PBIVIZ not recognizing certificate - ssl

Question

I've been updating my development environment with the latest pbiviz stuff
I did a:
npm i -g powerbi-visuals-tools
and:
pbiviz --install-cert
in Windows terminal/powershell
Then I opened a project in Visual Code and using terminal did a:
pbiviz package
info Building visual...
info Installing API: ~3.8.0...
Certificate is invalid!
warn Local valid certificate not found.
info Checking global instance of pbiviz certificate...
warn Global instance of valid pbiviz certificate not found.
info Generating a new certificate...
info Certificate generated. Location is C:\Users\mike\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\certs\PowerBICustomVisualTest_public.pfx. Passphrase is '4492518445773821'
info Start preparing plugin template
info Finish preparing plugin template
error error:0308010C:digital envelope routines::unsupported
C:\Users\mike\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-webpack-plugin\index.js:185
throw new Error("Failed to generate visualPlugin.ts");
^
Error: Failed to generate visualPlugin.ts
at C:\Users\mike\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-webpack-plugin\index.js:185:12
at async PowerBICustomVisualsWebpackPlugin._beforeCompile (C:\Users\mike\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-tools\node_modules\powerbi-visuals-webpack-plugin\index.js:177:4)
Node.js v17.0.0
I've tried uninstalling, reatarting and various incantations, but it doesn't want to go.
Is my certificate really invalid? How do I check it? Are there any diagnostics I can run?
Any and all advice gladly accepted
I just updated to pbiviz -V
3.4.1
same problem

Answer 1

After a debug session we found an error in powerbi-visuals-tools#3.4.1 where the check for certificate in certificatetoosl.js uses the text date of the certificate expiry date, whihc in my case is dd/mm/yyyy which fails because this expects and ISO 8601, but will work with mm/dd/yyyy
[![debug image][1]][1]
This is the code:
// For Windows OS:
if (os.platform() === "win32") {
if (!fs.existsSync(pfxPath) || !passphrase) {
return false;
}
let certStr = await exec(`certutil -p ${passphrase} -dump "${pfxPath}"`);
let certStrSplitted = certStr.split('\r\n');
let regex = /(?<=: ).*/;
endDateStr = regex.exec(certStrSplitted[6]);
}
// For Linux and Mac/darwin OS:
else if (os.platform() === "linux" || os.platform() === "darwin") {
if (!fs.existsSync(certPath)) {
return false;
}
endDateStr = await exec(`openssl x509 -enddate -noout -in ${certPath} | cut -d = -f 2`);
}
let endDate = new Date(Date.parse(endDateStr));
verifyCertDate = (endDate - new Date()) > certSafePeriod;
if (verifyCertDate) {
ConsoleWriter.info(`Certificate is valid.`);
} else {
ConsoleWriter.warn(`Certificate is invalid!`);
removeCertFiles(certPath, keyPath, pfxPath);
}
We don't have a full solution but there will be workarounds until the package is fixed. Deleting all the modules and reinstalling seemed to fix the visualPlugin.ts problem as well.
[1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/XVrsQ.png