DOC: configuration: reword 'generate-certificates'

Reword the 'generate-certificates' keyword documentation to clarify
what's happening upon error.

This was discussed in ticket #3082.
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William Lallemand 2025-08-27 10:56:24 +02:00
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@ -16693,8 +16693,12 @@ generate-certificates
name mismatch on the certificate presented to the client. With this option
enabled, HAProxy will try to forge a certificate using the SNI hostname
indicated by the client. This is done only if no certificate matches the SNI
hostname (see 'crt-list'). If an error occurs, the default certificate is
used, else the 'strict-sni' option is set.
hostname (see 'crt-list').
In the event of a certificate generation error, the connection will fall back
on the default certificate. When using 'strict-sni', the default certificate
will not be used and the connection will result in a handshake failure.
It can also be used when HAProxy is configured as a reverse proxy to ease the
deployment of an architecture with many backends.