This should be used only as a temporary fix for development, it exposes you to man-in-the-middle attacks. The long-term solution should be to properly set up SSL certificates.
<ul>
<li>Windows</li>
</ul>
<code>set NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0</code>
<ul>
<li>Linux</li>
</ul>
<code>export NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0</code>

This should be used only as a temporary fix for development, it exposes you to man-in-the-middle attacks. The long-term solution should be to properly set up SSL certificates.

* Windows
    

`set NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0`

* Linux
    

`export NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0`

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