Github user parthchandra commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/drill/pull/950#discussion_r142822245
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+Installing OpenSSL -
+ On Mac:
+ brew install openssl
+ On Linux :
+
+Set up the certificate
+ Generate a private key
+
+ openssl genrsa -des3 -out drillTestServerKey.pem 1024
+
+ Generate Certificate signing request
+
+ openssl req -new -key drillTestServerKey.pem -out
drillTestServer.csr
+
+ Sign certificate with private key
+
+ openssl x509 -req -days 3650 -in drillTestServer.csr -signkey
drillTestServerKey.pem -out drillTestCert.pem
+
+ Remove password requirement (needed for example)
+
+ cp drillTestServerKey.pem drillTestServerKey.safe.pem
+ openssl rsa -in drillTestServerKey.safe.pem -out
drillTestServerKey.pem
+
+ Generate dhparam file
+
+ openssl dhparam -out dh512.pem 512
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The server side of the boost example uses this file to initialize
diffie-helman key exchange. It is not needed.
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