Cannot execute composer from chroot environment in Plesk: curl error 77 while downloading https://repo.packagist.org/packages.json: Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)

Symptoms

• On a Plesk server Composer was added to the chroot environment.

• Execution of composer from chroot environment fails with the following error:

  curl error 77 while downloading https://repo.packagist.org/packages.json: Problem with the SSL CA cert (path? access rights?)

Cause

Certificates are missing in the chroot environment.

Resolution

1. Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.

2. Download the configuration script from the article to add programs to a chrooted shell environment template. Use two commands from step 2 of the 'Answer' section of the article.

3. Execute two commands below to add the required files to chroot template:

# cp -a /etc/pki /var/www/vhosts/chroot/etc/

# cp -a /etc/ssl /var/www/vhosts/chroot/etc/

4. Apply the chroot template to the domain:

# ./update-chroot.sh --apply all