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          Npgsql currently doesn't allow specifying a certificate via the connection string, you need to provide the certificate programmatically as described in the docs. An issue already tracks specifying the certificate via the connection string.



          BTW, did you see documentation saying you could use sslrootcert=<<certname>> anywhere with Npgsql?






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          • I don't see any documentation about sslrootcert in any npgsql documentation. I am using npgsql and AWS RDS postgres. One of my requirement is to use SSL and AWS postgres document has sslrootcert as the parameter psql -h testpg.cdhmuqifdpib.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -p 5432 "dbname=testpg user=testuser sslrootcert=rds-ca-2015-root.pem sslmode=verify-full"
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 19:24












          • Options to psql can't be used as-is on Npgsql - they're two different clients. As I wrote above, you can use SSL with Npgsql, but you have to specify the certificate programmatically.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 19:45










          • Yeah i know they are two different clients but wondering if i just use sslmode is enough to connect to AWS RDS postgresql using npgsql or if the sslrootcert is needed for rds
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 20:54










          • RDS is just PostgreSQL, there's nothing special about it really. Apart from that, specifying a root CA certificate is only needed to verify the server's certificate when it is signed by a non-standard CA - usually this isn't required. Clients typically just have to provide their own certificate for authentication at the server. You can read more about all of this in the PostgreSQL docs.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 23:02










          • According to AWS document the root certificate is provided by AWS. docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/… there is a flag to pass the root certificate. maybe when we import the certificate on to the app server this sslrootcert parameter is not required.
            – varun7447
            Nov 21 at 0:45











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          Npgsql currently doesn't allow specifying a certificate via the connection string, you need to provide the certificate programmatically as described in the docs. An issue already tracks specifying the certificate via the connection string.



          BTW, did you see documentation saying you could use sslrootcert=<<certname>> anywhere with Npgsql?






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          • I don't see any documentation about sslrootcert in any npgsql documentation. I am using npgsql and AWS RDS postgres. One of my requirement is to use SSL and AWS postgres document has sslrootcert as the parameter psql -h testpg.cdhmuqifdpib.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -p 5432 "dbname=testpg user=testuser sslrootcert=rds-ca-2015-root.pem sslmode=verify-full"
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 19:24












          • Options to psql can't be used as-is on Npgsql - they're two different clients. As I wrote above, you can use SSL with Npgsql, but you have to specify the certificate programmatically.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 19:45










          • Yeah i know they are two different clients but wondering if i just use sslmode is enough to connect to AWS RDS postgresql using npgsql or if the sslrootcert is needed for rds
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 20:54










          • RDS is just PostgreSQL, there's nothing special about it really. Apart from that, specifying a root CA certificate is only needed to verify the server's certificate when it is signed by a non-standard CA - usually this isn't required. Clients typically just have to provide their own certificate for authentication at the server. You can read more about all of this in the PostgreSQL docs.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 23:02










          • According to AWS document the root certificate is provided by AWS. docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/… there is a flag to pass the root certificate. maybe when we import the certificate on to the app server this sslrootcert parameter is not required.
            – varun7447
            Nov 21 at 0:45















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          Npgsql currently doesn't allow specifying a certificate via the connection string, you need to provide the certificate programmatically as described in the docs. An issue already tracks specifying the certificate via the connection string.



          BTW, did you see documentation saying you could use sslrootcert=<<certname>> anywhere with Npgsql?






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          • I don't see any documentation about sslrootcert in any npgsql documentation. I am using npgsql and AWS RDS postgres. One of my requirement is to use SSL and AWS postgres document has sslrootcert as the parameter psql -h testpg.cdhmuqifdpib.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -p 5432 "dbname=testpg user=testuser sslrootcert=rds-ca-2015-root.pem sslmode=verify-full"
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 19:24












          • Options to psql can't be used as-is on Npgsql - they're two different clients. As I wrote above, you can use SSL with Npgsql, but you have to specify the certificate programmatically.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 19:45










          • Yeah i know they are two different clients but wondering if i just use sslmode is enough to connect to AWS RDS postgresql using npgsql or if the sslrootcert is needed for rds
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 20:54










          • RDS is just PostgreSQL, there's nothing special about it really. Apart from that, specifying a root CA certificate is only needed to verify the server's certificate when it is signed by a non-standard CA - usually this isn't required. Clients typically just have to provide their own certificate for authentication at the server. You can read more about all of this in the PostgreSQL docs.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 23:02










          • According to AWS document the root certificate is provided by AWS. docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/… there is a flag to pass the root certificate. maybe when we import the certificate on to the app server this sslrootcert parameter is not required.
            – varun7447
            Nov 21 at 0:45













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          up vote
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          Npgsql currently doesn't allow specifying a certificate via the connection string, you need to provide the certificate programmatically as described in the docs. An issue already tracks specifying the certificate via the connection string.



          BTW, did you see documentation saying you could use sslrootcert=<<certname>> anywhere with Npgsql?






          share|improve this answer












          Npgsql currently doesn't allow specifying a certificate via the connection string, you need to provide the certificate programmatically as described in the docs. An issue already tracks specifying the certificate via the connection string.



          BTW, did you see documentation saying you could use sslrootcert=<<certname>> anywhere with Npgsql?







