SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN error while using npm install

Question

Whenever I run npm install , I get an error

Error: SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN.

How to resolve this error?

Answer 1

Even I used to get this error. Try following steps.

Steps to be followed to overcome this error:

1) Run these three commands in a sequence.

• npm config set strict-ssl false

• npm update npm –g

• npm config set strict-ssl true

2) Set properties proxy and https-proxy in the npm config using these commands:

• npm config set proxy=“http://"proxy-name":8080”

• npm config set https-proxy=“http://"proxy-name":8080”

Then try installing your packages using commands you tried.

Hope this helps.