When we use the Anaconda Prompt, we often use the conda command for environment management and third-party package management. But what if the following problems arise?Don’t panic. You’ll know after you read it.
Error code:
Could not fetch URL https://pypi.python.org/simple/tensorflow/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:748) – skipping

(base) C:\Users\genec>conda create --name python36 python=3.6
Solving environment: failed

CondaHTTPError: HTTP 000 CONNECTION FAILED for url <https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/win-64/repodata.json.bz2>
Elapsed: -

An HTTP error occurred when trying to retrieve this URL.
HTTP errors are often intermittent, and a simple retry will get you on your way.

If your current network has https://www.anaconda.com blocked, please file
a support request with your network engineering team.

SSLError(MaxRetryError('HTTPSConnectionPool(host=\'repo.anaconda.com\', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /pkgs/r/win-64/repodata.json.bz2 (Caused by SSLError(SSLError("bad handshake: Error([(\'SSL routines\', \'ssl3_get_server_certificate\', \'certificate verify failed\')])")))'))

Online tutorial prompts to replace the source installation, you can. Below is the result of trying to replace the source…

(base) C:\Users\genec>conda create --name python36 python=3.6
Solving environment: failed

CondaHTTPError: HTTP 000 CONNECTION FAILED for url <https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/anaconda/pkgs/free/win-64/repodata.json>
Elapsed: -

An HTTP error occurred when trying to retrieve this URL.
HTTP errors are often intermittent, and a simple retry will get you on your way.
SSLError(MaxRetryError('HTTPSConnectionPool(host=\'mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn\', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /anaconda/pkgs/free/win-64/repodata.json (Caused by SSLError(SSLError("bad handshake: Error([(\'SSL routines\', \'ssl3_get_server_certificate\', \'certificate verify failed\')])")))'))

The problem remains unresolved. So what to do?
In fact, the main problem is your network SSL authentication, you can try this:
Use notepad or Notepad++ to open C:\Users\.condarc under your username. Change sSL_verify to false.

If you want to change back to the original conda source, enter the Anaconda Prompt:

conda config --remove-key channels