jekyll: SSL error on Windows when running jekyll serve

Getting the following error when trying to run ‘jekyll serve’ from the command line on Windows

d:/RailsInstaller/Ruby2.1.0/lib/ruby/2.1.0/net/http.rb:920:in `connect’: SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed (OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError)

It seems to be the same error as this RubyGems issue

https://gist.github.com/luislavena/f064211759ee0f806c88

But I have no trouble installing gems, and the workaround in that issue had no effect.

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Created 9 years ago
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This was solved for me by using the steps found on this page.

Download https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem

Add a environment variable SSL_CERT_FILE values /path/to/cacert.pem

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dsherret on Apr 15, 2017

It was solved by installing the following gem: certified. gem install certified

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BardOfCodes on Dec 6, 2016

@dsherret solution worked on win10 for me as well. I saved it in C:\Windows\cacert.pem Hit Win + r, enter in sysdm.cpl > Advanced tab > Environment Variables > System Variables : New > SSL_CERT_FILE and browse to the file, hit Ok. Restarted Powershell and >jekyll serve works.

jakefrk on Aug 12, 2017