[release notes] mention apache reverse proxy to re-enable SSL

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Jonas Schnelli 2015-09-04 14:38:38 +02:00
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@ -27,6 +27,36 @@ Then, to tunnel a SSL connection on 28332 to a RPC server bound on localhost on
It can also be set up system-wide in inetd style.
Another way to re-attain SSL would be to setup a httpd reverse proxy. This solution
would allow the use of different authentication, loadbalancing, on-thy-fly compressing and
caching. A sample config for apache2 could look like:
Listen 443
NameVirtualHost *:443
<VirtualHost *:443>
SSLEngine On
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key
<Location /bitcoinrpc>
ProxyPass http://127.0.0.1:8332/
ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:8332/
# optional enable digest auth
# AuthType Digest
# ...
# optional bypass bitcoind rpc basic auth
# RequestHeader set Authorization "Basic <hash>"
# get the <hash> from the shell with: base64 <<< bitcoinrpc:<password>
</Location>
# Or, balance the load:
# ProxyPass / balancer://balancer_cluster_name
</VirtualHost>
Random-cookie RPC authentication
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