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1 OPENSSL INSTALLATION
2 --------------------
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ea24fe29 4 This document describes installation on all supported operating
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5 systems (the Unix/Linux family (which includes Mac OS/X), OpenVMS,
6 and Windows).
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8 To install OpenSSL, you will need:
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10 * A make implementation
11 * Perl 5 with core modules (please read NOTES.PERL)
12 * The perl module Text::Template (please read NOTES.PERL)
73bfb9ad 13 * an ANSI C compiler
d5957691 14 * a development environment in the form of development libraries and C
d57d85ff 15 header files
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16 * a supported operating system
17
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18 For additional platform specific requirements, solutions to specific
19 issues and other details, please read one of these:
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45632ee3 21 * NOTES.UNIX (any supported Unix like system)
b32b8961 22 * NOTES.VMS (OpenVMS)
20ab55f4 23 * NOTES.WIN (any supported Windows)
07930a75 24 * NOTES.DJGPP (DOS platform with DJGPP)
f39276fd 25 * NOTES.ANDROID (obviously Android [NDK])
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27 Notational conventions in this document
28 ---------------------------------------
29
30 Throughout this document, we use the following conventions in command
31 examples:
32
33 $ command Any line starting with a dollar sign
34 ($) is a command line.
35
36 { word1 | word2 | word3 } This denotes a mandatory choice, to be
37 replaced with one of the given words.
38 A simple example would be this:
39
40 $ echo { FOO | BAR | COOKIE }
41
42 which is to be understood as one of
43 these:
44
45 $ echo FOO
46 - or -
47 $ echo BAR
48 - or -
49 $ echo COOKIE
50
51 [ word1 | word2 | word3 ] Similar to { word1 | word2 | word3 }
52 except it's optional to give any of
53 those. In addition to the examples
54 above, this would also be valid:
55
56 $ echo
57
58 {{ target }} This denotes a mandatory word or
59 sequence of words of some sort. A
60 simple example would be this:
61
62 $ type {{ filename }}
63
64 which is to be understood to use the
65 command 'type' on some file name
66 determined by the user.
67
68 [[ options ]] Similar to {{ target }}, but is
69 optional.
70
71 Note that the notation assumes spaces around {, }, [, ], {{, }} and
72 [[, ]]. This is to differentiate from OpenVMS directory
73 specifications, which also use [ and ], but without spaces.
74
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75 Quick Start
76 -----------
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4109b97c 78 If you want to just get on with it, do:
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886c2e61 80 on Unix (again, this includes Mac OS/X):
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82 $ ./config
83 $ make
84 $ make test
85 $ make install
86
87 on OpenVMS:
88
89 $ @config
90 $ mms
91 $ mms test
92 $ mms install
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94 on Windows (only pick one of the targets for configuration):
95
96 $ perl Configure { VC-WIN32 | VC-WIN64A | VC-WIN64I | VC-CE }
97 $ nmake
98 $ nmake test
8c16829e 99 $ nmake install
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ea24fe29 101 If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.
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103 This will build and install OpenSSL in the default location, which is:
104
105 Unix: normal installation directories under /usr/local
106 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version'...], where 'version' is the
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107 OpenSSL version number with underscores instead of periods.
108 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
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110 If you want to install it anywhere else, run config like this:
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112 On Unix:
113
114 $ ./config --prefix=/opt/openssl --openssldir=/usr/local/ssl
115
116 On OpenVMS:
117
118 $ @config --prefix=PROGRAM:[INSTALLS] --openssldir=SYS$MANAGER:[OPENSSL]
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120 (Note: if you do add options to the configuration command, please make sure
121 you've read more than just this Quick Start, such as relevant NOTES.* files,
122 the options outline below, as configuration options may change the outcome
123 in otherwise unexpected ways)
124
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126 Configuration Options
127 ---------------------
128
2d99cee7 129 There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
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130 the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
131 --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
132 implementation OpenSSL is built on. More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
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134 --api=x.y.z
135 Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
136 specified version number. For example "--api=1.1.0" will
137 remove support for all APIS that were deprecated in OpenSSL
138 version 1.1.0 or below.
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140 --cross-compile-prefix=PREFIX
141 The PREFIX to include in front of commands for your
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142 toolchain. It's likely to have to end with dash, e.g.
143 a-b-c- would invoke GNU compiler as a-b-c-gcc, etc.
144 Unfortunately cross-compiling is too case-specific to
145 put together one-size-fits-all instructions. You might
146 have to pass more flags or set up environment variables
147 to actually make it work. Android and iOS cases are
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148 discussed in corresponding Configurations/15-*.conf
149 files. But there are cases when this option alone is
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150 sufficient. For example to build the mingw64 target on
151 Linux "--cross-compile-prefix=x86_64-w64-mingw32-"
152 works. Naturally provided that mingw packages are
153 installed. Today Debian and Ubuntu users have option to
154 install a number of prepackaged cross-compilers along
155 with corresponding run-time and development packages for
156 "alien" hardware. To give another example
157 "--cross-compile-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-" suffices
158 in such case. Needless to mention that you have to
159 invoke ./Configure, not ./config, and pass your target
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160 name explicitly. Also, note that --openssldir refers
161 to target's file system, not one you are building on.
