I would really appreciate any help from anyone with experience configuring CouchDB with SSL.
I wrote a detailed write up on the wiki describing the process I used to create my keys and certs and configure CouchDB to use them: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=48203146 <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=48203146> This problem originally occurred with certs I had signed by RapidSSL. I then tried signed certs from the free Comodo service detailed in the wiki. Both companies had the same issue in Firefox and Chrome. At the bottom of the wiki page is a listing of the errors I get. Here’s what’s happening: 1. HTTPS works fine in Safari on OS X and iOS 2. SSLShopper.com <http://sslshopper.com/> SSL checker tool indicates my domain is fine: https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=api.hardcodedstudios.com:6984 <https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=api.hardcodedstudios.com:6984> 3. Does NOT work in Firefox (latest) 4. Does NOT work in Chrome (latest) 5. Couchbase Lite for iOS throws errors when using the HTTPS connection for replication: Replication: CBL_Puller[https://username:*****@api.hardcodedstudios.com:6984/u_username] took 0.744 sec; error=Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1200 "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made." UserInfo=0x7a9825c0 {NSLocalizedDescription=An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made., NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Would you like to connect to the server anyway?, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-9800, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://username:*****@api.hardcodedstudios.com:6984/u_username/_local/f0f04e52a0ace2008a4c30767a46d2a52502c9d1, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=3, NSURLErrorFailingURLPeerTrustErrorKey=<SecTrustRef: 0x7a880180>, NSUnderlyingError=0x7a838740 "An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the server cannot be made.", NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://username:*****@api.hardcodedstudios.com:6984/u_username/_local/f0f04e52a0ace2008a4c30767a46d2a52502c9d1}) 6. Curl on OS X reports the following issue: $ curl https://api.hardcodedstudios.com:6984 curl: (35) Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to api.hardcodedstudios.com:-9800 BUT, on Linux it returns successfully! 7. 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Limited/CN=COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA --- No client certificate CA names sent --- SSL handshake has read 6121 bytes and written 328 bytes --- New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Server public key is 2048 bit Secure Renegotiation IS NOT supported Compression: NONE Expansion: NONE SSL-Session: Protocol : TLSv1 Cipher : DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA Session-ID: EFD5FF948B7E92D0814CF39EBA936C3BE7A9AA150BBAA046954870A96E247B40 Session-ID-ctx: Master-Key: 3772949939CCD6FC882EC5D3F08EBEFF881C86CE0E7B4E229D4CD9D84070D2CF3C3A6357E28982363D3B3950F0C74920 Key-Arg : None Start Time: 1415839230 Timeout : 300 (sec) Verify return code: 0 (ok) --- -- Paul Okstad
