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@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ but for the time being, this is what we're stuck with.
 The very first time you run terraform on your system, you'll have to init it:
 
     cd tf-stage1  # and also tf-stage2
-    terraform init -backend-config="conn_str=postgres://terraform:$(../misc/get_key.py ../group_vars/all/vault_terraform.yml vault_terraform_db_password)@state.archlinux.org"
+    terraform init -backend-config="conn_str=postgres://terraform:$(../misc/get_key.py ../group_vars/all/vault_terraform.yml vault_terraform_db_password)@state.archlinux.org?sslmode=verify-full"
 
 After making changes to the infrastructure in `tf-stage1/archlinux.tf`, run