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163 --debug
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164 Build OpenSSL with debugging symbols and zero optimization
165 level.
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167 --libdir=DIR
168 The name of the directory under the top of the installation
169 directory tree (see the --prefix option) where libraries will
170 be installed. By default this is "lib". Note that on Windows
171 only ".lib" files will be stored in this location. dll files
172 will always be installed to the "bin" directory.
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174 --openssldir=DIR
175 Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
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176 default certificate and key store. Defaults are:
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667c6bfe 178 Unix: /usr/local/ssl
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179 Windows: C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
180 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
667c6bfe 181 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-COMMON]
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183 --prefix=DIR
184 The top of the installation directory tree. Defaults are:
185
186 Unix: /usr/local
187 Windows: C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
188 or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
189 OpenVMS: SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
190
191 --release
192 Build OpenSSL without debugging symbols. This is the default.
193
194 --strict-warnings
195 This is a developer flag that switches on various compiler
196 options recommended for OpenSSL development. It only works
197 when using gcc or clang as the compiler. If you are
198 developing a patch for OpenSSL then it is recommended that
199 you use this option where possible.
200
201 --with-zlib-include=DIR
202 The directory for the location of the zlib include file. This
203 option is only necessary if enable-zlib (see below) is used
204 and the include file is not already on the system include
205 path.
206
207 --with-zlib-lib=LIB
208 On Unix: this is the directory containing the zlib library.
209 If not provided the system library path will be used.
210 On Windows: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
211 without a path). This flag must be provided if the
212 zlib-dynamic option is not also used. If zlib-dynamic is used
213 then this flag is optional and a default value ("ZLIB1") is
a73d990e 214 used if not provided.
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215 On VMS: this is the filename of the zlib library (with or
216 without a path). This flag is optional and if not provided
217 then "GNV$LIBZSHR", "GNV$LIBZSHR32" or "GNV$LIBZSHR64" is
218 used by default depending on the pointer size chosen.
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221 --with-rand-seed=seed1[,seed2,...]
222 A comma separated list of seeding methods which will be tried
223 by OpenSSL in order to obtain random input (a.k.a "entropy")
224 for seeding its cryptographically secure random number
225 generator (CSPRNG). The current seeding methods are:
226
227 os: Use a trusted operating system entropy source.
228 This is the default method if such an entropy
229 source exists.
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230 getrandom: Use the L<getrandom(2)> or equivalent system
231 call.
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232 devrandom: Use the the first device from the DEVRANDOM list
233 which can be opened to read random bytes. The
234 DEVRANDOM preprocessor constant expands to
235 "/dev/urandom","/dev/random","/dev/srandom" on
236 most unix-ish operating systems.
237 egd: Check for an entropy generating daemon.
238 rdcpu: Use the RDSEED or RDRAND command if provided by
239 the CPU.
240 librandom: Use librandom (not implemented yet).
241 none: Disable automatic seeding. This is the default
242 on some operating systems where no suitable
243 entropy source exists, or no support for it is
244 implemented yet.
245
246 For more information, see the section 'Note on random number
247 generation' at the end of this document.
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249 no-afalgeng
250 Don't build the AFALG engine. This option will be forced if
251 on a platform that does not support AFALG.
252
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253 enable-ktls
254 Build with Kernel TLS support. This option will enable the
255 use of the Kernel TLS data-path, which can improve
256 performance and allow for the use of sendfile and splice
257 system calls on TLS sockets. The Kernel may use TLS
258 accelerators if any are available on the system.
259 This option will be forced off on systems that do not support
260 the Kernel TLS data-path.
261
fa28bfd6 262 enable-asan
f430ba31 263 Build with the Address sanitiser. This is a developer option
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264 only. It may not work on all platforms and should never be
265 used in production environments. It will only work when used
266 with gcc or clang and should be used in conjunction with the
267 no-shared option.
268
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270 Do not use assembler code. This should be viewed as
271 debugging/trouble-shooting option rather than production.
272 On some platforms a small amount of assembler code may
273 still be used even with this option.
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275 no-async
276 Do not build support for async operations.
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278 no-autoalginit
279 Don't automatically load all supported ciphers and digests.
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280 Typically OpenSSL will make available all of its supported
281 ciphers and digests. For a statically linked application this
282 may be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
283 This only affects libcrypto. Ciphers and digests will have to
284 be loaded manually using EVP_add_cipher() and
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285 EVP_add_digest() if this option is used. This option will
286 force a non-shared build.
