OPEN WEB UI SSL ERROR

[mikegonzo10]

SSL Certificate Verification Error with Custom API Endpoint

Problem
I'm getting SSL certificate verification errors when using shell-gpt

ConnectError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self-signed certificate (_ssl.c:1029)

Environment

• OS: Kali Linux
• Python: 3.13
• shell-gpt: [your version]
• Custom OPEN WEB UI API endpoint: https://<IP>.nip.io

Current Configuration
My .sgptrc file:

API_BASE_URL=https://139.182.185.119.nip.io
DEFAULT_MODEL=huihui_ai/qwen3-abliterated:8b

What I've Tried

1. Setting environment variables:

   REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE="" CURL_CA_BUNDLE="" SSL_CERT_FILE="" sgpt "hello"

❌ Still fails

2. Exporting variables globally in .bashrc
   ❌ Still fails

Question

How can I disable SSL certificate verification for shell-gpt when using a custom API endpoint with a self-signed certificate?

Is there:

• A configuration option in .sgptrc to disable SSL verification?
• An environment variable that the OpenAI Python client respects?
• A way to pass custom httpx client settings?

I need this because I'm running a local LLM server with a self-signed certificate and don't want to add it to the system certificate store.

Expected Behavior
shell-gpt should connect to my custom API endpoint without SSL verification errors.

Additional Context
The error occurs in the httpx/httpcore SSL handshake when the OpenAI client tries to connect to my custom endpoint.