Re: controlling the location of server-side SSL files

On Jan 2, 2012 5:33 AM, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>
> I think I would like to have a set of GUC parameters to control the
> location of the server-side SSL files. In a setup that has all the
> other configuration files under /etc, the SSL files ought to go there as
> well. (For comparison, most email and web servers keep them there.)
> Having them in the data directory keeps requiring a bunch of special
> treatment in the configuration management set up, and during backup and
> recovery. Any concerns about that?
>

While I personally prefer keeping them in the data directory for backup
reasons (clearly different backup reasons than yours though), i agree we
should have such an option - for consistency if nothing else.

Were you thinking one option pointing to a directory or one option per
file?

/Magnus