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288 no-autoerrinit
289 Don't automatically load all libcrypto/libssl error strings.
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290 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load human readable
291 error strings. For a statically linked application this may
292 be undesirable if small executable size is an objective.
293
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294 no-autoload-config
295 Don't automatically load the default openssl.cnf file.
296 Typically OpenSSL will automatically load a system config
297 file which configures default ssl options.
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299 no-capieng
300 Don't build the CAPI engine. This option will be forced if
301 on a platform that does not support CAPI.
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303 no-cms
304 Don't build support for CMS features
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306 no-comp
307 Don't build support for SSL/TLS compression. If this option
308 is left enabled (the default), then compression will only
309 work if the zlib or zlib-dynamic options are also chosen.
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311 enable-crypto-mdebug
312 Build support for debugging memory allocated via
313 OPENSSL_malloc() or OPENSSL_zalloc().
314
315 enable-crypto-mdebug-backtrace
316 As for crypto-mdebug, but additionally provide backtrace
317 information for allocated memory.
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318 TO BE USED WITH CARE: this uses GNU C functionality, and
319 is therefore not usable for non-GNU config targets. If
320 your build complains about the use of '-rdynamic' or the
321 lack of header file execinfo.h, this option is not for you.
322 ALSO NOTE that even though execinfo.h is available on your
323 system (through Gnulib), the functions might just be stubs
324 that do nothing.
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326 no-ct
327 Don't build support for Certificate Transparency.
328
329 no-deprecated
330 Don't build with support for any deprecated APIs. This is the
331 same as using "--api" and supplying the latest version
332 number.
333
334 no-dgram
335 Don't build support for datagram based BIOs. Selecting this
336 option will also force the disabling of DTLS.
337
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338 enable-devcryptoeng
339 Build the /dev/crypto engine. It is automatically selected
340 on BSD implementations, in which case it can be disabled with
341 no-devcryptoeng.
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343 no-dso
344 Don't build support for loading Dynamic Shared Objects.
345
346 no-dynamic-engine
347 Don't build the dynamically loaded engines. This only has an
348 effect in a "shared" build
349
350 no-ec
351 Don't build support for Elliptic Curves.
352
353 no-ec2m
354 Don't build support for binary Elliptic Curves
355
356 enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128
357 Enable support for optimised implementations of some commonly
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358 used NIST elliptic curves.
359 This is only supported on platforms:
360 - with little-endian storage of non-byte types
361 - that tolerate misaligned memory references
362 - where the compiler:
363 - supports the non-standard type __uint128_t
364 - defines the built-in macro __SIZEOF_INT128__
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366 enable-egd
367 Build support for gathering entropy from EGD (Entropy
368 Gathering Daemon).
369
370 no-engine
371 Don't build support for loading engines.
372
373 no-err
374 Don't compile in any error strings.
375
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376 enable-external-tests
377 Enable building of integration with external test suites.
378 This is a developer option and may not work on all platforms.
379 The only supported external test suite at the current time is
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380 the BoringSSL test suite. See the file test/README.external
381 for further details.
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383 no-filenames
384 Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
385 for errors and memory allocation).
386
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387 enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
388 Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
389 These are developer options only. They may not work on all
390 platforms and should never be used in production environments.
391 See the file fuzz/README.md for further details.
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393 no-gost
394 Don't build support for GOST based ciphersuites. Note that
395 if this feature is enabled then GOST ciphersuites are only
396 available if the GOST algorithms are also available through
397 loading an externally supplied engine.
398
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399 no-hw-padlock
400 Don't build the padlock engine.
401
402 no-makedepend
05328815 403 Don't generate dependencies.
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405 no-multiblock
406 Don't build support for writing multiple records in one
407 go in libssl (Note: this is a different capability to the
408 pipelining functionality).
409
410 no-nextprotoneg
411 Don't build support for the NPN TLS extension.
412
413 no-ocsp
414 Don't build support for OCSP.
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416 no-pic
417 Don't build with support for Position Independent Code.
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419 no-pinshared By default OpenSSL will attempt to stay in memory until the
420 process exits. This is so that libcrypto and libssl can be
421 properly cleaned up automatically via an "atexit()" handler.
422 The handler is registered by libcrypto and cleans up both
423 libraries. On some platforms the atexit() handler will run on
424 unload of libcrypto (if it has been dynamically loaded)
425 rather than at process exit. This option can be used to stop
426 OpenSSL from attempting to stay in memory until the process
427 exits. This could lead to crashes if either libcrypto or
428 libssl have already been unloaded at the point
429 that the atexit handler is invoked, e.g. on a platform which
430 calls atexit() on unload of the library, and libssl is
431 unloaded before libcrypto then a crash is likely to happen.
432 Applications can suppress running of the atexit() handler at
433 run time by using the OPENSSL_INIT_NO_ATEXIT option to
434 OPENSSL_init_crypto(). See the man page for it for further
435 details.
