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# Custom DH parameters for perfect forward secrecy

This example aims to demonstrate the deployment of an nginx ingress controller and use a ConfigMap to configure custom Diffie-Hellman parameters file to help with "Perfect Forward Secrecy".

## Custom configuration

    $ cat configmap.yaml
    apiVersion: v1
    data:
      ssl-dh-param: "ingress-nginx/lb-dhparam"
    kind: ConfigMap
    metadata:
      name: nginx-configuration
      namespace: ingress-nginx
      labels:
        app: ingress-nginx

    $ kubectl create -f configmap.yaml

## Custom DH parameters secret

    $> openssl dhparam 1024 2> /dev/null | base64
    LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBESCBQQVJBTUVURVJ...

    $ cat ssl-dh-param.yaml
    apiVersion: v1
    data:
      dhparam.pem: "LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBESCBQQVJBTUVURVJ..."
    kind: ConfigMap
    metadata:
      name: nginx-configuration
      namespace: ingress-nginx
      labels:
        app: ingress-nginx

    $ kubectl create -f ssl-dh-param.yaml

## Test

Check the contents of the configmap is present in the nginx.conf file using: `kubectl exec nginx-ingress-controller-873061567-4n3k2 -n kube-system cat /etc/nginx/nginx.conf`