Hello. > > don't know how to export the private key and when I use the keytool > > certificate, the server crashes with this message: > > > > FATAL: could not load server certificate file "server.crt": no start > line > > > > Sorry about too many questions, but anyone can help me to understand > more > > about ssl in PostgreSQL? > > Have you read the documentation about creating a server key? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/ssl-tcp.html It is important that the server.crt and server.key files are in so-called PEM format. So they have to be text files and look like: -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- <some base64 encoded data> -----END CERTIFICATE----- and -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- <some base64 encoded data> -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- This is the default format produced by openssl. The private key format is also openssl-specific, so probably you are out of luck with keytool. Regards, Martin -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01 -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin