ConfD job cert_update requires a certificate chain

Details

Detail name Value
Changelog Number 21276
Type Improvement
Status Resolved
Fix Versions Exasol 8.0.0
Resolution Date 2022-04-20

Background

EXAoperation used to accept a single certificate as server TLS certificate chain.

Improvement

Exasol version 8 uses ConfD job cert_update to upload TLS certificates and this mechanism requires a certificate chain consisting of more than one certificate_,_ see here for details.

Note: The behavior of cert_update was not changed. This changelog entry is meant for customers upgrading from Exasol v7 and v8, to inform them about the changed behavior between EXAoperation and cert_update.

Changed behavior

Database now requires a certificate chain consisting of more than one certificate.