Chapter 4. Configuring a Web Server for Security Policies of the Postgres ProGate Web Application
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Users must interact with the Postgres ProGate web application using the secure connection (HTTPS).
The connection is secured by the nginx web server included in the package repository of all supported operating systems.
The following is required to configure the web server:
A DNS name to be used to work with Postgres ProGate.
Secure connection certificates (
.crtand.keyfiles).The installed nginx package.
The installed Postgres ProGate packages.
Note
For ease of description, Postgres ProGate is assumed to work with the https://progate.example.com address and the certificate and key files are named progate.crt and progate.key, respectively. You can change the address and filenames as required.