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Vagrant / Homestead SSL certificate problem

What is wrong????? And How can I fix this?

vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Checking if box 'laravel/homestead' is up to date...
==> default: There was a problem while downloading the metadata for your box
==> default: to check for updates. This is not an error, since it is usually due
==> default: to temporary network problems. This is just a warning. The problem
==> default: encountered was:
==> default:
==> default: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
==> default: More details here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html
==> default:
==> default: curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a "bundle"
==> default:  of Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). If the default
==> default:  bundle file isn't adequate, you can specify an alternate file
==> default:  using the --cacert option.
==> default: If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA represented in
==> default:  the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed due to a
==> default:  problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name might
==> default:  not match the domain name in the URL).
==> default: If you'd like to turn off curl's verification of the certificate, use
==> default:  the -k (or --insecure) option.
==> default:
==> default: If you want to check for box updates, verify your network connection
==> default: is valid and try again.
==> default: VirtualBox VM is already running.
==> default: [vagrant-hostsupdater] Checking for host entries
==> default: [vagrant-hostsupdater]   found entry for: 192.168.10.10 homestead
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fideloper's avatar

It's probably checking against a Vagrant API to see if you have the latest box, but can't connect over HTTPS. It'll probably clear itself up (issue is likely not in your computer but on the other end), and I don't believe it will cause any issues in using Vagrant/Homestead.

(Probably :D )

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