TFS Build Agent failing to connect to HTTPS git in TFS 2017 when running as service

Question

We are using an internal certificate on our server and I\'ve followed the steps in

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/tfssetup/2016/12/19/error-ssl-certificate-problem-una

Answer 1

This is what I did to resolve the issue.

• Download latest GIT from https://git-scm.com/downloads

• During installation setup, select Windows Certificate store for SSL.

• Go to Program files and copy the latest GIT folder.

• Replace the git folder inside the agent/externals with the latest GIT folder.

• Restart agent and build again.