getting an SSL error when trying to provision

[Pranavi D]

Hi Am newbiee in chef and am trying to run a cookbook from my chef workstation the n am getting this error 

 Starting first Chef Client run...

 Starting first Chef Client run...

 [2015-05-22T21:00:45+05:30] WARN: 

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 SSL validation of HTTPS requests is disabled. HTTPS connections are still

encrypted, but chef is not able to detect forged replies or man in the middle

attacks.

 

To fix this issue add an entry like this to your configuration file:

 

 ``

   # Verify all HTTPS connections (recommended)

 ssl_verify_mode :verify_peer

   # OR, Verify only connections to chef-server

   verify_api_cert true

To check your SSL configuration, or troubleshoot errors, you can use the^M

 `knife ssl check` command like so:

knife ssl check -c /etc/chef/client.rb

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Starting Chef Client, version 11.18.6

 ERROR: Connection refused connecting to https://localhost/nodes/nodename, retry 2/5

 ERROR: Connection refused connecting to https://localhost/nodes/nodename, retry 3/5

 ERROR: Connection refused connecting to https://localhost/nodes/nodename, retry 4/5

] ERROR: Connection refused connecting to https://localhost/nodes/nodename, retry 5/5

 

when i did curl  ----> curl  https://localhost/nodes/nodename

i got curl: (35) error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol

but for knife ssl check -c /etc/chef/client.rb the status is successful from my server

I added ssl_verify_mode :verify_peerto in my workstation knife.rb file then also the issue is same please help me with this issue