Postman Interceptor Bridge Download Failed: A Step-by-Step Guide

If you are experiencing issues with downloading the Postman interceptor bridge, this article will guide you through a series of steps to troubleshoot and resolve the problem.

To begin, open the Start menu on your Windows system and search for `cmd`. Select `Open` to launch the Command Prompt. Then, confirm the changes by selecting `OK` and closing any remaining windows.

Next, navigate to the `Path` under `User variables` and select `Edit`. Within this window, click on `This PC`, followed by `Local Disk (C:)`, then `Program Files`, and finally `OpenSSL-Win64 > bin`.

On the System Properties window, select `Environment Variables`. Open the Windows Start menu and search for `Environment Variables`, selecting `Open` when the result appears.

It is important to note that later versions of OpenSSL are not currently supported. During installation, ensure you select the option to copy the OpenSSL DLLs to the OpenSSL binaries (`/bin`) directory.

To install OpenSSL on your Windows system, follow these steps:

1. Download and install the OpenSSL v1.1.1 installer for your operating system version.

2. For Windows systems, you must manually install OpenSSL, whereas it is already installed on macOS and typically installed on Linux.

Postman relies on the OpenSSL module to generate certificate-key pairs. To learn more about capturing requests with the Postman proxy, refer to Capturing requests with the Postman proxy.

Before installing the postman-proxy-ca.crt certificate, ensure you have installed the OpenSSL module on your computer and can access it through the command line.

If you are using Postman v10.18 or later on a Windows system, the Postman security certificate is automatically installed on your device when you start the proxy for the first time. You can deactivate or remove the certificate from your device if you no longer need to capture HTTPS requests.

To install the required security certificate on target devices, follow these steps:

1. Install the postman-proxy-ca.crt certificate on your device.

2. In addition to capturing HTTP traffic, you can use Postman's built-in proxy to inspect HTTPS communication from Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows devices.

By following these steps, you should be able to troubleshoot and resolve any issues with downloading the Postman interceptor bridge.

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