When working with Postman on a local API served via Valet, you may run into the issue shown above, SSL Error: Unable to verify the first certificate, well worry not, as the solution is simple.
Step-by-step guide
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Open preferences inside postman
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Navigate to the ‘Certificates’ tab and turn 'CA Certificates' to 'On'
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Click 'Select File' next to where it says 'PEM File'
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Navigate to valets
.pem
certificate file -
et voilà!
This is how it should look after completing the steps above.
The .pem
path is:
/Users/<YOUR-USERNAME>/.config/valet/CA/LaravelValetCASelfSigned.pem