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doc/admin-guide-cloud/compute/section_compute-security.xml
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<link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/sec/"><citetitle>OpenStack
Security Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
<xi:include href="../../common/section_trusted-compute-pools.xml"/>
<section xml:id="section_compute_metadata_https">
<title>Encrypt Compute metadata traffic</title>
<para>OpenStack Juno supports encrypting Compute metadata traffic with
HTTPS. Enable SSL encryption in the <filename>metadata_agent.ini</filename>
file:<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Enable the HTTPS protocol:
<programlisting>nova_metadata_protocol = https</programlisting>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Determine whether insecure SSL connections are accepted for
Compute metadata server requests. The default value is
<option>False</option>:
<programlisting>nova_metadata_insecure = False</programlisting></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Specify the path to the client certificate:
<programlisting>
nova_client_cert = <replaceable>PATH_TO_CERT</replaceable></programlisting></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Specify the path to the private key:
<programlisting>
nova_client_priv_key = <replaceable>PATH_TO_KEY</replaceable></programlisting></para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist></para>
</section>
</section>