Fixing issue when local has no openssl certs.

Cargo.lock

@@ -1880,6 +1880,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lemmy_websocket",
  "log",
  "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",

Cargo.toml

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ activitystreams = "0.7.0-alpha.11"
 actix-rt = { version = "2.2.0", default-features = false }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.66", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 clokwerk = "0.3.5"
+openssl-probe = "0.1.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies.cargo-husky]
 version = "1.5.0"

src/main.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ use lemmy_utils::{
   LemmyError,
 };
 use lemmy_websocket::{chat_server::ChatServer, LemmyContext};
-use reqwest::Client;
+use log::warn;
+use reqwest::{Client, ClientBuilder};
 use std::{sync::Arc, thread};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
@@ -67,12 +68,21 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
 
   let activity_queue = create_activity_queue();
 
+  let client = if !openssl_probe::has_ssl_cert_env_vars() {
+    warn!("No OpenSSL certs found, accepting invalid certs.");
+    ClientBuilder::new()
+      .danger_accept_invalid_certs(true)
+      .build()?
+  } else {
+    Client::default()
+  };
+
   let chat_server = ChatServer::startup(
     pool.clone(),
     rate_limiter.clone(),
     |c, i, o, d| Box::pin(match_websocket_operation(c, i, o, d)),
     |c, i, o, d| Box::pin(match_websocket_operation_crud(c, i, o, d)),
-    Client::default(),
+    client.clone(),
     activity_queue.clone(),
   )
   .start();
@@ -82,7 +92,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
     let context = LemmyContext::create(
       pool.clone(),
       chat_server.to_owned(),
-      Client::default(),
+      client.clone(),
       activity_queue.to_owned(),
     );
     let rate_limiter = rate_limiter.clone();