Unable to register workflow service in SharePoint 2013

I am trying to enable Workflow 2013 feature in SharePoint Designer 2013 and for that I installed Workflow Manager.
I am at the last step where you register workflow service using the following command but I am getting error.
COMMAND
Register-SPWorkflowService -SPSite "http://myserver:1267" -WorkflowHostUri "https://myserver:12291/" -AllowOAuthHttp
ERROR
Register-SPWorkflowService : The root of the certificate chain is not a trusted root authority.
Then I changed the HTTPS to HTTP in command as well as port number from 12291 to 12290 but again error.
COMMAND
Register-SPWorkflowService -SPSite "http://myserver:1267" -WorkflowHostUri "http://myserver:12290/" -AllowOAuthHttp
ERROR
Register-SPWorkflowService : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive.
What do I do now?

Hi Sridhar,
I have tried Register-SPWorkflowService command(below) with the "-Force" parameter but now i am getting below error. I have
installed Workflow manager on same server on which Sharepoint has been installed.
Command-Register-SPWorkflowService -SPSite "Site_URL" -WorkflowHostUri "https://"FQDN
URL af"/" -AllowOAuthHttp -force
Register-SPWorkflowService : The underlying connection was closed: Anunexpected error occurred on a send. Client ActivityId :
8fce287d-0f6b-483e-b985-fedb36ab82b8.
At line:1 char:1
+ Register-SPWorkflowService -SPSite "http://comv-cp-ggn:1002/"
-WorkflowHostUri " ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share...WorkflowService:
RegisterSPWorkflowService) [Register-SPWorkflowService], WorkflowCommunica
tionException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices.PowerShell
.RegisterSPWorkflowService
Is this needed to install Workflow manager on the separate server?
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