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SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN error when installing bower components

Error while installing bower components, the following error is thrown

Request to https://bower.herokuapp.com/packages/ember failed: SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN.
Solution

  • You may get this error if your are behind a proxy or secure connection

    Goto project root folder and open .bowerrc file and add the line

    "strict-ssl": false

    Example .bowerrc file

    {

    "directory": "bower_components",
    "analytics": false,
    "strict-ssl": false
}

    and from the project root folder do a bower install as follows

    bower install