Error: (<class 'aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorCertificateError'>, ClientConnectorCertificateError(ConnectionKey

[jasbir-s-minhas]

Environment:

Issuer and Holder Acapy images:
repository: bcgovimages/aries-cloudagent
tag: py3.12_1.0.0

Helm Chart / Kubernetes (Server Version: v1.29.6)
Wallet-type: Askar
Database: Postgres

Encountering the following error in holder when POST [/out-of-band/create-invitation] Create a new connection invitation

Error: (<class 'aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorCertificateError'>, ClientConnectorCertificateError(ConnectionKey(host='xxxxx', port=443, is_ssl=True, ssl=True, proxy=None, proxy_auth=None, proxy_headers_hash=None), SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1000)')),

Question...
1> is there a way to temporarily disable SSL verification as this is a test environment? Setting SSL_NO_VERIFY=true in K8s deployment did not help.

2> How to fix the cert error.