[pgpool-general: 8141] Re: transparent authentication

[Nikolay Mastilo (HM)]

When I  added parameter PGPOOL_ENABLE_POOL_PASSWD=false , md5 
authentication in PostgreSQL is works transparently  through Pgpool.

Thanks a lot for help!

Regards,
    Nikolay

On 09.05.2022 09:55, Bo Peng wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> I don't know exactly. We use docker image  pgpool/pgpool:4.2.2
>>
>> Can you tell something on this image?
> Below is the doc:
>
> https://github.com/pgpool/pgpool2_on_k8s/blob/master/docs/index.md
>
>
> You can set the enviroment variable "PGPOOL_ENABLE_POOL_PASSWD" to skip generating
> pool_password and use password authentication:
>
>    PGPOOL_ENABLE_POOL_PASSWD=false
>
> https://github.com/pgpool/pgpool2_on_k8s/blob/master/docs/index.md#environment-variables
>
> Alternatively, you can customize configmap pgpool-config to configure pool_hba.conf.
>
> https://github.com/pgpool/pgpool2_on_k8s/blob/master/docs/index.md#configure-pgpool-ii-using-configmap
>
>
>> On 09.05.2022 09:04, Bo Peng wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>> Thank you for reply.
>>>>
>>>> Could you tell where should pool_hba.conf file be placed  when I run
>>>> pgpool as:
>>>>
>>>> 1. docker image on Kubernetes platform
>>>>
>>>> 2. docker image on virtual machine.
>>> Does the docker image which you are using supports customization of pool_hba.conf?
>>>    
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>       Nikolay
>>>>
>>>> On 09.05.2022 03:44, Bo Peng wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>>> Our Pgpool is working in Kubernetes and it is doing role of sql queries
>>>>>> load balancer. In the same time postgresql servers, that are managed by
>>>>>> patroni, are working in their own virtual machines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like ask - could current release Pgpool now perform transparent
>>>>>> authentication from clients pf the Pgpool to PostgreSQL server?
>>>>> Does "transparent authentication" mean that authentication is performed without generating pool_passwd file?
>>>>> If so, you can set "password" authentication and force SSL on all connections in pool_hba.conf:
>>>>>
>>>>>      hostssl    all    all    all    password
>>>>>
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