From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: julien lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
Cc: 29467@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#29467] [PATCH] web: Don't error about missing ssl related files.
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:41:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87374l36b3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f71e915584d672abef213ed082e52745@lepiller.eu> (julien lepiller's message of "Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:23:39 +0100")
Hi,
julien lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> skribis:
> Le 2017-12-05 12:14, ludo@gnu.org a écrit :
[...]
>> We cannot check for file existence at configuration time for the
>> reasons
>> above.
>>
>> We cannot check for file existence at build time because certificates
>> may be part of the machine’s state; they are typically managed in a
>> stateful fashion, outside of GuixSD.
>>
>> So the only option we’re left with is checking at run time, when we
>> start the service. But that’s something nginx already does, I think?
>>
>> As for the default, I would be in favor of setting it to #f, because I
>> can’t really think of a default that would work for everyone.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> Having it default to #f is fine with me. Nginx does this check at
> runtime
> and will refuse to start if these files are missing. Keeping https-port
> to 443 and certificates to #f means it will not be able to establish a
> connection to the client, but the http website will be available. So
> just
> setting the key and the certificate to #f by default should be OK.
OK, sounds good.
Chris, can you make this change?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-08 9:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-27 8:26 [bug#29467] [PATCH] web: Don't error about missing ssl related files Christopher Baines
2017-11-27 9:22 ` julien lepiller
2017-12-05 11:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-05 11:23 ` julien lepiller
2017-12-08 9:41 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2017-12-09 9:31 ` [bug#29467] [PATCH 1/2] " Christopher Baines
2017-12-09 9:31 ` [bug#29467] [PATCH 2/2] services: web: Remove default certificate and key files for nginx Christopher Baines
2017-12-11 13:26 ` Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-11 20:41 ` bug#29467: " Christopher Baines
2017-12-11 13:26 ` [bug#29467] [PATCH 1/2] web: Don't error about missing ssl related files Ludovic Courtès
2017-12-09 9:37 ` [bug#29467] [PATCH] " Christopher Baines
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