urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:579)>

[amitra0503]

Whenever i am trying to query the device i get the below error

get_vpc(switch)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pycsco/nxos/utils/nxapi_lib.py", line 1686, in get_vpc
data = device.show(command)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pycsco/nxos/device.py", line 111, in show
data = self.sw1.send_req()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pycsco/nxos/nxapi.py", line 287, in send_req
return req.get_resp(self.req_to_string(), self.cookie, self.timeout)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pycsco/nxos/nxapi.py", line 141, in get_resp
timeout=timeout)) as resp:
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 437, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 469, in error
result = self._call_chain(*args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 656, in http_error_302
return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 431, in open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 449, in _open
'_open', req)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1258, in https_open
context=self._context, check_hostname=self._check_hostname)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1214, in do_open
raise URLError(err)
urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:579)>

Here is the switch input

switch = Device(ip='actual i.p.',username='username',password='password')

[BobbyGR]

Quick Fix: disable_ssl_certificate_validation=True

Example: http://thomas-cokelaer.info/blog/2016/01/python-certificate-verified-failed/

Real Fix: update your OS' certificate database
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0476/