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Setup custom certificates

You can use your own certificates with EasyHAProxy. You just need to let EasyHAProxy know that certificate.

There are two ways to do that.

Setup certificate as a label definition in docker container​

  1. Create a single PEM from the certificate and key.
cat example.com.crt example.com.key > single.pem

cat single.pem

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKYwggSiAgEAAoIBAQC5ZheHqmBnEJP+
U9r1gxYWKLzdqrMrcxtQN6M1hIH9n0peuJeIrybdcV7sMbStMXI=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEojCCA4qgAwIBAgIUegW2BimwuL4RzRZ2WYkHA6U5nkAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
3j4wz8/I5fdsk090j4s5KA==
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
  1. Convert the single.pem to BASE64 in a single line:
cat single.pem | base64 -w0
  1. Define a label in yout container

Add the Base64 string you generated before to the label easyhaproxy.[definition].sslcert

Map the certificate as a docker volume​

EasyHAProxy stores the certificates inside the container folder /certs/haproxy.

  1. Run EasyHAProxy with the volume for the certificates:
docker volume create certs_haproxy

docker run \
    /* other parameters */
    -v certs_haproxy:/certs/haproxy \
    -d byjg/easy-haproxy
  1. Create a single PEM from the certificate and the key.
cat example.com.crt example.com.key > single.pem

cat single.pem

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKYwggSiAgEAAoIBAQC5ZheHqmBnEJP+
U9r1gxYWKLzdqrMrcxtQN6M1hIH9n0peuJeIrybdcV7sMbStMXI=
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIEojCCA4qgAwIBAgIUegW2BimwuL4RzRZ2WYkHA6U5nkAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEL
3j4wz8/I5fdsk090j4s5KA==
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
  1. Copy this certificate to EasyHAProxy volume
docker cp single.pem easyhaproxy:/certs/haproxy

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