[GH-ISSUE #286] Azure DevOps Pipelines: Installing local CA via PowerShell hangs #185

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opened 2026-02-25 22:32:49 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

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Originally created by @fenton-nick on GitHub (Aug 24, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/286

I've installed mkcert in an Azure Pipeline windows VM via Chocolatey. However, installing the local CA via PowerShell hangs. I can't find anything significant in the logs for this pipeline task. I have to manually cancel the run after about 5 minutes.

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Created a new local CA at "/home/circleci/.local/share/mkcert" 💥 <--- agent hangs right here

Originally created by @fenton-nick on GitHub (Aug 24, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert/issues/286 I've installed mkcert in an Azure Pipeline windows VM via Chocolatey. However, installing the local CA via PowerShell hangs. I can't find anything significant in the logs for this pipeline task. I have to manually cancel the run after about 5 minutes. ``` mkcert -install Created a new local CA at "/home/circleci/.local/share/mkcert" 💥 <--- agent hangs right here ```

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@fenton-nick commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2020):

Could this be caused by the security warning the pops up when installing a cert for the CA? If so, I'm not sure how this could be avoided.

@fenton-nick commented on GitHub (Aug 24, 2020): Could this be caused by the security warning the pops up when installing a cert for the CA? If so, I'm not sure how this could be avoided. ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4750903/91107045-50707a00-e642-11ea-8906-7f2c7900bf59.png)

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@fenton-nick commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2020):

Unfortunately, I had to go with a pure PowerShell (New-SelfsignedCertificate) approach in order to make integration tests run in a Windows based CI vm.

@fenton-nick commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2020): Unfortunately, I had to go with a pure PowerShell (New-SelfsignedCertificate) approach in order to make integration tests run in a Windows based CI vm.

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@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2020):

Yeah, I don't know of any way to avoid the warning when running -install. Does your PowerShell approach install a system root or just generate a certificate? If the latter, you can just skip -install and use mkcert. If the former, I am curious how it bypasses the dialog.

@FiloSottile commented on GitHub (Oct 25, 2020): Yeah, I don't know of any way to avoid the warning when running `-install`. Does your PowerShell approach install a system root or just generate a certificate? If the latter, you can just skip `-install` and use mkcert. If the former, I am curious how it bypasses the dialog.

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@fenton-nick commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020):

It does install a Root CA certificate.

@fenton-nick commented on GitHub (Nov 10, 2020): It does install a Root CA certificate.

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