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Version: 1.12.0

Securise using HTTPS

This guide walks you through the configuration to expose REGARDS through HTTPS.

  • If you have a p12 file, use these commands to generate crt and key files.
openssl pkcs12 -in <your domain>.p12 -nocerts -out         <your domain>.key
openssl pkcs12 -in <your domain>.p12 -clcerts -nokeys -out <your domain>.crt
  • If the <your domain>.key file contains BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY, you need to remove the encryption by doing:
# Rename the file
mv <your domain>.key <your domain>.encrypted.key
# Remove the encryption by giving your temporary pass phrase
openssl rsa -in <your domain>.encrypted.key -out <your domain>.key

  • Create the folder <inventory>/group_vars/regards_nodes/files/ssl in your inventory then open this folder using your terminal

  • Using Ansible Vault - Encrypt file, generates an encrypted version of the <your domain>.key file

  • Copy the <your domain>.key file without any Ansible Vault encryption (it's not a sensitive information)

  • Edit your inventory file inventories/<your inventory>/group_vars/regards_nodes/main.yml 

group_docker_mservices:
  [...]
  front:
    protocol: https
    host: <your domain>
    port: 443
    tag: "{{ group_docker_tags.front }}"
    ssl:
      crt: <your domain>.crt
      key: <your domain>.key

That's it ! Deploy using Ansible then connect to REGARDS using https://<your domain>