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title: "Can Apollo Studio automatically accept self-signed certificates?"
canonical: "https://support.apollographql.com/space/ETKB/648413214/Can%20Apollo%20Studio%20automatically%20accept%20self-signed%20certificates%3F"
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A common reason that self-signed certificate-based requests fail to authenticate is the Node process missing a root certificate. Once added, Apollo Studio will accept these requests.

Bypassing this check can be configured with the environment variable `NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED` from the command line (e.g. NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=0 before `node`) or by adding `process.env['NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED']=0;` near the beginning of the relevant Gateway file. This introduces significant vulnerabilities, and we recommend the process mentioned above to avoid these concerns.