(SSL Certificate Verification)= # HTTPS Certificates ```{versionadded} 1.3 ``` By default, pip will perform SSL certificate verification for network connections it makes over HTTPS. These serve to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks against package downloads. This does not use the system certificate store but, instead, uses a bundled CA certificate store from {pypi}`certifi`. ## Using a specific certificate store The `--cert` option (and the corresponding `PIP_CERT` environment variable) allow users to specify a different certificate store/bundle for pip to use. It is also possible to use `REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE` or `CURL_CA_BUNDLE` environment variables. ## Using system certificate stores ```{versionadded} 22.2 Experimental support, behind `--use-feature=truststore`. ``` It is possible to use the system trust store, instead of the bundled certifi certificates for verifying HTTPS certificates. This approach will typically support corporate proxy certificates without additional configuration. In order to use system trust stores, you need to: - Use Python 3.10 or newer. - Install the {pypi}`truststore` package, in the Python environment you're running pip in. This is typically done by installing this package using a system package manager or by using pip in {ref}`Hash-checking mode` for this package and trusting the network using the `--trusted-host` flag. ```{pip-cli} $ python -m pip install truststore [...] $ python -m pip install SomePackage --use-feature=truststore [...] Successfully installed SomePackage ``` ### When to use You should try using system trust stores when there is a custom certificate chain configured for your system that pip isn't aware of. Typically, this situation will manifest with an `SSLCertVerificationError` with the message "certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate": ```{pip-cli} $ pip install -U SomePackage [...] SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (\_ssl.c:997)'))) - skipping ``` This error means that OpenSSL wasn't able to find a trust anchor to verify the chain against. Using system trust stores instead of certifi will likely solve this issue. If you encounter a TLS/SSL error when using the `truststore` feature you should open an issue on the [truststore GitHub issue tracker] instead of pip's issue tracker. The maintainers of truststore will help diagnose and fix the issue. [truststore github issue tracker]: https://github.com/sethmlarson/truststore/issues
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