Use Custom CA to Bypass SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN Error

As a developer you might need to install packages that are hosted on artifact repositories that your VPN / fireware does not allow to access. E.g.

Downloading Chromium 116.0.5845.82 (playwright build v1076) from https://playwright-akamai.azureedge.net/builds/chromium/1076/chromium-mac-arm64.zip
Error: self signed certificate in certificate chain
    at TLSSocket.onConnectSecure (node:_tls_wrap:1539:34)
    at TLSSocket.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at TLSSocket._finishInit (node:_tls_wrap:953:8)
    at TLSWrap.ssl.onhandshakedone (node:_tls_wrap:734:12) {
  code: 'SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN'
}

In such case, you can set Custom CA while downloading.

Install OpenSSL:
brew cleanup && brew update
brew install openssl -f

Generate the private key to become a local CA:
openssl genrsa -des3 -out myCA.key 2048

mkdir certs
cd certs

Generate a root certificate:
openssl req -x509 -new -nodes -key myCA.key -sha256 -days 1825 -out myCA.pem

You should now have two files:
myCA.key (your private key) and myCA.pem (your root certificate).

Ref: https://deliciousbrains.com/ssl-certificate-authority-for-local-https-development/

Now you can set CA while installing from remote:
NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS="{path}/certs/myCA.pem" npx <forbidden_pacakge> install