https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem
Okay all--I seem to have done it. Here's what worked for me:
I opened the php.ini file in xampp, and found the line:
;curl.cainfo =
I then searched for "cacert.pem", and added its full path to the end of the "curl.cainfo" line (in quotes) in php.ini, removed the ";" from the beginning of the line, and saved php.ini.
;curl.cainfo =
I then searched for "cacert.pem", and added its full path to the end of the "curl.cainfo" line (in quotes) in php.ini, removed the ";" from the beginning of the line, and saved php.ini.
I tried to login to terminus again, and this time I got the welcome message.
Here's the link that put me on the right track:
https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/curl-error-60-ssl-certificate-problem-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate
https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/curl-error-60-ssl-certificate-problem-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate
@TeslaDethray Thanks for all your help here and elsewhere. I hope this is useful.