Re: Rotate SSL certificates on reload (SIGHUP) without restart

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: bob(dot)ross(dot)19821(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: pgpool-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Rotate SSL certificates on reload (SIGHUP) without restart
Date: 2026-03-19 10:22:25
Message-ID: 20260319.192225.349123033503761335.ishii@postgresql.org
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Hi Bob,

> Hi Tatsuo,
>
> Have there been any further considerations regarding changes to the pgPool
> codebase to support SSL certificate rotation on reload?
>
> As DigiCert has announced last year (
> https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will-officially-reduce-to-47-days)
> TLS/SSL certificate lifetimes will be reduced progressively in the coming
> years, with the industry moving toward much shorter validity periods. This
> makes the current requirement to fully restart the service for certificate
> renewal increasingly impractical.
>
> Please let us know whether this enhancement is being considered, or if
> there are any plans or timelines for addressing it.

I just have too many things to do for now (fixing bugs and evaluating
proposed patches), and I cannot estimate timelines for this. Plus, I
am not super familiar with this are (SSL). If you could provide
patches for this, it would greatly help me.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS K.K.
English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en/
Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp

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