MySQL TLS (#4642)

custom/conf/app.ini.sample

@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ NAME = gitea
 USER = root
 ; Use PASSWD = `your password` for quoting if you use special characters in the password.
 PASSWD =
-; For "postgres" only, either "disable", "require" or "verify-full"
+; For Postgres, either "disable" (default), "require", or "verify-full"
+; For MySQL, either "false" (default), "true", or "skip-verify"
 SSL_MODE = disable
 ; For "sqlite3" and "tidb", use an absolute path when you start gitea as service
 PATH = data/gitea.db

docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Values containing `#` or `;` must be quoted using `` ` `` or `"""`.
 - `NAME`: **gitea**: Database name.
 - `USER`: **root**: Database username.
 - `PASSWD`: **\<empty\>**: Database user password. Use \`your password\` for quoting if you use special characters in the password.
-- `SSL_MODE`: **disable**: For PostgreSQL only.
+- `SSL_MODE`: **disable**: For PostgreSQL and MySQL only.
 - `PATH`: **data/gitea.db**: For SQLite3 only, the database file path.
 - `LOG_SQL`: **true**: Log the executed SQL.
 

models/models.go

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func LoadConfigs() {
 	if len(DbCfg.Passwd) == 0 {
 		DbCfg.Passwd = sec.Key("PASSWD").String()
 	}
-	DbCfg.SSLMode = sec.Key("SSL_MODE").String()
+	DbCfg.SSLMode = sec.Key("SSL_MODE").MustString("disable")
 	DbCfg.Path = sec.Key("PATH").MustString("data/gitea.db")
 	DbCfg.Timeout = sec.Key("SQLITE_TIMEOUT").MustInt(500)
 
@@ -222,13 +222,16 @@ func getEngine() (*xorm.Engine, error) {
 	}
 	switch DbCfg.Type {
 	case "mysql":
+		connType := "tcp"
 		if DbCfg.Host[0] == '/' { // looks like a unix socket
-			connStr = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@unix(%s)/%s%scharset=utf8&parseTime=true",
-				DbCfg.User, DbCfg.Passwd, DbCfg.Host, DbCfg.Name, Param)
-		} else {
-			connStr = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/%s%scharset=utf8&parseTime=true",
-				DbCfg.User, DbCfg.Passwd, DbCfg.Host, DbCfg.Name, Param)
+			connType = "unix"
 		}
+		tls := DbCfg.SSLMode
+		if tls == "disable" { // allow (Postgres-inspired) default value to work in MySQL
+			tls = "false"
+		}
+		connStr = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@%s(%s)/%s%scharset=utf8&parseTime=true&tls=%s",
+			DbCfg.User, DbCfg.Passwd, connType, DbCfg.Host, DbCfg.Name, Param, tls)
 	case "postgres":
 		connStr = getPostgreSQLConnectionString(DbCfg.Host, DbCfg.User, DbCfg.Passwd, DbCfg.Name, Param, DbCfg.SSLMode)
 	case "mssql":