Vapor login hitting cUrl error

Hi - After a have dozen existing projects with staging and production environments. I'm trying to initialize a new environment in Vapor but get the following error from

vapor login

after entering my email address and password:

In CurlFactory.php line 276:
                                                                                                                                                                                   
  cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) for https://vapor.laravel.com/api/login

The new env is vanilla Laravel 12. I don't recall hitting this error in any of my earlier environments. Any help with interpreting what I need to do is appreciated! Rick

LaryAI

11 months ago

Best Answer

Level 58

Certainly! The error you’re seeing:

cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate

means that your local machine cannot verify the SSL certificate for the Vapor API because it’s missing the necessary CA certificates.

This is a common PHP/cURL issue, especially on fresh setups or after OS updates.

Here’s how you can fix it:

1. Download the latest CA certificates

Download cacert.pem from the official cURL website:
https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem

2. Tell PHP/cURL where to find the certificate

On Windows:

Save cacert.pem somewhere (e.g., C:\cacert.pem).
Open your php.ini file (find its location with php --ini).
Find (or add) this line:
```
curl.cainfo = "C:\cacert.pem"
```
Also, set for OpenSSL (optional but recommended):
```
openssl.cafile = "C:\cacert.pem"
```
Save the file and restart your terminal or web server.

On macOS/Linux:

Most systems already have CA certificates, but if not, you can install them:
- macOS (with Homebrew):
```
brew install ca-certificates
```
- Ubuntu/Debian:
```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates
```

If you downloaded cacert.pem, point your php.ini to it:

curl.cainfo = "/full/path/to/cacert.pem"
openssl.cafile = "/full/path/to/cacert.pem"

3. Verify

After making these changes, restart your terminal or web server and try:

vapor login

It should now work without the cURL error.

Summary:
This is a local environment issue, not a Laravel or Vapor bug. It’s about your PHP/cURL setup missing the CA certificates needed to verify SSL connections.

If you still have issues, let me know your OS and PHP version for more specific steps!