Hi Samuel and Alex, thanks a lot – this already helps ! I just saw that in the basic example the files are being integrated as resources and of course I could theoretically point to the certificate files directly.
Best Alex -- http://www.carot.de Email : alexan...@carot.de Tel.: +49 (0)177 5719797 > Gesendet: Montag, 26. Februar 2024 um 16:20 Uhr > Von: "Samuel Gaist" <samuel.ga...@idiap.ch> > An: "Alexander Carôt" <alexander_ca...@gmx.net> > Cc: "qt qt" <interest@qt-project.org> > Betreff: Re: [Interest] server certificate integration > > Hi, > > Why not pass the path to the certificate as a parameter of your application ? > > That way, you can configure it in the startup script of your server and just > need to restart/reload it when the time comes to update the certificate. > > Another possibility is to use a configuration file in which you point your > application to where the certificates are. > > Hope it helps > > Best regards > Samuel > > > On 26 Feb 2024, at 16:11, Alexander Carôt via Interest > > <interest@qt-project.org> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a secure websocket server based on the Qt example: > > > > https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtwebsockets-sslechoserver-example.html > > > > It requires a certificate and a key which are compiled into the server and > > it functions well. > > > > However, whenever the certificate expires (such as Let’s encrypt after 90 > > days) I need to recompile the server with the renewed certificate. > > > > In order to avoid this process I wonder if it is possible to somehow > > externally point to the the new certificates without integration at > > compilation time. > > > > Thanks for any hint, > > best > > > > Alex > > > > -- > > http://www.carot.de > > Email : alexan...@carot.de > > Tel.: +49 (0)177 5719797 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Interest mailing list > > Interest@qt-project.org > > https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/interest > > _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/interest
