SSL CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED in aws cli

Question

I installed AWS CLI on the Windows server 2007 32bit.

aws --version
aws-cli/1.8.8 Python/2.7.9 Windows/2008Server 

I configure aws cl

Answer 1

I had the same issue on Windows 10. It happens to be due to the aws cli not reading the internet proxy setting from the Windows registry. Fixed same error by setting the environment variables HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY to the corporate internet proxy. Hope it helps somebody!