Which Properties to Set for Mutual SSL In Java Apps?

Drivers and Connectors JDBC Driver
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Hi all,

Was curious if anyone can share a link to the properties list that are applicable to the TigerGraph RestPP Driver:

https://github.com/tigergraph/ecosys/tree/master/etl/tg-jdbc-driver

I don’t see any SSL example or anything in the README.

I’m particularly looking to do mutual SSL so I just need to know which props are required.

I assume there should be maybe 5? truststore, truststorePass, keystore, keystorePass, and ssl?

Having trouble finding anything useful.

The properties list in the java.sql.Driver javadocs is nonexistent: Driver (Java SE 11 & JDK 11 )

What’s the point of docs if they’re not even useful? :0

Any help or link would be appreciated.

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Hi Brett Renshaw,

Are your trying to use the JDBC driver with ssl? If so, you can simply change ‘http’ to ‘https’ when creating a JDBC connection, like this:

Connection con = driver.connect("jdbc:tg:https://127.0.0.1:14240", properties)

Any issue please let me know.

Thanks,
Yong

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I know what the connection string is supposed to look like, I am just wondering what

are the property key names that I should use to specify the keystore, truststore, etc

in the properties variable. Unless you’re saying that I don’t need to specify certs to use SSL?

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Hi Brett,

Please refer to this link to set up SSL:

https://docs.tigergraph.com/admin/admin-guide/data-encryption/encrypting-connections#step-2-configure-ssl-with-gadmin

You need to pass your nginx public certificate to the keystore.

Thanks,

Kevin

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Thanks for the responses.

Maybe I was being unclear before, though. I am trying to figure out the Java app side properties, not the NGINX server properties.

There is already documentation for the NGINX settings thankfully. :wink:

So, back to the Java app side, when you call the connect method on the com.tigergraph.jdbc Driver, you are supposed to provide properties.

For reference:

https://github.com/tigergraph/ecosys/tree/master/etl/tg-jdbc-driver#minimum-viable-snippet

I don’t see anything in the README about setting ssl properties in the Properties variable.

So what I was wondering, is what are the Property key names that I should use to set the ssl variables?

I am looking for something like properties.setProperty(“someSSLProperty”, "someSSLPropertyValue).

I had found this, scroll down to the JSSE Related Properties section:

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/java.102/b14355/sslthin.htm#BABCBGDB

But I am not sure if it is applicable.

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Hi Brett,

You may enable ssl simply by changing “http” to “https” when creating a JDBC connection, like this:

Connection con = driver.connect("jdbc:tg:https://127.0.0.1:14240", properties))
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Please also provide username/password via properties if auth is enabled.

Thanks,

Yong
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Hi Brett,

Sorry, I’ve just seen your previous email. There’s no need to provide keystore/truststore, just provide username/password if auth is enabled.

Thanks,

Yong

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Hi Brett,

Sorry again. After checking the source code, currently the JDBC driver does not support some SSL options. I’ll add its support and keep you updated.

Thanks,
Yong

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Thank you! That makes sense.

Please shoot a link to the docs when it’s ready. :slight_smile:

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Hi Brett,

Just added support for SSL, please check out the following link:

https://github.com/tigergraph/ecosys/tree/master/etl/tg-jdbc-driver#support-ssl

And also you can find a detailed example at this link:

https://github.com/tigergraph/ecosys/blob/master/etl/tg-jdbc-driver/tg-jdbc-examples/src/main/java/com/tigergraph/jdbc/GraphQuery.java

Any issue please let me know.