436
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437 no-posix-io
438 Don't use POSIX IO capabilities.
439
440 no-psk
441 Don't build support for Pre-Shared Key based ciphersuites.
442
443 no-rdrand
444 Don't use hardware RDRAND capabilities.
445
446 no-rfc3779
447 Don't build support for RFC3779 ("X.509 Extensions for IP
448 Addresses and AS Identifiers")
449
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450 sctp
451 Build support for SCTP
452
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453 no-shared
454 Do not create shared libraries, only static ones. See "Note
455 on shared libraries" below.
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457 no-sock
458 Don't build support for socket BIOs
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460 no-srp
461 Don't build support for SRP or SRP based ciphersuites.
462
463 no-srtp
464 Don't build SRTP support
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467 Exclude SSE2 code paths from 32-bit x86 assembly modules.
468 Normally SSE2 extension is detected at run-time, but the
469 decision whether or not the machine code will be executed
470 is taken solely on CPU capability vector. This means that
471 if you happen to run OS kernel which does not support SSE2
472 extension on Intel P4 processor, then your application
473 might be exposed to "illegal instruction" exception.
474 There might be a way to enable support in kernel, e.g.
475 FreeBSD kernel can be compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and
476 there is a way to disengage SSE2 code paths upon application
477 start-up, but if you aim for wider "audience" running
478 such kernel, consider no-sse2. Both the 386 and
479 no-asm options imply no-sse2.
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481 enable-ssl-trace
482 Build with the SSL Trace capabilities (adds the "-trace"
483 option to s_client and s_server).
484
485 no-static-engine
486 Don't build the statically linked engines. This only
487 has an impact when not built "shared".
488
489 no-stdio
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490 Don't use anything from the C header file "stdio.h" that
491 makes use of the "FILE" type. Only libcrypto and libssl can
492 be built in this way. Using this option will suppress
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493 building the command line applications. Additionally since
494 the OpenSSL tests also use the command line applications the
495 tests will also be skipped.
496
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497 no-tests
498 Don't build test programs or run any test.
499
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500 no-threads
501 Don't try to build with support for multi-threaded
502 applications.
503
504 threads
505 Build with support for multi-threaded applications. Most
506 platforms will enable this by default. However if on a
507 platform where this is not the case then this will usually
508 require additional system-dependent options! See "Note on
509 multi-threading" below.
510
511 no-ts
512 Don't build Time Stamping Authority support.
513
fa28bfd6 514 enable-ubsan
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516 developer option only. It may not work on all platforms and
517 should never be used in production environments. It will only
518 work when used with gcc or clang and should be used in
519 conjunction with the "-DPEDANTIC" option (or the
520 --strict-warnings option).
521
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522 no-ui
523 Don't build with the "UI" capability (i.e. the set of
524 features enabling text based prompts).
525
526 enable-unit-test
527 Enable additional unit test APIs. This should not typically
528 be used in production deployments.
529
530 enable-weak-ssl-ciphers
531 Build support for SSL/TLS ciphers that are considered "weak"
532 (e.g. RC4 based ciphersuites).
533
534 zlib
535 Build with support for zlib compression/decompression.
536
537 zlib-dynamic
538 Like "zlib", but has OpenSSL load the zlib library
539 dynamically when needed. This is only supported on systems
540 where loading of shared libraries is supported.
541
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543 In 32-bit x86 builds, when generating assembly modules,
544 use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code
545 is more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note:
546 This doesn't affect code generated by compiler, you're
547 likely to complement configuration command line with
548 suitable compiler-specific option.
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550 no-<prot>
551 Don't build support for negotiating the specified SSL/TLS
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552 protocol (one of ssl, ssl3, tls, tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2,
553 tls1_3, dtls, dtls1 or dtls1_2). If "no-tls" is selected then
554 all of tls1, tls1_1, tls1_2 and tls1_3 are disabled.
555 Similarly "no-dtls" will disable dtls1 and dtls1_2. The
556 "no-ssl" option is synonymous with "no-ssl3". Note this only
557 affects version negotiation. OpenSSL will still provide the
558 methods for applications to explicitly select the individual
559 protocol versions.
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561 no-<prot>-method
562 As for no-<prot> but in addition do not build the methods for
563 applications to explicitly select individual protocol
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564 versions. Note that there is no "no-tls1_3-method" option
565 because there is no application method for TLSv1.3. Using
034d55cd 566 individual protocol methods directly is deprecated.
f518cef4 567 Applications should use TLS_method() instead.
