Npm SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN on Azure

Question

Since npm dropped support for self signed certs yesterday, I can no longer install any packages from npm running on Windows Azure.

On my local machine I could solve

Answer 1

You can't run npm install npm -g. npm install being broken is the problem, remember? A good tip from the comments on npm's blog post, worked like a charm:

npm config set strict-ssl false

npm install npm -g

npm config set strict-ssl true

You may need to use sudo.