Psycopg2 Python SSL Support is not compiled in

Question

I am trying to connect to my postgres database using psycopg2 with sslmode=\'required\' param; however, I get the following error

psycopg2.OperationalError:          


        

Answer 1

As others have said, the error message looks to be coming from Postgres. You can verify this by typing: psql sslmode=require if it gives you a pgsql terminal then ssl works with postgres, if it errors then it doesn't

Try and remove postgres and reinstall with openssl support:

brew uninstall postgres
brew update
brew install postgres --with-openssl

Alternatively, and this is the way I'd suggest, there is a one click installer at http://postgresapp.com that might also make it easier to get it installed. Follow the instructions on the site to get it installed correctly.

When I did it on Yosemite it installed at ~/Library/Application\ Support/Postgres93/var

You'll also want to create a certificate (this could also be where the error is coming from) either from a registrar if this is going to be public facing in the slightest or self signed if it's for a dev/test environment.

openssl req -new -text -out server.req
openssl rsa -in privkey.pem -out server.key
rm privkey.pem
openssl req -x509 -in server.req -text -key server.key -out server.crt
chmod og-rwx server.key

Navigate to your config directory, by default it is: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Postgres93/var

Enable ssl support:

vim postgresql.conf
# change this:
# ssl = on
# to this:
ssl = on

Restart the app and then check ssl with psql "sslmode=require"

If that works then try it through your Python code. If it works with the code above, but not Python then it's definitely a Python code problem that needs to be worked through.