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569 enable-<alg>
570 Build with support for the specified algorithm, where <alg>
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573 no-<alg>
574 Build without support for the specified algorithm, where
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575 <alg> is one of: aria, bf, blake2, camellia, cast, chacha,
576 cmac, des, dh, dsa, ecdh, ecdsa, idea, md4, mdc2, ocb,
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577 poly1305, rc2, rc4, rmd160, scrypt, seed, siphash, siv, sm2,
578 sm3, sm4 or whirlpool. The "ripemd" algorithm is deprecated
579 and if used is synonymous with rmd160.
ecabf05e 580
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a74341f9 582 These system specific options will be recognised and
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583 passed through to the compiler to allow you to define
584 preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries, library
585 directories or other compiler options. It might be worth
586 noting that some compilers generate code specifically for
587 processor the compiler currently executes on. This is not
588 necessarily what you might have in mind, since it might be
589 unsuitable for execution on other, typically older,
590 processor. Consult your compiler documentation.
591
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592 Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
593 these flags interact with those variables.
594
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595 -xxx, +xxx
596 Additional options that are not otherwise recognised are
597 passed through as they are to the compiler as well. Again,
598 consult your compiler documentation.
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600 Take note of the VAR=value documentation below and how
601 these flags interact with those variables.
602
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80f27877 604 Assignment of environment variable for Configure. These
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605 work just like normal environment variable assignments,
606 but are supported on all platforms and are confined to
607 the configuration scripts only. These assignments override
608 the corresponding value in the inherited environment, if
609 there is one.
610
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611 The following variables are used as "make variables" and
612 can be used as an alternative to giving preprocessor,
613 compiler and linker options directly as configuration.
614 The following variables are supported:
615
616 AR The static library archiver.
617 ARFLAGS Flags for the static library archiver.
618 AS The assembler compiler.
619 ASFLAGS Flags for the assembler compiler.
620 CC The C compiler.
621 CFLAGS Flags for the C compiler.
622 CXX The C++ compiler.
623 CXXFLAGS Flags for the C++ compiler.
624 CPP The C/C++ preprocessor.
625 CPPFLAGS Flags for the C/C++ preprocessor.
626 CPPDEFINES List of CPP macro definitions, separated
627 by a platform specific character (':' or
628 space for Unix, ';' for Windows, ',' for
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629 VMS). This can be used instead of using
630 -D (or what corresponds to that on your
631 compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
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633 the same way as for CPPDEFINES. This can
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635 to that on your compiler) in CPPFLAGS.
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638 Unix).
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640 is used there).
641 LDFLAGS Flags for the shared library, DSO and
642 program linker.
643 LDLIBS Extra libraries to use when linking.
644 Takes the form of a space separated list
645 of library specifications on Unix and
646 Windows, and as a comma separated list of
647 libraries on VMS.
648 RANLIB The library archive indexer.
46d08509 649 RC The Windows resource compiler.
650 RCFLAGS Flags for the Windows resource compiler.
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652
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654 on the command line. In other words, something like this
655 isn't permitted.
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657 ./config -DFOO CPPFLAGS=-DBAR -DCOOKIE
658
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660
661 To be compatible with older configuration scripts, the
662 environment variables are ignored if compiling / linking
663 flags are given on the command line, except for these:
664
665 AR, CC, CXX, CROSS_COMPILE, HASHBANGPERL, PERL, RANLIB, RC
666 and WINDRES
667
668 For example, the following command will not see -DBAR:
669
670 CPPFLAGS=-DBAR ./config -DCOOKIE
671
672 However, the following will see both set variables:
673
674 CC=gcc CROSS_COMPILE=x86_64-w64-mingw32- \
675 ./config -DCOOKIE
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678 reconfigure
679 Reconfigure from earlier data. This fetches the previous
680 command line options and environment from data saved in
681 "configdata.pm", and runs the configuration process again,
682 using these options and environment.
683 Note: NO other option is permitted together with "reconf".
684 This means that you also MUST use "./Configure" (or
685 what corresponds to that on non-Unix platforms) directly
686 to invoke this option.
687 Note: The original configuration saves away values for ALL
688 environment variables that were used, and if they weren't
689 defined, they are still saved away with information that
690 they weren't originally defined. This information takes
691 precedence over environment variables that are defined
692 when reconfiguring.
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695 -----------------------------
696
697 The configuration script itself will say very little, and finishes by
698 creating "configdata.pm". This perl module can be loaded by other scripts
699 to find all the configuration data, and it can also be used as a script to
700 display all sorts of configuration data in a human readable form.
701
702 For more information, please do:
703
704 $ ./configdata.pm --help # Unix
705
706 or
707
708 $ perl configdata.pm --help # Windows and VMS
709
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711 ----------------------
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4109b97c 713 1a. Configure OpenSSL for your operation system automatically:
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716
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720
ea24fe29 721 $ @config [[ options ]] ! OpenVMS
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723 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
724 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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4109b97c 726 This guesses at your operating system (and compiler, if necessary) and
b1fe6b43 727 configures OpenSSL based on this guess. Run ./config -t to see
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729 are cross-compiling for another platform, or the ./config guess was
730 wrong for other reasons, go to step 1b. Otherwise go to step 2.
