RE: Setting up SSL for postgre

["Mark Williams" <markwillimas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

 

The CN is “www-data” as per the howtoforge documentation and added to the pg_hba.conf file. Do I have to add an actual user called “www-data” to the database?

 

If so, do I have to have a different root and client certificate for every ssl user?

 

Re pg_ident. I have added “cert www-data” Postgres” to pg_ident. Doesn’t help. Still getting the “connection requires a valid client certificate” error.

 

Thanks

 

Mark

 

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From: Bear Giles <bgiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 13 August 2018 21:57
To: Mark Williams <markwillimas@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Setting up SSL for postgre

 

It never hurts to double check.

 

What is the CN on the client cert? Is there a corresponding user in the database? You might need to add an entry in pg_ident.conf, e.g.,

 

   cert   bob@xxxxxxxxxxx   bob

 

if you want user with the cert with a CN of 'bob@xxxxxxxxxxx' to access the system as the postgresql user 'bob'. You won't need this if your CN is the same as the database user. I've only set up Kerberos authentication, not X.509 cert authentication, so I don't know the details about what this file needs specifically.

 

Bear

 

 

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 1:57 PM, Mark Williams <markwillimas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What do you mean by “change the ssl cert file and key”

 

Pg_hba.conf

 

# TYPE  DATABASE        USER            CIDR-ADDRESS            METHOD

 

# IPv4 local & remote connections:

host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            trust

hostssl all         www-data    0.0.0.0/0             md5 clientcert=1

hostssl all         postgres    0.0.0.0/0             md5 clientcert=1

 

# IPv6 local connections:

host    all             all             ::1/128                 trust

 

Postgresql.conf

ssl = on

#ssl_ciphers = 'HIGH:MEDIUM:+3DES:!aNULL' # allowed SSL ciphers

#ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = on

#ssl_ecdh_curve = 'prime256v1'

#ssl_dh_params_file = ''

ssl_cert_file = 'server.crt'

ssl_key_file = 'server.key'

ssl_ca_file = 'root.crt'

#ssl_crl_file = ''

 

Thanks

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From: Bear Giles <bgiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 13 August 2018 20:01
To: Mark Williams <markwillimas@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Setting up SSL for postgre

 

What's in pg_hba.conf?

 

What's in postgresql.conf?  Did you remember to change the ssl cert file and key? For authentication I think you might need to set the SSL ca file as well but I'm not sure.

 

 

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 10:55 AM, Mark Williams <markwillimas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am new to Postgre. Migrating from MySQL.

 

I am trying to connect via SSL to a PostgreSQL using FireDac in Delphi. I have followed the instructions at the following site: https://www.howtoforge.com/postgresql-ssl-certificates to create my self-certified certificates and configure the config files.

 

I have coped the specified files to the client machine and installed the root.crt certificate.

Via FireDAC's connection params I have specified the following:

Params.values[SSL_ca']:=sslCertsPath+'root.crt';

Params.values['SSL_cert']:=sslCertsPath+'postgresql.crt.';

Params.values['SSL_key']:=sslCertsPath+'postgresql.key';

 

I am getting a connection error re invalid client certificate.

I have used OpenSSL to verify against the root.crt and postgresql.crt  and this confirms the certificate is ok.

Mark

 

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