Non WP site throwing cURL 77 Error

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What issue or error are you experiencing?

I am running on a non-WP version of Local (all WP files deleted) and am using the AWS SDK for connecting to DO spaces and when I try to get an object I encounter the following error (message modified for security):

"Error executing "GetObject" on "https://custom-domain.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/file.zip"; AWS HTTP error: cURL error 77: error setting certificate verify locations:  CAfile: /Users/username/directory/app/public/wp-includes/certificates/ca-bundle.crt CApath: none (see https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html) for https://custom-domain.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/file.zip"

As you can see, the system is looking for a ca-bundle.crt file that doesn’t exist since this Local site doesn’t have WP installed.

If I manually add the file, voila. Everything starts working as expected. I shouldn’t have to add this manually to any non-WP site that is making cURL requests.

This has been working perfectly fine for ages so I’m not sure what could be causing it all of a sudden. Is there some system setting in Local that tells cURL in the shell where to find the ca-bundle.cert file?

What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc

  1. Delete all WP files in the public directory.
  2. Make a cURL request using the AWS S3 SDK.

System Details

  • Local Version: 8.0.0

  • Operating System (OS) and OS version: Mac OS X Ventura 13.4.1

Local Logs

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Security Reminder
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Hi @benjamin

Was this working before you updated to v8.0?

If you downgrade to 7.2 does it work again?

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No, it was not working before. I upgraded to 8.0.0 to see if that would fix it but it made no difference.

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Oh okay, I was just wondering since you said, “This has been working perfectly fine for ages so I’m not sure what could be causing it all of a sudden.”

What version were you on when it was “working fine”?

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It was working great on 7.2 as far as I know, and all the previous versions. This error is new to me. Googling it I see others saying it’s an issue with cURL (see: AWS HTTP error: cURL error 77: error setting certificate verify locations · Issue #1416 · aws/aws-sdk-php · GitHub).

I haven’t done any updates recently (that I know of) although I know that cURL had a huge vulnerability recently and it makes me wonder if it’s connected (see: Vulnerabilities in curl patched after week-long tease • The Register)

With that being said, the issue I was hoping to fix is why it’s looking for the bundle file inside app/public/wp-includes/certificates. I’ve got not references to that anywhere in my code and the only thing I can think is some kind of setting in the Local system/setup.

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After digging deeper, it looks like it’s coming from the php.ini.hbs file:

openssl.cafile="{{wpCaBundlePath}}"

Strange that I never got this before as it’s been working for years, but I’ll just make the change here and that should be all I need.

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Nice! Thanks for coming back and sharing the fix in case others run into the same issue. Happy Developing @benjamin!