# Error while connecting using discourse\_theme cli

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-connecting-using-discourse-theme-cli/249881>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 26, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-connecting-using-discourse-theme-cli/249881 "2022-12-26T09:41:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-connecting-using-discourse-theme-cli/249881/2 "2022-12-26T20:46:42Z")

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> [@misham](#):
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> `sslv3 alert handshake failure (OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError)`

That suggests that your certificate is broken somehow. If the site works in your browser, then maybe there is some spurious DNS or networking issue.

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