Ruby/Jeykll - Certificate Verify Failed

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:

    gem install jekyll
   

2. Upgrading RubyGems using the self-update command:

    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:

    openssl version -d
    cp /<path-to-cert>/cert.pen /opt/homebrew/etc/openssl@3/certs