diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/base.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/base.pp
index f38d247..d098b7b 100644
--- a/site/profiles/manifests/base.pp
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/base.pp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class profiles::base (
   include profiles::ntp::client
   include profiles::dns::base
   include profiles::pki::vault
+  include profiles::pki::vaultca
   include profiles::cloudinit::init
   include profiles::metrics::default
   include profiles::helpers::node_lookup
diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/pki/vaultca.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/pki/vaultca.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..856459f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/pki/vaultca.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# ensure the ca certificate for vault is installed everywhere
+class profiles::pki::vaultca {
+  $root_cacert = 'vaultcaroot.pem'
+
+  # Define the target path based on the operating system
+  case $facts['os']['family'] {
+    'RedHat': {
+      $ca_cert_target_path = "/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/${root_cacert}"
+      $update_ca_cert_command = 'update-ca-trust extract'
+    }
+    'Debian': {
+      $ca_cert_target_path = "/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/${root_cacert}"
+      $update_ca_cert_command = 'update-ca-certificates'
+    }
+    default: {
+      fail("Unsupported operating system: ${facts['os']['family']}")
+    }
+  }
+
+  # Ensure the CA certificate is present and contains the content from the template
+  file { $ca_cert_target_path:
+    ensure  => file,
+    owner   => 'root',
+    group   => 'root',
+    mode    => '0644',
+    content => template('profiles/pki/vaultcaroot.pem.erb'),
+    notify  => Exec['update_ca_trust_store'],
+  }
+
+  # Execute the system command to update the CA trust store
+  exec { 'update_ca_trust_store':
+    command     => $update_ca_cert_command,
+    path        => ['/bin', '/usr/bin'],
+    refreshonly => true,
+    require     => File[$ca_cert_target_path],
+  }
+}
diff --git a/site/profiles/templates/pki/vaultcaroot.pem.erb b/site/profiles/templates/pki/vaultcaroot.pem.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aacae0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/profiles/templates/pki/vaultcaroot.pem.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
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