Re-indroduce ssl_certificate_validation option

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 8.0.0
+  - Re-indroduce ssl_certificate_validation option
+
 ## 7.0.0
   - Removed obsolete ssl_certificate_verify option
 

README.md

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ config :keepalive, :validate => :boolean, :default => true
 # How many times should the client retry a failing URL? Default is 3
 config :automatic_retries, :validate => :number, :default => 3
 
+# If you need to disable certificate hostname validation, set to false
+config :ssl_certificate_validation, :validate => :boolean, :default => true
+
 # If you need to use a custom X.509 CA (.pem certs) specify the path to that here
 config :ca_path, :validate => :path
 

lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/http_client.rb

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ def setup_http_client_config
     # See https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/httpclient/apidocs/org/apache/http/impl/conn/PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager.html#setValidateAfterInactivity(int)[these docs for more info]
     config :validate_after_inactivity, :validate => :number, :default => 200
 
+    # If you need to disable certificate hostname validation, set to false
+    config :ssl_certificate_validation, :validate => :boolean, :default => true
+
     # If you need to use a custom X.509 CA (.pem certs) specify the path to that here
     config :cacert, :validate => :path
 
@@ -139,6 +142,12 @@ def client_config
       c[:ssl][:ca_file] = @cacert
     end
 
+    if !@ssl_certificate_validation
+      c[:ssl].merge!(
+        :verify => false
+      )
+    end
+
     if @truststore
       c[:ssl].merge!(
         :truststore => @truststore,

logstash-mixin-http_client.gemspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name            = 'logstash-mixin-http_client'
-  s.version         = '7.0.0'
+  s.version         = '8.0.0'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache License (2.0)']
   s.summary         = "AWS mixins to provide a unified interface for Amazon Webservice"
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"