How to Fix Self-Signed Certificate in Certificate Chain Error

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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For some time now, developers encountered a SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN error during installing and publishing packages in certain applications and developer toolssuch as Node.js, npm, or Git.

Until a few years ago, when npm for instance announced that they would no longer support self-signed certificates.

This means that the certificate verification process was no longer automatic. So developers now have to set up their application to see the self-signed certificates.

How do I fix self-signed certificate in the certificate chain?

Depending on the tool you’re using, there are a few recommendations. Some are risky, some are safe. One thing is clear, though: you should not attempt to disable the certification verification process altogether.

For Node.js

You can insert an environment variable toallow untrusted certificates using the following command at the beginning of the code:

This is risky and it’s not recommended to be used in production. Alternatively, usenpm config set strict-ssl=falseif you have to do this for many applications and you want to save repeating the process.

Users also suggest upgradingyour version of Node, to fixes any existing bugs and vulnerabilities.

For npm

The recommended solution is, again, to upgrade your version of npm running one of the following:

npm install npm -g –ca=null

npm update npm-gOr,tell your current version of npm to use known registrars, and after installing, stop using them:

Some users mentioned that they onlyswitched the registry URL from https to http:

We hope that one of these suggestions helped you fix the problem. Should you have any recommendations, please use the comments section below.

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