Starting a new project locally with "firebase init" gives "Server Error. certificate has expired"

Question

I'm trying to setup a completely new project in a new folder in Mac OS by running:

firebase init

And I always get the same error:

Error: Server Error. certificate has expired

I tried different things as mentioned in related question like:

npm i -g firebase-tools@latest
sudo npm i -g firebase-tools@latest
npm install --save firebase

Nothing helped. Sharing firebase-debug.log below:

[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.490Z] ----------------------------------------------------------------------
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.493Z] Command:       /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/firebase init hosting
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.493Z] CLI Version:   3.18.5
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.493Z] Platform:      darwin
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.493Z] Node Version:  v10.16.0
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.500Z] Time:          Sun Feb 02 2020 22:27:36 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.500Z] ----------------------------------------------------------------------
[debug] 
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.511Z] > command requires scopes: ["email","openid","https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloudplatformprojects.readonly","https://www.googleapis.com/auth/firebase"]
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.512Z] > authorizing via signed-in user
[info] 
                      
                                               
                      
                                               
                               

You're about to initialize a Firebase project in this directory:

  /Users/user/apps/laisvi

[info] 
=== Project Setup
[info] 
[info] First, let's associate this project directory with a Firebase project.
[info] You can create multiple project aliases by running firebase use --add, 
[info] but for now we'll just set up a default project.
[info] 
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:36.519Z] >>> HTTP REQUEST GET https://admin.firebase.com/v1/projects  

 Sun Feb 02 2020 22:27:36 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)
[debug] [2020-02-02T21:27:37.059Z] Error: certificate has expired
    at TLSSocket.onConnectSecure (_tls_wrap.js:1055:34)
    at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:198:13)
    at TLSSocket.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:448:20)
    at TLSSocket._finishInit (_tls_wrap.js:633:8)
[error] 
[error] Error: Server Error. certificate has expired

I think it's a different problem, maybe related with rights on Linux? Anyone facing the same issue?

If the Firebase CLI gives you an error that is not obvious to resolve, you should contact Firebase support for assistance. https://support.google.com/firebase/contact/support — Doug Stevenson, Feb 02 '20 at 21:37
Thank you @DougStevenson, I did, but still waiting for the response. — Lukas, Feb 02 '20 at 21:40

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '20 at 20:57

FOUND THE RESOLUTION!

The problem was that I installed firebase using old documentation and it was linked to firebase command ignoring the firebase-tools which didn't get any alias by default. My steps:

Step 1: Locate firebase:

which firebase

Step 2: Delete firebase

rm // whatever location it gave you which firebase

Step 3: Install again firebase-tools (might not have been necesary)

npm i -g firebase-tools@latest

Step 4: Create an alias to the tools

alias firebase="`npm config get prefix`/bin/firebase"

You can now do firebase init and finally create a firebase project with vanilla Js!

This works! alias firebase="`npm config get prefix`/bin/firebase" — Danish, Feb 15 '20 at 21:47

Starting a new project locally with "firebase init" gives "Server Error. certificate has expired"

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