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The CN in the conf file must match the CN of the Certificate used.

TLS setup is a little complicated. This link explains how to setup TLS:
http://www.devco.net/pubwiki/Bacula/TLS

Note: you must create your own CA to get TLS done.
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~brams006/selfsign.html

Ryan Novosielski wrote:
> I am having an issue with Bacula TLS. I've seen some places that
> it's required to have the CN match the hostname. Then in various
> places, I see stuff like this:
>
> # # List Directors who are permitted to contact Storage daemon #
> Director { Name = backup1-dir ... TLS Enable = yes TLS Require =
> yes # Require the connecting director to provide a certificate #
> with the matching CN. TLS Verify Peer = yes TLS Allowed CN =
> "bacula AT backup1.example DOT com" TLS CA Certificate File =
> /usr/local/etc/ssl/ca.pem # This is a server certificate. It is
> used by the connecting # director to verify the authenticity of
> this storage daemon TLS Certificate =
> /usr/local/etc/ssl/backup1/cert.pem TLS Key =
> /usr/local/etc/ssl/backup1/key.pem }
>
> I'd prefer to use bacula AT hostname.domain DOT edu for the CN, but when I
>  tried that, I got this error:
>
> --- 15-Aug 17:28 helios-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: TLS negotiation
> failed with FD at "kittatinny.umdnj.edu:9102". 15-Aug 17:28
> helios-dir JobId 0: Fatal error: bnet.c:307 TLS host certificate
> verification failed. Host kittatinny.umdnj.edu did not match
> presented certificate ---
>
> Can anyone help me understand how the CN is really used here? Is it
>  required to be the hostname? If so, where is the CNAME like the
> example coming from?
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