[MESOS-3093] Support HTTPS requests in libprocess

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.24.0
• Component/s: containerization, docker
• Labels: mesosphere
• Target Version/s: 0.24.0
• Epic Link: Unified Container
• Sprint: Mesosphere Sprint 15
• Story Points: 3
• Assignee: Jojy Varghese
• Reporter: Lily Chen
• Shepherd: Timothy Chen
• Created: 20/Jul/15 22:25
• Updated: 26/Nov/18 12:21
• Resolved: 26/Nov/18 12:21

Description

In order to pull images from Docker registries, https calls are needed to securely communicate with the registry hosts. Currently, only http requests are supported through libprocess. Now that SSL sockets are available through libprocess, support for https can be added.