# SSL error when authenticating with database **URL:** \ **Category:** Help me!\ **Created:** [September 13, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246 "2022-09-13T12:14:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ayorcodes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/ayorcodes/32/5066_2.png) [@ayorcodes](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/ayorcodes)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/1 "2022-09-13T12:14:19Z")
## Feature(s) impacted Forest admin dashboard not able to connect to the ssl database, we use typeorm for database connection ## Observed behavior Forest admin cannot connect to the ssl enabled database ![Screenshot 2022-09-13 at 13.14.01](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/forest/original/2X/c/c9bd81ca2c6a3d899b5d50930afc085cbed13e65.png) ## Expected behavior Be able to view the forest admin dashboard with the database tables ## Failure Logs ![Screenshot 2022-09-13 at 13.10.43](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/forest/original/2X/b/ba091954e459ecf0bb630bd21ebd522473399a1d.png) ## Context - Project name: Spottr - Team name: Spottr - Environment name: Spottr - Agent type & version: - Recent changes made on your end if any: … ---
**Author:** ![anon39940173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@anon39940173](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon39940173)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/2 "2022-09-13T12:54:47Z")
Hi @ayorcodes Is this a new project? Where does this error comes from? your agent starting, or the forest CLI? Which agent are you using? Did you use the stable agent (`forest-express-sequelize`) or the new version (`agent-nodejs@beta`) tjat we’re currently rolling out? ---
**Author:** ![ayorcodes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/ayorcodes/32/5066_2.png) [@ayorcodes](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/ayorcodes)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/3 "2022-09-14T16:04:21Z")
the error comes from here .addDataSource(createSqlDataSource(AppConstants.TYPEORM\_URL)) // Replace `myNestApp` by your NestJS application .mountOnNestJs(app) .start(); i am running nestjs node these are the packages i am using “@forestadmin/agent”: “^1.0.0-beta.43”, “@forestadmin/datasource-sql”: “^1.0.0-beta.40”, ---
**Author:** ![anon39940173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@anon39940173](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon39940173)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/4 "2022-09-14T16:32:39Z")
Can you try appending `?ssl=true` to your database connection URI? ```javascript createSqlDataSource(`${AppConstants.TYPEORM_URL}?ssl=true`) ``` If your database is using a self-signed certificate (common in development), you may want to use ```javascript createSqlDataSource(`${AppConstants.TYPEORM_URL}?ssl=true&sslmode=no-verify`) ``` ---
**Author:** ![ayorcodes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/ayorcodes/32/5066_2.png) [@ayorcodes](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/ayorcodes)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/5 "2022-09-14T16:41:36Z")
the second options works!!! thanks now there is a new error ![Screenshot 2022-09-14 at 17.41.23](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/forest/original/2X/e/e1f95a98618368446f58b81a311961f34b9eff8f.png) ---
**Author:** ![ayorcodes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/ayorcodes/32/5066_2.png) [@ayorcodes](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/ayorcodes)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/6 "2022-09-14T17:18:41Z")
i might have figured it out, will update in a few hours ---
**Author:** ![ayorcodes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/ayorcodes/32/5066_2.png) [@ayorcodes](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/ayorcodes)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/7 "2022-09-14T17:24:38Z")
![Screenshot 2022-09-14 at 18.24.13](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/forest/original/2X/8/85174cbd6a52caa38176bdc2212b4acb1d3af932.png) Now i get cors error on the dashbaord ---
**Author:** ![anon39940173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@anon39940173](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon39940173)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/8 "2022-09-14T17:27:08Z")
can you `copy as curl` the failing request and run it in a terminal to get the actual error? (simply open in a new tab if its a GET request) your browser is hiding the response because the errors does not contains cors headerss ---
**Author:** ![ayorcodes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/ayorcodes/32/5066_2.png) [@ayorcodes](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/ayorcodes)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/9 "2022-09-14T17:31:26Z")
with curl i get response ---
**Author:** ![ayorcodes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/ayorcodes/32/5066_2.png) [@ayorcodes](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/ayorcodes)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/ssl-error-when-authenticating-with-database/5246/10 "2022-09-14T17:38:11Z")
i’ve gotten it to work, i changed `app.enableCors();initialiseForestAdmin(app);` to `initialiseForestAdmin(app);app.enableCors();`