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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:09:05 -0400
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From: AJ Weber <aweber@comcast.net>
Subject: sslmode - detecting local docker
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I'm trying to configure my custom JDBC connection to be as safe as 
practical.

Years gone by, I would simply check if the URL (configured-property) had 
"localhost" in it, and do nothing. Recently I decided I'd check for 
localhost AND see if any "ssl" was explicitly already set in the URL.  
If not, I tried adding ssl=true as a connection param.  This fails when 
using a postgresql docker container, because they typically are not 
configured for SSL, but the hostname is also not "localhost".

Besides changing my logic to add "sslmode=prefer" (instead of "true", 
which may be the default anyway), does anyone have a good way to 
determine if the JDBC URL is actually a docker container running on the 
same host?

Currently running v16.x, but these modes haven't changed in a long time, 
so I suppose this question applies across currently supported versions.

Thanks in advance,

AJ