7.12.13. Connector SSL Advertisement Configuration

When SSL is enabled, the Connector automatically advertises the ports and itself as SSL capable. With some clients, this triggers them to use SSL even if SSL has not been configured. This causes the connections to fail and not operate correctly.

You can safely disable SSL advertisement in the Connector by setting the tpm option connector-ssl-capable to false:

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shell> tpm query staging
tungsten@db1:/opt/continuent/software/tungsten-clustering-7.0.3-141

shell> echo The staging USER is `tpm query staging| cut -d: -f1 | cut -d@ -f1`
The staging USER is tungsten

shell> echo The staging HOST is `tpm query staging| cut -d: -f1 | cut -d@ -f2`
The staging HOST is db1

shell> echo The staging DIRECTORY is `tpm query staging| cut -d: -f2`
The staging DIRECTORY is /opt/continuent/software/tungsten-clustering-7.0.3-141

shell> ssh {STAGING_USER}@{STAGING_HOST}
shell> cd {STAGING_DIRECTORY}
shell> ./tools/tpm configure alpha \
    --connector-ssl-capable=false

Run the tpm command to update the software with the Staging-based configuration:

shell> ./tools/tpm update

For information about making updates when using a Staging-method deployment, please see Section 10.3.7, “Configuration Changes from a Staging Directory”.

shell> vi /etc/tungsten/tungsten.ini
[alpha]
...
connector-ssl-capable=false

Run the tpm command to update the software with the INI-based configuration:

shell> tpm query staging
tungsten@db1:/opt/continuent/software/tungsten-clustering-7.0.3-141

shell> echo The staging DIRECTORY is `tpm query staging| cut -d: -f2`
The staging DIRECTORY is /opt/continuent/software/tungsten-clustering-7.0.3-141

shell> cd {STAGING_DIRECTORY}

shell> ./tools/tpm update

For information about making updates when using an INI file, please see Section 10.4.4, “Configuration Changes with an INI file”.

Configuration group alpha

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Warning

Updating these values require a connector restart (via tpm update) for the changes to be recognized.