On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 04:29:07PM +0100, Brendan Doyle wrote: > When I start OVN/OVs using ovn-ctl /ovs-ctl the ovsdb-server processes have > SSL credentials of the form: > > --private-key=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,private_key > --certificate=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,certificate > --bootstrap-ca-cert=db:Open_vSwitch,SSL,ca_cert > > --private-key=db:OVN_Northbound,SSL,private_key > --certificate=db:OVN_Northbound,SSL,certificate > --ca-cert=db:OVN_Northbound,SSL,ca_cert > --ssl-protocols=db:OVN_Northbound,SSL,ssl_protocols > --ssl-ciphers=db:OVN_Northbound,SSL,ssl_ciphers > > --private-key=db:OVN_Southbound,SSL,private_key > --certificate=db:OVN_Southbound,SSL,certificate > --ca-cert=db:OVN_Southbound,SSL,ca_cert > --ssl-protocols=db:OVN_Southbound,SSL,ssl_protocols > --ssl-ciphers=db:OVN_Southbound,SSL,ssl_ciphers > > From what I gather this means it gets these values from the database, OVS, > OVN North/South? > > But does that mean that SSL is enabled by default and use a default set of > credentials/cipers? > > Or does it mean If these values (Open_vSwitch,SSL,certificate e,g) are not > set in the OVS, or OVN North/South bound data base > then the connections are not SSL. > > And if the later is the case how are these set?
It means that SSL/TLS connections will use these values. Whether SSL is in use is separately configured. If you see "pssl:..." in a remote, that's an SSL one; "ptcp:..." is for non-SSL TCP. _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss