How to Enable SSL Debug on the Security Server?

Owned by Petteri Kivimäki
Last updated: Jan 17, 2020
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Enabling SSL debug temporarily on the Security Server can help to solve SSL related issues.

Step-by-step guide

SSL debug is enabled completing the steps below.

  1. Add the line below to /etc/xroad/services/local.conf

    /etc/xroad/services/local.conf
    PROXY_PARAMS="$PROXY_PARAMS -Djavax.net.debug=ssl:handshake "
  2. Restart xroad-proxy (sudo systemctl restart xroad-proxy).
  3. View the log in systemd journal (journalctl -f -u xroad-proxy).


Remember to disable SSL debug once it is not needed anymore.