title: Unable to find valid certification path to requested target, when trying to clone a Java project from GIT to intellij
body: <p>Trying to clone the project from version control Git. encountered the below error message:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Gradle 'SeleniumTestFramework' project refresh failed Error:Cause:
    unable to find valid certification path to requested target</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Trouble shooting steps followed:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Gradle view refresh</li>
  <li>Gradle settings as below</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/DVHWn.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/DVHWn.png" alt="screenshot"></a></p>