Error: Server Error. unable to verify the first certificate

[anurag-thapad]

After I run 'firebase init' command and going through all the questions, ultimately it throws an error as
'Error: Server Error. unable to verify the first certificate'. What should I do?
@iamshaunjp

firebase init

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

? Are you ready to proceed? Yes
? Which Firebase CLI features do you want to set up for this folder? Press Space to select features, then Enter to confi
rm your choices. Functions: Configure and deploy Cloud Functions, Hosting: Configure and deploy Firebase Hosting sites

=== Project Setup

First, let's associate this project directory with a Firebase project.
You can create multiple project aliases by running firebase use --add,
but for now we'll just set up a default project.

? Please select an option: Use an existing project
? Select a default Firebase project for this directory: meww-project (meww-project)
i Using project meww-project (meww-project)

=== Functions Setup

A functions directory will be created in your project with a Node.js
package pre-configured. Functions can be deployed with firebase deploy.

? What language would you like to use to write Cloud Functions? JavaScript
? Do you want to use ESLint to catch probable bugs and enforce style? No
? File functions/package.json already exists. Overwrite? Yes

• Wrote functions/package.json
  ? File functions/index.js already exists. Overwrite? Yes
• Wrote functions/index.js
  ? File functions/.gitignore already exists. Overwrite? Yes
• Wrote functions/.gitignore
  ? Do you want to install dependencies with npm now? Yes
  audited 253 packages in 2.935s
  found 0 vulnerabilities

=== Hosting Setup

Your public directory is the folder (relative to your project directory) that
will contain Hosting assets to be uploaded with firebase deploy. If you
have a build process for your assets, use your build's output directory.

? What do you want to use as your public directory? dist
? Configure as a single-page app (rewrite all urls to /index.html)? Yes

Error: Server Error. unable to verify the first certificate