Here in this video we see how to add vCenter root certificate to Ubuntu machine.
This video is helpful in resolving the error "SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER".
Helpful details for the video:
Rename this file: certs/lin/*.0 to certs/lin/FQDN.crt
Copy the file FQDN.crt to /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/FQDN.crt
Update the CA store: sudo update-ca-certificates