I’m not having the same problem with private repositories, FYI - but I did have trouble until I did it all in a single line command that’s given when clicking the add-runner button.

Hey, appreciate the info. 

I ran the commands from the “Add new runner” dialog in order, in powershell without closing and reopening the command line window. I tried this running powershell in admin, and I tried it without also. So I’m not sure if this is the solution.

Hi,

I am on Ubuntu 16.04. This solved it for me: 

$ sudo update-ca-certificates
Updating certificates in /etc/ssl/certs...
...
done.

Use the certs folder in front of .configure in env SSL_CERT_DIR=

$ SSL_CERT_DIR=/etc/ssl/certs ./config.sh --url https://github.com/...

You should see:

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| ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| / ___(_) |_| | | |_ _| |__ / \ ___| |_(_)___ _ _____ |
| | | _| | __| |_| | | | | '_ \ / _ \ /__ | __| |/ _ \| '_ \/__ | |
| | |_| | | |_| _ | |_| | |_) | / ___\ (__| |_| | (_) | | | \__ \ |
| \ ____|_|\__ |_| |_|\ __,_|_.__ / /_/ \_\ ___|\__ |_|\ ___/|_| |_|___ / |
| |
| Self-hosted runner registration |
| |
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Authentication
√ Connected to GitHub
Runner Registration
Enter the name of runner: [press Enter for ${hostname -s}]
√ Runner successfully added

√ Runner connection is good
Runner settings
Enter name of work folder: [press Enter for _work]
√ Settings Saved.

Good luck!