NOTE: Starting in version 7.0, ObjectiveFS has built-in TLS/SSL support. stunnel is not needed anymore. For TLS details, see here.
This guide covers how to set up ghostunnel for endpoints that support only SSL. If you prefer to use stunnel, please see this stunnel setup doc
Since ObjectiveFS has built-in client side encryption and always encrypts your data at rest and in transit, you don’t need to use ghostunnel for most cases. Common uses for ghostunnel are when using an on-premise object store that supports only SSL or when using the AWS server side encryption feature.
Note: This document uses port 8086
on the localhost for the ghostunnel connection. You can replace 8086
below with the port you prefer.
Download and install ghostunnel from https://github.com/ghostunnel/ghostunnel/releases/
$ chmod +x ./ghostunnel
Verify /etc/objectivefs.env/AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
points to your bucket’s endpoint
$ cat /etc/objectivefs.env/AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
us-east-2
Run ghostunnel on your command line (or using your init tools)
$ ./ghostunnel client --listen=localhost:8086 --target=<endpoint>:443
--disable-authentication
$ ./ghostunnel client --listen=localhost:8086 --target=s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com:443 --disable-authentication
To use ObjectiveFS with ghostunnel, set the http_proxy
environment variable to http://127.0.0.1:8086
.
Tip: You can also create a file in the config directory /etc/objectivefs.env/http_proxy
with the content as http://127.0.0.1:8086
without needing to specify it in the command line each time.
Example: Running the list
command using ghostunnel
$ http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8086 mount.objectivefs list
$ http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8086 mount.objectivefs <bucket> <directory>
A single ghostunnel can have multiple parallel connections. You can also start multiple copies of ghostunnel for redundancy.
Reference:
+ Ghostunnel GitHub page: https://github.com/ghostunnel/ghostunnel
Last updated by ObjectiveFS staff, August 8, 2021
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