Cant install Workbench AI behind firewall (ZScaler certificate)

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Workbench Version
Desktop App v0.44.8
CLI v0.21.3
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Host Machine operating system and location
Local Windows 11
Local Windows 10
Local macOS
Local Ubuntu 22.04
Remote Ubuntu 22.04
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When I try to install it I got

No internet connection

The Workbench installer requires internet access. Verify your connection and try again.

Checking the main.log I can see this error:

[2024-03-22 10:54:53.601] [info] (main) serving C:\Program Files\NVIDIA AI Workbench\resources\app.asar\dist\renderer\5b46e7f86da9e10a06ee.svg
[2024-03-22 10:54:53.820] [error] (check-connection) FetchError: request to https://www.nvidia.com/ failed, reason: unable to get local issuer certificate
at ClientRequest. (C:\Program Files\NVIDIA AI Workbench\resources\app.asar\dist\main\main.js:2:336382)
at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:514:28)
at TLSSocket.socketErrorListener (node:_http_client:501:9)
at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:514:28)
at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:151:8)
at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:116:3)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
[2024-03-22 10:54:53.831] [info] (renderer) SERVICE: internetAvailableCheck(), CHANNEL: check_connection

I tried setting the environment variable NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS pointing to the ZScaler cert (tried with .crt and .pem) but it still doesn’t work.

Appreciate any support.

Regards,
Marco

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@dkleissas

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Hi Marco,

We want to support this kind of use case, and what you did “should” have solved the issue.

Do you have time to hop on a call so we can learn more about the issue and hopefully solve it for you?

Thanks,
Tyler

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Hi Tyler,

Thanks for the follow up and sorry for the delay. Sure we can have a call to review the issue and what I have done so far.

Please let me know when.

Regards,
Marco