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733
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c9f06e7f 736 1b. Configure OpenSSL for your operating system manually
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739 compiler combinations. To see the ones it knows about, run
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742
743 or
744
745 $ perl Configure # All other platforms
746
747 For the remainder of this text, the Unix form will be used in all
748 examples, please use the appropriate form for your platform.
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751 operating systems there is a choice between using "cc" or "gcc". When
752 you have identified your system (and if necessary compiler) use this name
2acd8ec7 753 as the argument to Configure. For example, a "linux-elf" user would
4109b97c 754 run:
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ea24fe29 756 $ ./Configure linux-elf [[ options ]]
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5bb9e2b4 758 If your system isn't listed, you will have to create a configuration
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761 and read Configurations/README and Configurations/README.design for
762 more information.
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765 Unix-like systems.
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768 and "descrip.mms" on OpenVMS) from a suitable template in Configurations,
769 and defines various macros in include/openssl/opensslconf.h (generated from
770 include/openssl/opensslconf.h.in).
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773
774 OpenSSL can be configured to build in a build directory separate from
775 the directory with the source code. It's done by placing yourself in
776 some other directory and invoking the configuration commands from
777 there.
778
779 Unix example:
780
781 $ mkdir /var/tmp/openssl-build
782 $ cd /var/tmp/openssl-build
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785 or
786
ea24fe29 787 $ /PATH/TO/OPENSSL/SOURCE/Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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789 OpenVMS example:
790
791 $ set default sys$login:
792 $ create/dir [.tmp.openssl-build]
793 $ set default [.tmp.openssl-build]
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796 or
797
ea24fe29 798 $ @[PATH.TO.OPENSSL.SOURCE]Configure {{ target }} [[ options ]]
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801
802 $ C:
803 $ mkdir \temp-openssl
804 $ cd \temp-openssl
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808 do its best to translate them to relative paths whenever possible.
809
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813 $ mms ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
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817 Unix, corresponding on other platforms) and the OpenSSL binary
818 ("openssl"). The libraries will be built in the top-level directory,
819 and the binary will be in the "apps" subdirectory.
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1af66bb7 821 Troubleshooting:
822
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824 for the failure that aren't problems in OpenSSL itself (like
1af66bb7 825 missing standard headers).
826
827 If the build succeeded previously, but fails after a source or
828 configuration change, it might be helpful to clean the build tree
829 before attempting another build. Use this command:
830
831 $ make clean # Unix
832 $ mms clean ! (or mmk) OpenVMS
833 $ nmake clean # Windows
834
835 Assembler error messages can sometimes be sidestepped by using the
836 "no-asm" configuration option.
837
838 Compiling parts of OpenSSL with gcc and others with the system
839 compiler will result in unresolved symbols on some systems.
840
841 If you are still having problems you can get help by sending an email
842 to the openssl-users email list (see
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844 it is a bug with OpenSSL itself, please open an issue on GitHub, at
845 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues. Please review the existing
846 ones first; maybe the bug was already reported or has already been
d5957691 847 fixed.
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462ba4f6 849 3. After a successful build, the libraries should be tested. Run:
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852 $ mms test ! OpenVMS
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6616429d 855 NOTE: you MUST run the tests from an unprivileged account (or
f430ba31 856 disable your privileges temporarily if your platform allows it).
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859 the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a
860 malfunction with Perl). You may want increased verbosity, that
861 can be accomplished like this:
862
be6bdab6 863 $ make VERBOSE=1 test # Unix
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e8173157 865 $ mms /macro=(VERBOSE=1) test ! OpenVMS
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be6bdab6 867 $ nmake VERBOSE=1 test # Windows
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870 the make variable TESTS to specify them, like this:
871
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873 $ mms/macro="TESTS=test_rsa test_dsa" test ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 874 $ nmake TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test # Windows
2e996acf 875
2acd8ec7 876 And of course, you can combine (Unix example shown):
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be6bdab6 878 $ make VERBOSE=1 TESTS='test_rsa test_dsa' test
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880 You can find the list of available tests like this:
881
2acd8ec7 882 $ make list-tests # Unix
5bb9e2b4 883 $ mms list-tests ! OpenVMS
b32b8961 884 $ nmake list-tests # Windows
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887 see what other HARNESS_* variables there are.
888
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891 run "make clean; make" or corresponding.
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894 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues.
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897 see section TESTS in Detail below.
898
462ba4f6 899 4. If everything tests ok, install OpenSSL with
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902 $ mms install ! OpenVMS
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905 This will install all the software components in this directory
906 tree under PREFIX (the directory given with --prefix or its
907 default):
908
909 Unix:
910
911 bin/ Contains the openssl binary and a few other
912 utility scripts.
913 include/openssl
914 Contains the header files needed if you want
915 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
916 or libssl.
917 lib Contains the OpenSSL library files.
918 lib/engines Contains the OpenSSL dynamically loadable engines.
