Nuget package install fails. SSL connection could not be established

Steps to reproduce

Install .Net SDK as it is instructed here. https://www.microsoft.com/net/learn/get-started/linux/ubuntu16-04

Create new mvc project dotnet new mvc

Add a nuget package, for example dotnet add package MySql.Data

Expected behavior

Adding nuget package to project successfully.

Actual behavior

Install fails with following error. Writing /tmp/tmp4Rr8UQ.tmp info : Adding PackageReference for package 'MySql.Data' into project '/home/alperenc/Desktop/sd/sd.csproj'. log : Restoring packages for /home/alperenc/Desktop/sd/sd.csproj... info : GET https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/mysql.data/index.json log : Retrying 'FindPackagesByIdAsync' for source 'https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/mysql.data/index.json'. log : The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception. log : error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file info : GET https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/mysql.data/index.json log : Retrying 'FindPackagesByIdAsync' for source 'https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/mysql.data/index.json'. log : The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception. log : error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file info : GET https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/mysql.data/index.json error: Failed to retrieve information about 'MySql.Data' from remote source 'https://api.nuget.org/v3-flatcontainer/mysql.data/index.json'. error: The SSL connection could not be established, see inner exception. error: error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file

But i can browse https links specified in the log without issues in browser. Tried with different internet connections. Happens on both of my mint linux x64 pcs.

Environment data

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json): Version: 2.1.300 Commit: adab45bf0c

Runtime Environment: OS Name: linuxmint OS Version: 18.3 OS Platform: Linux RID: linuxmint.18.3-x64 Base Path: /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/2.1.300/

Host (useful for support): Version: 2.1.0 Commit: caa7b7e2ba

.NET Core SDKs installed: 2.1.300 [/usr/share/dotnet/sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed: Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.0 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.0 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.6 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.0 [/usr/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App] https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues

[alperencaliskan]

Thank you for giving link to dotnet/cli#9391. My problem was some broken symlinks to certificates in /etc/ssl/certs. Removing them solved the issue. But a lot of hosts will have this issue, dotnet shouldn’t throw error but skip them.

Related corefx issue https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/29942

[brunofvalli]

I am using Red Hat with Corporate Certificates and the fix of sudo chmod +r /etc/pki/tls/certs/* did not fix. Is there a way to either ignore SSL or point NuGet to the directory where the certs are?