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          • I don't see any documentation about sslrootcert in any npgsql documentation. I am using npgsql and AWS RDS postgres. One of my requirement is to use SSL and AWS postgres document has sslrootcert as the parameter psql -h testpg.cdhmuqifdpib.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -p 5432 "dbname=testpg user=testuser sslrootcert=rds-ca-2015-root.pem sslmode=verify-full"
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 19:24












          • Options to psql can't be used as-is on Npgsql - they're two different clients. As I wrote above, you can use SSL with Npgsql, but you have to specify the certificate programmatically.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 19:45










          • Yeah i know they are two different clients but wondering if i just use sslmode is enough to connect to AWS RDS postgresql using npgsql or if the sslrootcert is needed for rds
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 20:54










          • RDS is just PostgreSQL, there's nothing special about it really. Apart from that, specifying a root CA certificate is only needed to verify the server's certificate when it is signed by a non-standard CA - usually this isn't required. Clients typically just have to provide their own certificate for authentication at the server. You can read more about all of this in the PostgreSQL docs.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 23:02










          • According to AWS document the root certificate is provided by AWS. docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/… there is a flag to pass the root certificate. maybe when we import the certificate on to the app server this sslrootcert parameter is not required.
            – varun7447
            Nov 21 at 0:45


















          • I don't see any documentation about sslrootcert in any npgsql documentation. I am using npgsql and AWS RDS postgres. One of my requirement is to use SSL and AWS postgres document has sslrootcert as the parameter psql -h testpg.cdhmuqifdpib.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -p 5432 "dbname=testpg user=testuser sslrootcert=rds-ca-2015-root.pem sslmode=verify-full"
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 19:24












          • Options to psql can't be used as-is on Npgsql - they're two different clients. As I wrote above, you can use SSL with Npgsql, but you have to specify the certificate programmatically.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 19:45










          • Yeah i know they are two different clients but wondering if i just use sslmode is enough to connect to AWS RDS postgresql using npgsql or if the sslrootcert is needed for rds
            – varun7447
            Nov 20 at 20:54










          • RDS is just PostgreSQL, there's nothing special about it really. Apart from that, specifying a root CA certificate is only needed to verify the server's certificate when it is signed by a non-standard CA - usually this isn't required. Clients typically just have to provide their own certificate for authentication at the server. You can read more about all of this in the PostgreSQL docs.
            – Shay Rojansky
            Nov 20 at 23:02










          • According to AWS document the root certificate is provided by AWS. docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/… there is a flag to pass the root certificate. maybe when we import the certificate on to the app server this sslrootcert parameter is not required.
            – varun7447
            Nov 21 at 0:45
















          I don't see any documentation about sslrootcert in any npgsql documentation. I am using npgsql and AWS RDS postgres. One of my requirement is to use SSL and AWS postgres document has sslrootcert as the parameter psql -h testpg.cdhmuqifdpib.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -p 5432 "dbname=testpg user=testuser sslrootcert=rds-ca-2015-root.pem sslmode=verify-full"
          – varun7447
          Nov 20 at 19:24






          I don't see any documentation about sslrootcert in any npgsql documentation. I am using npgsql and AWS RDS postgres. One of my requirement is to use SSL and AWS postgres document has sslrootcert as the parameter psql -h testpg.cdhmuqifdpib.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com -p 5432 "dbname=testpg user=testuser sslrootcert=rds-ca-2015-root.pem sslmode=verify-full"
          – varun7447
          Nov 20 at 19:24














          Options to psql can't be used as-is on Npgsql - they're two different clients. As I wrote above, you can use SSL with Npgsql, but you have to specify the certificate programmatically.
          – Shay Rojansky
          Nov 20 at 19:45




          Options to psql can't be used as-is on Npgsql - they're two different clients. As I wrote above, you can use SSL with Npgsql, but you have to specify the certificate programmatically.
          – Shay Rojansky
          Nov 20 at 19:45












          Yeah i know they are two different clients but wondering if i just use sslmode is enough to connect to AWS RDS postgresql using npgsql or if the sslrootcert is needed for rds
          – varun7447
          Nov 20 at 20:54




          Yeah i know they are two different clients but wondering if i just use sslmode is enough to connect to AWS RDS postgresql using npgsql or if the sslrootcert is needed for rds
          – varun7447
          Nov 20 at 20:54












          RDS is just PostgreSQL, there's nothing special about it really. Apart from that, specifying a root CA certificate is only needed to verify the server's certificate when it is signed by a non-standard CA - usually this isn't required. Clients typically just have to provide their own certificate for authentication at the server. You can read more about all of this in the PostgreSQL docs.
          – Shay Rojansky
          Nov 20 at 23:02




          RDS is just PostgreSQL, there's nothing special about it really. Apart from that, specifying a root CA certificate is only needed to verify the server's certificate when it is signed by a non-standard CA - usually this isn't required. Clients typically just have to provide their own certificate for authentication at the server. You can read more about all of this in the PostgreSQL docs.
          – Shay Rojansky
          Nov 20 at 23:02












          According to AWS document the root certificate is provided by AWS. docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/… there is a flag to pass the root certificate. maybe when we import the certificate on to the app server this sslrootcert parameter is not required.
          – varun7447
          Nov 21 at 0:45




          According to AWS document the root certificate is provided by AWS. docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/… there is a flag to pass the root certificate. maybe when we import the certificate on to the app server this sslrootcert parameter is not required.
          – varun7447
          Nov 21 at 0:45


















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