npm ERR! code UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY

Issue

The following error appears when installing an npm module for NodeJS on CloudLinux:

npm ERR! code UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY
npm ERR! errno UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY
npm ERR! request to https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp-cli failed, reason: unable to get local issuer certificate

Or:

verbose stack FetchError: request to https://registry.npmjs.org/@hookform%2fresolvers failed, reason: unable to get local issuer certificate
error request to https://registry.npmjs.org/@hookform%2fresolvers failed, reason: unable to get local issuer certificate

Environment

• CloudLinux
• NodeJS v.18, v19, v20
• alt-nodejs18-openssl < 1.1.1p-3

Solution

Install the latest alt-nodejs updates:

# yum update alt-nodejsXX* --enablerepo=cloudlinux-updates-testing

Where XX should be replaced with the required NodeJS version number

Cause

Outdated version

Useful links

https://changelog.cloudlinux.com/search?value=ALTNJS-123