# cURL error 35 when trying to connect

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**Created:** [2017 年2 月 22 日 18:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/curl-error-35-when-trying-to-connect/57804 "2017-02-22T18:11:08Z")\
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作者： ![Denki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/denki/32/121238_2.png) [@Denki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denki)\
发布日期： [2017 年2 月 22 日 18:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/curl-error-35-when-trying-to-connect/57804/1 "2017-02-22T18:11:08Z")

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Hello,

After configuring correctly the plugin to connect to my discourse installation, I get the dreaded “You are not connected to a Discourse forum. Please check your settings for ‘Discourse URL’, ‘API Key’, and ‘Publishing username’ Also, make sure that your Discourse forum is online.” error.

Using the Query monitor plugin, I get an insight of what’s not working (API key cleared myself when pasted here);

GET  
[https://foro.denki.es/users/system.json](https://foro.denki.es/users/system.json)  
?api\_key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&api\_username=system

Response → cURL error 35: error:14077410:SSL routines:SSL23\_GET\_SERVER\_HELLO:sslv3 alert handshake failure

Investigating around it seems this might be a non updated curl issue, but it’s quite strange because I’ve got the latest version installed. What else could I do to solve this?

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