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Ruby/Jeykll - Certificate Verify Failed

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By Sakharam Shinde 1 min read

Error Messages:

  • ERROR: SSL verification error at depth 2: unable to get local issuer certificate (20)
  • ERROR: You must add certificate to your local trusted store
  • ERROR: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

System Configuration:

  • Operating System: MacOS
  • Version: 14.3
  • Name: Darwin

What steps resulted in this error?

  1. Installing the Jekyll static site generator using gem:
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    gem install jekyll
  2. Upgrading RubyGems using the self-update command:
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    gem update --system

What does this error mean?

  • This error means that your machine was unable to establish a secure connection to RubyGems.org over SSL.

Why did this error occur?

  • The openssl installed on the machine did not trust the Zscalar certificate which was installed on the machine.

Solution

  • For openssl to trust the Zscalar certificate, we need to add the cert to its trusted folder.
  • We can identify the path of the openssl certs fodler and the copy the certificate:
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    openssl version -d
cp /<path-to-cert>/cert.pen /opt/homebrew/etc/openssl@3/certs
issues-fixes
Fixies Jekyll Ruby OpenSSL
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