diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/certificate/CertificateVO.java b/core/src/com/cloud/certificate/CertificateVO.java
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+/**
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud.com, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * 
+ * This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.
+ * 
+ * It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * 
+ */
+package com.cloud.certificate;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+@Entity
+@Table(name="certificate")
+public class CertificateVO {
+
+	public CertificateVO(String cert)
+	{
+		this.certificate = cert;
+	}
+	
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+    @Column(name="id")
+    private Long id = null;
+
+    @Column(name="certificate")
+    private String certificate;
+
+    public CertificateVO() {}
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+    
+    public String getCertificate() {
+        return certificate;
+    }
+    public void setCertificate(String certificate) {
+        this.certificate = certificate;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/certificate/dao/CertificateDao.java b/core/src/com/cloud/certificate/dao/CertificateDao.java
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+/**
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud.com, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * 
+ * This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.
+ * 
+ * It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * 
+ */
+
+package com.cloud.certificate.dao;
+
+import com.cloud.certificate.CertificateVO;
+import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDao;
+
+public interface CertificateDao extends GenericDao<CertificateVO, Long> {
+	public boolean persistCustomCertToDb(String certPath);
+}
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/certificate/dao/CertificateDaoImpl.java b/core/src/com/cloud/certificate/dao/CertificateDaoImpl.java
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+package com.cloud.certificate.dao;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.ejb.Local;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import com.cloud.certificate.CertificateVO;
+import com.cloud.utils.db.DB;
+import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDaoBase;
+
+@Local(value={CertificateDao.class}) @DB(txn=false)
+public class CertificateDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<CertificateVO, Long>  implements CertificateDao {
+	
+    private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(CertificateDaoImpl.class);
+    
+	@Override
+	public boolean persistCustomCertToDb(String certPath){
+		
+		String certStr = null;
+	    byte[] buffer = new byte[(int) new File(certPath).length()];
+	    BufferedInputStream f = null;
+	    try 
+	    {
+	        f = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(certPath));
+	        f.read(buffer);
+	    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+	    	s_logger.warn("Unable to read the certificate: "+e);
+	    	return false;
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+	    	s_logger.warn("Unable to read the certificate: "+e);
+	    	return false;		
+	    } 
+	    finally 
+	    {
+	        if (f != null) 
+	        	try { f.close(); } catch (IOException ignored) { }
+	    }
+	    certStr = new String(buffer);
+
+	    CertificateVO certRec = new CertificateVO(certStr);
+	    this.persist(certRec);
+	    
+		return true;
+	}
+}