http.go

// Copyright 2015 The Cockroach Authors.
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package cluster

import (
	"crypto/tls"
	"net/http"

	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/base"
)

// HTTPClient is an http.Client configured for querying a cluster. We need to
// run with "InsecureSkipVerify" (at least on Docker) due to the fact that we
// cannot use a fixed hostname to reach the cluster. This in turn means that we
// do not have a verified server name in the certs.
var HTTPClient = http.Client{
	Timeout: base.NetworkTimeout,
	Transport: &http.Transport{
		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{
			InsecureSkipVerify: true,
		},
	},
}