[GitHub] [apisix] nic-chen edited a comment on issue #2955: upgrade to 2.1: missing ssl cert for ssl

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nic-chen edited a comment on issue #2955:
URL: https://github.com/apache/apisix/issues/2955#issuecomment-738845758


   > Oh, I think what I wrote above:
   > 
   > > **This cert/key is never used for encrypting anything (correct??).**
   > 
   > is incorrect, in the default configuration for 2.1. the communication to etcd is encrypted by default, right? In the changelog, it says:
   > 
   > > 🌅 **support TLS connection with etcd.**
   > 
   > So that's why you require to have the cert in place at startup right? I was confusing this with the cert for encrypting the communication with the admin port, that's why I didn't understand this.
   > 
   > So in the current default config, but changing:
   > 
   > ```
   > ssl:
   >     enable: true
   > ...
   > port_admin: 9180 
   > https_admin: false
   > ```
   > 
   > I still require the local cert/key for etcd.
   
   there are two different things here.
   
   what we talk above is about https for client request.
   
   > support TLS connection with etcd.
   
   is just TLS not mTLS, so we don't need to config cert/key for it.
   


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