Developing an App Under TLS

Apps that connect to a TLS-enabled VMware Tanzu GemFire service instance must set properties to configure the communication with the VMware GemFire components within the Tanzu GemFire service instance.

Ensure that the cluster-level prerequisite step of Preparing for TLS has been completed.

For a Spring Data GemFire app with a Spring Data GemFire library dependency of 2.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT or a more recent version, attach the @EnableSsl annotation to your configuration class to enable the TLS encryption for all VMware GemFire components. Also set these VMware GemFire properties:

ssl-use-default-context=true
ssl-endpoint-identification-enabled=false

For other apps, the VMware GemFire properties should be

ssl-enabled-components=all
ssl-use-default-context=true
ssl-endpoint-identification-enabled=false

An app may set these properties with the ClientCacheFactory.set() method, prior to creating a ClientCache instance.

The build and cf push of the app does not require any changes to work with a TLS-enabled Tanzu GemFire service instance.