From 9548b06d02cbcdca3b3eb0c81756056a51db7549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Takeshi KOMIYA Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 20:03:18 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add a tip about $REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE --- doc/usage/configuration.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/usage/configuration.rst b/doc/usage/configuration.rst index ada9efefc..31a9e0d1c 100644 --- a/doc/usage/configuration.rst +++ b/doc/usage/configuration.rst @@ -509,6 +509,13 @@ General configuration .. versionadded:: 1.5 + .. tip:: Sphinx uses requests_ as a HTTP library internally. + Therefore, Sphinx refers a certification file on the + directory pointed ``REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE`` environment + variable if ``tls_cacerts`` not set. + + .. _requests: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/ + .. confval:: today today_fmt