Re: SSL problems

> Datum: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:01:51 -0400
> Von: Andriy Bakay <andriy(at)irbisnet(dot)com>
> An: Jan-Peter Seifert <Jan-Peter(dot)Seifert(at)gmx(dot)de>
> CC: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Betreff: Re: [ADMIN] SSL problems

> After I disable SSL option in postgresql.conf the server is starting
> successfully.

Okay - this was to make sure, that SSL actually really IS the problem. As Tom Lane already mentioned - get your installation to talk to you. pg_ctl should always throw an explaining error message if the server can't be started. In my case with SSL often incorrect privileges on files and/or missing files.
I guess you already have "log_destination = 'stderr'" and "logging_collector = on" enabled in your postgresql.conf ...
If I remember correctly sometimes non-matching versions of PostgreSQL and OpenSSL might be a reason too.

Peter

>
> Please, advise.
>
> Jan-Peter Seifert wrote:
> > Hello Andriy,
> >
> > the reply-to settings are a bit uncomfortable here. Your mail went only
> > to me. But I'm not part of the developer or support team. It's strange
> > that pg_ctl doesn't say anything else. Is there any system sniffer on
> > FreeBSD like Process Monitor on Windows? I can only say that the docs
> > worked for me (removed the password as described) on Ubuntu and Windows.
> > I got complaints because of the rights on the certificates first. Does
> > the server really start if SSL is deactivated in postgresql.conf again?
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >> Yes of cause I compiled with OpenSSL support (FreeBSD port has this
> >> option enabled by default). And I have all certificates with proper CA
> >> signature, rest of applications (Postfix, Apache, etc.) work with this
> >> certificates very well.
> >>
> >> And to make sure I ran the following command 'pg_config':
> >>
> >> $ pg_config
> >> BINDIR = /usr/local/bin
> >> DOCDIR = /usr/local/share/doc/postgresql
> >> INCLUDEDIR = /usr/local/include
> >> PKGINCLUDEDIR = /usr/local/include/postgresql
> >> INCLUDEDIR-SERVER = /usr/local/include/postgresql/server
> >> LIBDIR = /usr/local/lib
> >> PKGLIBDIR = /usr/local/lib/postgresql
> >> LOCALEDIR = /usr/local/share/locale
> >> MANDIR = /usr/local/man
> >> SHAREDIR = /usr/local/share/postgresql
> >> SYSCONFDIR = /usr/local/etc/postgresql
> >> PGXS = /usr/local/lib/postgresql/pgxs/src/makefiles/pgxs.mk
> >> CONFIGURE = '--with-libraries=/usr/local/lib'
> >> '--with-includes=/usr/local/include' '--enable-thread-safety'
> >> '--with-docdir=/usr/local/share/doc/postgresql' '--with-openssl'
> >> '--with-system-tzdata=/usr/share/zoneinfo' '--enable-integer-datetimes'
> >> '--enable-nls' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--mandir=/usr/local/man'
> >> '--infodir=/usr/local/info/' '--build=amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0' 'CC=cc'
> >> 'CFLAGS=-O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe ' 'LDFLAGS= -pthread
> >> -rpath=/usr/local/lib' 'build_alias=amd64-portbld-freebsd7.0'
> >> CC = cc
> >> CPPFLAGS = -I/usr/local/include
> >> CFLAGS = -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes
> >> -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wendif-labels
> >> -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv
> >> CFLAGS_SL = -fPIC -DPIC
> >> LDFLAGS = -pthread -rpath=/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib
> >> -Wl,-R'/usr/local/lib'
> >> LDFLAGS_SL =
> >> LIBS = -lpgport -lintl -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lreadline -lcrypt -lm
> >> VERSION = PostgreSQL 8.3.3
> >>
> >> It should be something else.
> >>
> >> Andriy
> >>
> >> Jan-Peter(dot)Seifert(at)gmx(dot)de wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>>> Datum: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:43:29 -0400
> >>>> Von: Andriy Bakay <andriy(at)irbisnet(dot)com>
> >>>> An: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-ru-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> >>>> Betreff: [ADMIN] SSL problems
> >>>> Hi Team,
> >>>>
> >>>> I have problems to setup SSL for PostgreSQL server. I did all the
> steps
> >>>> which described in the documentation (17.8. Secure TCP/IP Connections
> >>>> with SSL), but when I try to start the PostgreSQL server the pg_ctl
> gave
> >>>> me: "could not start server". And nothing in the logs (I enabled all
> of
> >>>> them). I googled around but did not find much.
> >>>>
> >>>> My spec:
> >>>>
> >>>> FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p3 amd64
> >>>>
> >>>> PostgreSQL 8.3.3 (installed from ports):
> >>>>
> >>>> WITH_NLS=true
> >>>> WITHOUT_PAM=true
> >>>> WITHOUT_LDAP=true
> >>>> WITHOUT_MIT_KRB5=true
> >>>> WITHOUT_HEIMDAL_KRB5=true
> >>>> WITHOUT_OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS=true
> >>>> WITH_XML=true
> >>>> WITHOUT_TZDATA=true
> >>>> WITHOUT_DEBUG=true
> >>>> WITH_ICU=true
> >>>> WITH_INTDATE=true
> >>> obviously configure hasn't been run with the option "--with-openssl"
> >>> before compiling the binaries.
> >>> With the PostgreSQL command pg_config you get the configure options
> >>> that have been used for making the binaries - so you can make sure. It
> >>> seems that you must recompile from sources. Are you sure you have
> >>> openssl itself installed on your system? Maybe you have to generate a
> >>> certificate as well. It has been a while since I had installed
> >>> SSL-support successfully on windows and Linux.
> >>>
> >>> Peter
> >>>
> >

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