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SSL error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed

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Problem

Got this error on both machines almost at the same time with docker-compose and lately with fig after rollback. A few search results points to python/openssl issue but i simple can't figure out where to dig to. Python/openssl comes from homebrew. Boot2Docker-cli version: v1.4.1 Git commit: 43241cb Client version: 1.4.1 Client API version: 1.16 Go version (client): go1.4 Git commit (client): 5bc2ff8 OS/Arch (client): darwin/amd64 Server version: 1.4.1 Server API version: 1.16 Go version (server): go1.3.3 Git commit (server): 5bc2ff8

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error on both machines almost at the same time with docker-compose and lately with fig after rollback. A few search results points to python/openssl issue but i simple can't figure out where to dig to. Pyth

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Solution: SSL error: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed

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I think I'm experiencing the same thing trying to use the `docker-compose` release candidate... [code block] But `fig` works fine... [code block] I'm on OSX, running all the same versions as @gkostyanikov, except my Go client version is `go1.3.3`. My python/openssl is also installed via Homebrew. Might have something to do with it? Edit: Actually it looks like Homebrew doesn't link openssl, s

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    I think I'm experiencing the same thing trying to use the `docker-compose` relea

    I think I'm experiencing the same thing trying to use the `docker-compose` release candidate...

    text
    $ docker-compose ps
    SSL error: hostname '192.168.59.103' doesn't match 'boot2docker'
    ```
    
    But `fig` works fine...
    
    ```
    $ fig -f docker-compose.yml ps
    Name   Command   State   Ports
    ------------------------------
  2. 2

    I'm on OSX, running all the same versions as @gkostyanikov, except my Go client

    I'm on OSX, running all the same versions as @gkostyanikov, except my Go client version is `go1.3.3`. My python/openssl is also installed via Homebrew. Might have something to do with it?

  3. 3

    Edit: Actually it looks like Homebrew doesn't link openssl, so I'm using the def

    Edit: Actually it looks like Homebrew doesn't link openssl, so I'm using the default OSX version: `OpenSSL 0.9.8za 5 Jun 2014`.

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Resolved in docker/compose GitHub issue #890. Community reactions: 0 upvotes.

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