sslinfo

Extensions

sslinfo

sslinfo : information about SSL certificates

Overview

ID	Extension	Package	Version	Category	License	Language
6920	sslinfo	sslinfo	`1.2`	STAT	PostgreSQL	C

Attribute	Has Binary	Has Library	Need Load	Has DDL	Relocatable	Trusted
--s-d--	No	Yes	No	Yes	no	no

Relationships
See Also	sslutils pg_profile pg_tracing pg_show_plans pg_stat_kcache pg_stat_monitor pg_qualstats pg_store_plans

Packages

PG18	PG17	PG16	PG15	PG14
1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2

This is a built-in contrib extension ship with the PostgreSQL kernel

Install

Create this extension with:

CREATE EXTENSION sslinfo;

Usage

sslinfo: SSL certificate information functions

sslinfo provides functions to access information about the SSL certificate used in the current database connection.

Functions

-- Check if current connection uses SSL
SELECT ssl_is_used();

-- SSL/TLS protocol version (TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3, etc.)
SELECT ssl_version();

-- Cipher name (e.g., DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA)
SELECT ssl_cipher();

-- Check if client presented a valid certificate
SELECT ssl_client_cert_present();

-- Client certificate serial number
SELECT ssl_client_serial();

-- Client certificate subject (full DN)
SELECT ssl_client_dn();
-- e.g., /CN=Somebody /C=Some country/O=Some organization

-- Certificate issuer (full DN)
SELECT ssl_issuer_dn();

-- Specific field from client certificate subject
SELECT ssl_client_dn_field('CN');
SELECT ssl_client_dn_field('O');

-- Specific field from certificate issuer
SELECT ssl_issuer_field('CN');

-- Client certificate extensions
SELECT * FROM ssl_extension_info();
-- Returns: name, value, critical

Notes

Most functions return NULL if the connection does not use SSL
Requires PostgreSQL compiled with OpenSSL support
The combination of ssl_client_serial() and ssl_issuer_dn() uniquely identifies a certificate

Last updated on 2026-03-12

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