spring-cloud / spring-cloud/spring-cloud-consul

Registering a spring boot application over https in consul

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Description

I have a spring boot application and using ConsulDiscovery to register with consul. The "http" communication is working as expected but "https" is failing. CA cert I am using is valid and I can see On the consul logs, it is giving "tls bad certificate" error. I have added ca cert in "ca-bundle.crt" on the consul nodes to trust the certificate.
I enabled debug for ssl logs, It seems when the client is trying to authenticate itself, the server requests a certificate from the client but the logs displays that "certificate chain" is coming null. Any views will be appreciated. I have tried configuring ca_path, ca_file and cert_file options in consul configs but nothing works.

Help will be appreciated

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Research direction

Start by tracing the Spring Boot ConsulDiscovery HTTPS registration path and reviewing the SSL debug logs mentioned in the report. Check how ca_path, ca_file, cert_file, and ca-bundle.crt are handled, then verify whether the client certificate chain is supplied during authentication; done means HTTPS registration succeeds without the Consul "tls bad certificate" error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring-boot
Domain
backend, distributed-systems, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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