TLS parameters example

This examples demonstrates a TLS session with RabbitMQ using server authentication.

It was tested against RabbitMQ 3.6.10, using Python 3.6.1 and pre-release Pika 0.11.0

Note the use of ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2. The recent versions of RabbitMQ disable older versions of SSL due to security vulnerabilities.

See https://www.rabbitmq.com/ssl.html for certificate creation and rabbitmq SSL configuration instructions.

tls_example.py:

import ssl
import pika
import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
context.load_verify_locations('/Users/me/tls-gen/basic/testca/cacert.pem')

cp = pika.ConnectionParameters(ssl_options=pika.SSLOptions(context))

conn = pika.BlockingConnection(cp)
ch = conn.channel()
print(ch.queue_declare("sslq"))
ch.publish("", "sslq", "abc")
print(ch.basic_get("sslq"))

rabbitmq.conf:

%% In this example, both the client and RabbitMQ server are assumed to be running on the same machine
%% with a self-signed set of certificates generated using https://github.com/michaelklishin/tls-gen.
%%
%% To find out the default rabbitmq.conf location, see https://www.rabbitmq.com/configure.html.
%%
%% The contents of the example config file are for demonstration purposes only.
%% See https://www.rabbitmq.com/ssl.html to learn how to use TLS for client connections in RabbitMQ.
%%
%% The example below allows clients without a certificate to connect
%% but performs peer verification on those that present a certificate chain.

listeners.ssl.default = 5671

ssl_options.cacertfile = /Users/me/tls-gen/basic//ca_certificate.pem
ssl_options.certfile = /Users/me/tls-gen/basic//server_certificate.pem
ssl_options.keyfile = /Users/me/tls-gen/basic/server_key.pem
ssl_options.verify = verify_peer
ssl_options.fail_if_no_peer_cert = false