8.2.6. Enable SSL in C++ Clients

The following options can be specified for C++ clients using environment variables:

When using SSL connections, clients must specify the location of the certificate database, a directory that contains the client's certificate and the public key of the Certificate Authority. This can be done by setting the environment variable QPID_SSL_CERT_DB to the full pathname of the directory. If a connection uses SSL client authentication, the client's password is also needed - the password should be placed in a protected file, and the QPID_SSL_CERT_PASSWORD_FILE variable should be set to the location of the file containing this password.

To open an SSL enabled connection in the Qpid Messaging API, set the transport connection option to ssl.