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920 share/man/man1 Contains the OpenSSL command line man-pages.
921 share/man/man3 Contains the OpenSSL library calls man-pages.
922 share/man/man5 Contains the OpenSSL configuration format man-pages.
923 share/man/man7 Contains the OpenSSL other misc man-pages.
924
925 share/doc/openssl/html/man1
926 share/doc/openssl/html/man3
927 share/doc/openssl/html/man5
928 share/doc/openssl/html/man7
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930
931 OpenVMS ('arch' is replaced with the architecture name, "Alpha"
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933 (0101 for 1.1), and 'pz' is replaced with the pointer size
934 OpenSSL was built with):
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937 [.EXE] Contains a few utility scripts.
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939 Contains the header files needed if you want
940 to build your own programs that use libcrypto
941 or libssl.
942 [.LIB.'arch'] Contains the OpenSSL library files.
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945 [.SYS$STARTUP] Contains startup, login and shutdown scripts.
946 These define appropriate logical names and
947 command symbols.
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949 [.HTML] Contains the HTML rendition of the manual pages.
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952 Additionally, install will add the following directories under
953 OPENSSLDIR (the directory given with --openssldir or its default)
954 for you convenience:
955
956 certs Initially empty, this is the default location
957 for certificate files.
958 private Initially empty, this is the default location
959 for private key files.
960 misc Various scripts.
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963 locations, but have the package installed somewhere else so that
964 it can easily be packaged, can use
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967 $ mms/macro="DESTDIR=TMP:[PACKAGE-ROOT]" install ! OpenVMS
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3c65577f 969 The specified destination directory will be prepended to all
2acd8ec7 970 installation target paths.
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2acd8ec7 972 Compatibility issues with previous OpenSSL versions:
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974 * COMPILING existing applications
975
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978 of EVP types. Accessor functions have been added to allow
979 controlled access to the structures' data.
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982 the new ways of doing things. This often amounts to allocating
983 an instance of a structure explicitly where you could previously
984 allocate them on the stack as automatic variables, and using the
985 provided accessor functions where you would previously access a
986 structure's field directly.
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989 preserved when possible.
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992 ---------------------
993
994 A number of environment variables can be used to provide additional control
995 over the build process. Typically these should be defined prior to running
996 config or Configure. Not all environment variables are relevant to all
997 platforms.
998
999 AR
1000 The name of the ar executable to use.
1001
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1003 Use a different build file name than the platform default
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1006 corresponding build file template. See Configurations/README
1007 for further information.
1008
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1010 The compiler to use. Configure will attempt to pick a default
1011 compiler for your platform but this choice can be overridden
1012 using this variable. Set it to the compiler executable you wish
1013 to use, e.g. "gcc" or "clang".
1014
1015 CROSS_COMPILE
1016 This environment variable has the same meaning as for the
1017 "--cross-compile-prefix" Configure flag described above. If both
1018 are set then the Configure flag takes precedence.
1019
1020 NM
1021 The name of the nm executable to use.
1022
1023 OPENSSL_LOCAL_CONFIG_DIR
1024 OpenSSL comes with a database of information about how it
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1026 templates for those platforms. The database is comprised of
1027 ".conf" files in the Configurations directory. The build
1028 file templates reside there as well as ".tmpl" files. See the
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1031 files.
1032 In addition to the standard ".conf" and ".tmpl" files, it is
1033 possible to create your own ".conf" and ".tmpl" files and store
1034 them locally, outside the OpenSSL source tree. This environment
1035 variable can be set to the directory where these files are held
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1037 standard directories.
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1039 PERL
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1042 other hand imposes the interpreter by which it itself was
1043 executed on the whole build procedure.
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1045 HASHBANGPERL
1046 The command string for the Perl executable to insert in the
1047 #! line of perl scripts that will be publically installed.
1048 Default: /usr/bin/env perl
1049 Note: the value of this variable is added to the same scripts
1050 on all platforms, but it's only relevant on Unix-like platforms.
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1052 RC
1053 The name of the rc executable to use. The default will be as
1054 defined for the target platform in the ".conf" file. If not
1055 defined then "windres" will be used. The WINDRES environment
1056 variable is synonymous to this. If both are defined then RC
1057 takes precedence.
1058
1059 RANLIB
1060 The name of the ranlib executable to use.
1061
1062 WINDRES
1063 See RC.
1064
1065 Makefile targets
1066 ----------------
1067
1068 The Configure script generates a Makefile in a format relevant to the specific
1069 platform. The Makefiles provide a number of targets that can be used. Not all
1070 targets may be available on all platforms. Only the most common targets are
1071 described here. Examine the Makefiles themselves for the full list.
1072
1073 all
1074 The default target to build all the software components.
1075
1076 clean
1077 Remove all build artefacts and return the directory to a "clean"
1078 state.
