SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed

[AngieChilds]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5720484/how-to-solve-certificate-verify-failed-on-windows

solved with answer 6

Actually the best way I found to solve this in windows for Ruby itself, not just one gem, is to do the following:

Download http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem into c:\railsinstaller\cacert.pem
Go to your Computer -> Advanced Settings -> Environment Variables

Create a new System Variable:

Variable: SSL_CERT_FILE

Value: C:\RailsInstaller\cacert.pem

Close all your command prompts, including your Rails server command prompt, etc. Start a new ruby irb prompt, and try the following:

$irb>require 'open-uri'
$irb>open('https://www.gmail.com')

It should all work now just fine.

[DanielKehoe]

What page were you reading in the book when you encountered this issue? I need to add a note to the book in case others encounter this.

[DanielKehoe]

For anyone who encounters this error on Mac OS X or Linux, it's best to use RVM to correct the issue. See:
http://railsapps.github.io/openssl-certificate-verify-failed.html

[AngieChilds]

Maybe my problem since I deviated a little.  Railsinstaller is not the best but it seems to work fine with my netbeans.  I had the problem with mailchimp.  The problem could have been previously since I could not get googledrive to work, I was debating adding a database because I know that part.  I then change my model/contact.rb to have the password in this case only fake so I don't care.  This google drive was fixed on the clone so I probably had something wrong there also.  I removed the specification Ruby '2.0.0' from my gemfile maybe this is where the problem is. 

Mailchimp +- page 218
I eventually cloned yours because I could not understand why mine was failing.  When yours still had the same problem I realized it was my computer somehow so I went searching till I found something I could understand.  Previously I had Ruby 2.0.0 with a devkit,  but there was something wrong so I removed and got the railsinstaller.  This computer is pretty much held together by spit and bubblegum so maybe an issue that belongs to me alone.  It has got to the point I don't want to upgrade ruby because I don't know what else will go wrong.  I am planning to format a computer and start again.   

Rails Environment Configuration.

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git:
  user.name:  AngieChilds
  user.email: pirateprincess_avh@yahoo.com
  version:    git version 1.8.1.msysgit.1

ruby:
  bin:        C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/bin/ruby.exe
  version:    ruby 1.9.3p392 (2013-02-22) [i386-mingw32]

rails:
  bin:        C:/RailsInstaller/Ruby1.9.3/bin/rails.bat
  version:    Rails 4.0.1

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[DanielKehoe]

Can you use Nitrous.io? You'll avoid these problems.

[AngieChilds]

I am in South Africa, internet connection is real poor, it is likely to bring me too much frustration.  At times it is so bad that I time out pushing to heroku and a slug is pretty tiny so... sadly I cant try something like that. 

On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:32 PM, Daniel Kehoe notifications@github.com wrote:

Can you use Nitrous.io? You'll avoid these problems.
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[DanielKehoe]

Take a look at

Railsbridge Virtual Machine: https://github.com/railsbridge-boston/railsbridge-virtual-machine
rails-dev-box: https://github.com/rails/rails-dev-box

Let me know if these solutions are practical.

[AngieChilds]

I have a download running but at 100mb could take a while.  I will tell you later if it sorts me out.

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Take a look at
Railsbridge Virtual Machine: https://github.com/railsbridge-boston/railsbridge-virtual-machine
rails-dev-box: https://github.com/rails/rails-dev-box
Let me know if these solutions are practical.
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[DanielKehoe]

If the virtual machines are not practical, take a look at this:

https://github.com/elricstorm/rails-for-windows
http://elricstorm.viewdocs.io/rails-for-windows/index

It's a work in progress by Joel Dezenzio to provide instructions for installing Rails on Windows.

[AngieChilds]

I have now finished the book and it is great.  My app that is not the tutorial is actually working thanks to the tutorial, pretty close to what it should be.  I think I am on a road to further learning now.  I am absolutely in love with the better_errors gem.  The thin server gem has sorted out many of the windows issues that webrick has/caused. This tutorial truly hits the mark at a real beginner place.  It gave me a good start place to understand the structure, the basic part that I can now build upon with other sources.  Thank you so much.
Regards Angie

 

On Sunday, December 1, 2013 9:56 PM, Daniel Kehoe notifications@github.com wrote:

If the virtual machines are not practical, take a look at this:
https://github.com/elricstorm/rails-for-windows
http://elricstorm.viewdocs.io/rails-for-windows/index
It's a work in progress by Joel Dezenzio to provide instructions for installing Rails on Windows.
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[DanielKehoe]

@AngieChilds I'm glad you've succeeded! Good luck with your continued study.