MaxScale and SSL

MaxScale supports client side SSL connections. Enabling is done on a per service basis and each service has its own set of certificates.

SSL Options

Here are the options which relate to SSL and certificates.

Parameter	Values	Description
ssl	disabled, enabled, required	`disable` disables SSL, `enabled` enables SSL for client connections but still allows non-SSL connections and `required` requires SSL from all client connections. With the `required` option, client connections that do not use SSL will be rejected.
ssl_cert	path to file	Path to server certificate
ssl_key	path to file	Path to server private key
ssl_ca_cert	path to file	Path to Certificate Authority file
ssl_version	SSLV3,TLSV10,TLSV11,TLSV12,MAX	The SSL method level, defaults to highest available encryption level which is TLSv1.2
ssl_cert_verify_depth	integer	Certificate authority certificate verification depth, default is 100.