Chapter 4. Configuring a Web Server for Security Policies of the Postgres ProGate Web Application

Table of Contents

4.1. Configuring the Web Server
4.1.1. Preparing Secure Connection Certificates
4.1.2. Preparing the Web Server Configuration File

Users must interact with the Postgres ProGate web application using the secure connection (HTTPS).

The connection is secured by the nginx web server included in the package repository of all supported operating systems.

The following is required to configure the web server:

Note

For ease of description, Postgres ProGate is assumed to work with the https://progate.example.com address and the certificate and key files are named progate.crt and progate.key, respectively. You can change the address and filenames as required.