MongoDB secure connection with certificates

[pasket]

We have found some errors with the data types in mongodb connections using certificates. Finally, we have solved:

1. Updating mongoose to:
   "mongoose": "^4.4.16",
2. We have configured our secure connection like this:

'use strict';
var fs = require('fs');
...
...
db: {
uri: process.env.MONGOHQ_URL || process.env.MONGOLAB_URI ||
'mongodb://172.16.1.66/mycollection',
options: {
user: 'avalverde',
pass: 'mypass...',
server: {
ssl: true,
sslValidate: false,
sslKey:
fs.readFileSync('./config/sslcerts/mongoose/metabox-key.pem'),
sslCert:
fs.readFileSync('./config/sslcerts/mongoose/metabox-cert.pem'),
sslCA: fs.readFileSync('./config/sslcerts/mongoose/ca.pem')
}
},
...
...

1. Finally, we had to edit config/lib/mongoose.js because the buffer of the certificates weren't Uint8Array as expected. We added the following lines.

   if ( config.db.options && config.db.options.server ) {
   config.db.options.server.sslCert = new Uint8Array(config.db.options.server.sslCert);
   config.db.options.server.sslKey = new Uint8Array(config.db.options.server.sslKey);
   }

   var db = mongoose.connect(config.db.uri..................

[lirantal]

Hi @pasket,

Would you like to submit a PR for this enhancement?

[pasket]

Yes. Thank you.

[lirantal]

@pasket we can't wait... :)
are you on it or do you need some help?

[ilanbiala]

@pasket if you open a PR, we'll review it and help tidy up any loose ends. Any work that you have would help us wrap this up.