdia](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mdia)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-ignition-to-snowflake-jdbc-driver-communication-error-no-trusted-certificate-found/89726/4 "2024-06-26T15:47:08Z")

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Did you ever figure this out? Currently having the same issue.