On 01/18/2017 11:29 AM, Apurva Paralkar wrote:
> Hi,____
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> I'm trying to programmatically connect to an RDS Postgres instance with
> SSL enabled, using the psqlodbc driver (Version:
> postgresql94-odbc-09.03.0400-1PGDG.rhel6.x86_64.rpm). I’m having trouble
> with the sslrootcert parameter.____
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> To enable SSL for a Postgres connection, I appended the following
> parameters to the connection string:____
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> sslmode=verify-ca;sslrootcert=<location of root certificate on the
> client>____
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> The root certificate exists as a .pem file.____
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> In addition, I also enabled the debug and comm logs:____
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> debug=1;commlog=1____
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> The resulting logs showed the following error:____
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> …____
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> 00028427: 2017-01-17T21:16:57 [SERVER ]I: Going to connect to
> ODBC connection string: Driver={PostgreSQL
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Unicode(x64)};Server=<hostname>;Port=-<port>;Database=<database-name>;UseDeclareFetch=1;Fetch=10000;Uid=<username>;Pwd=****;sslmode=verify-ca;sslrootcert=<location
> of root.pem file on the client>;debug=1;commlog=1____
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> 00028427: 2017-01-17T21:16:57 [SERVER ]E: RetCode: SQL_ERROR
> SqlState: 08001 NativeError: 101 Message: [unixODBC]root certificate
> file "/home/<current-user>/.postgresql/root.crt" does not exist____
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> Either provide the file or change sslmode to disable server certificate
> verification. [122502] ODBC general error.____
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> 00028427: 2017-01-17T21:16:57 [SERVER ]E: Failed to connect
> [122506] Network error has occurred____
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> …____
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> Does this mean the driver cannot recognize the sslrootcert parameter
> being passed to it? Why does it still refer to the default location of
> the root certificate? I even tried putting the root certificate in the
> default location, but it still failed with the same error above.____
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> I was looking up this issue and found a similar thread that was open 3
> years ago:
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/5462D5AA.2040602%40tpf.co.jp
> <https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/5462D5AA.2040602%40tpf.co.jp>._ _The
> contributor there had mentioned that there was no option to specify path
> name. Is that still the case?
In the above did you see the suggestion to use the env variable
PGSSLROOTCERT?
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> I found another thread which talked about adding support for the
> sslxxxxxx
> parameters:
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAB7nPqSF%2BVLH5TB0rDPF2UaMhjoBCJSJNCeL9NYh6WqEuPUL7w%40mail.gmail.com
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> Is there an update on this?
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> Thanks,____
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> Apurva____
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