1079
1080 depend
1081 Rebuild the dependencies in the Makefiles. This is a legacy
1082 option that no longer needs to be used in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
1083
1084 install
1085 Install all OpenSSL components.
1086
1087 install_sw
1088 Only install the OpenSSL software components.
1089
1090 install_docs
1091 Only install the OpenSSL documentation components.
1092
1093 install_man_docs
1094 Only install the OpenSSL man pages (Unix only).
1095
1096 install_html_docs
1097 Only install the OpenSSL html documentation.
1098
1099 list-tests
1100 Prints a list of all the self test names.
1101
1102 test
1103 Build and run the OpenSSL self tests.
1104
1105 uninstall
1106 Uninstall all OpenSSL components.
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1109 reconf
1110 Re-run the configuration process, as exactly as the last time
1111 as possible.
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1114 This is a developer option. If you are developing a patch for
1115 OpenSSL you may need to use this if you want to update
1116 automatically generated files; add new error codes or add new
1117 (or change the visibility of) public API functions. (Unix only).
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1120 ---------------
1121
1122 The make variable TESTS supports a versatile set of space separated tokens
1123 with which you can specify a set of tests to be performed. With a "current
1124 set of tests" in mind, initially being empty, here are the possible tokens:
1125
1126 alltests The current set of tests becomes the whole set of available
1127 tests (as listed when you do 'make list-tests' or similar).
1128 xxx Adds the test 'xxx' to the current set of tests.
1129 -xxx Removes 'xxx' from the current set of tests. If this is the
1130 first token in the list, the current set of tests is first
1131 assigned the whole set of available tests, effectively making
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1133 nn Adds the test group 'nn' (which is a number) to the current
1134 set of tests.
1135 -nn Removes the test group 'nn' from the current set of tests.
1136 If this is the first token in the list, the current set of
1137 tests is first assigned the whole set of available tests,
1138 effectively making this token equivalent to
1139 TESTS="alltests -xxx".
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1141 Also, all tokens except for "alltests" may have wildcards, such as *.
1142 (on Unix and Windows, BSD style wildcards are supported, while on VMS,
1143 it's VMS style wildcards)
1144
1145 Example: All tests except for the fuzz tests:
1146
1147 $ make TESTS=-test_fuzz test
1148
1149 or (if you want to be explicit)
1150
1151 $ make TESTS='alltests -test_fuzz' test
1152
1153 Example: All tests that have a name starting with "test_ssl" but not those
1154 starting with "test_ssl_":
1155
1156 $ make TESTS='test_ssl* -test_ssl_*' test
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1159
1160 $ make TESTS='10'
1161
1162 Example: All tests except the slow group (group 99):
1163
1164 $ make TESTS='-99'
1165
1166 Example: All tests in test groups 80 to 99 except for tests in group 90:
1167
1168 $ make TESTS='[89]? -90'
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1171 -----------------------
1172
1173 For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what compiler options
1174 are needed to generate a library that is suitable for multi-threaded
1175 applications. On these systems, support for multi-threading is enabled
1176 by default; use the "no-threads" option to disable (this should never be
1177 necessary).
1178
1179 On other systems, to enable support for multi-threading, you will have
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1182 case, obviously, is not to include support for multi-threading (but
1183 you can still use "no-threads" to suppress an annoying warning message
1184 from the Configure script.)
1185
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1188 supported. If your platform does not provide pthreads or Windows threads then
1189 you should Configure with the "no-threads" option.
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1195 build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl. On these systems
1196 the shared libraries will be created by default. This can be suppressed and
1197 only static libraries created by using the "no-shared" option. On systems
1198 where OpenSSL does not know how to build shared libraries the "no-shared"
1199 option will be forced and only static libraries will be created.
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1202 One way or another, they all have the major OpenSSL version number as
1203 part of the file name, i.e. for OpenSSL 1.1.x, 1.1 is somehow part of
1204 the name.
1205
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1208
1209 on Cygwin, shared libraries are named cygcrypto-1.1.dll and cygssl-1.1.dll
1210 with import libraries libcrypto.dll.a and libssl.dll.a.
1211
1212 On Windows build with MSVC or using MingW, shared libraries are named
1213 libcrypto-1_1.dll and libssl-1_1.dll for 32-bit Windows, libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
1214 and libssl-1_1-x64.dll for 64-bit x86_64 Windows, and libcrypto-1_1-ia64.dll
1215 and libssl-1_1-ia64.dll for IA64 Windows. With MSVC, the import libraries
1216 are named libcrypto.lib and libssl.lib, while with MingW, they are named
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1219 On VMS, shareable images (VMS speak for shared libraries) are named
1220 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr.exe. However, when
1221 OpenSSL is specifically built for 32-bit pointers, the shareable images
1222 are named ossl$libcrypto0101_shr32.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr32.exe
1223 instead, and when built for 64-bit pointers, they are named
1224 ossl$libcrypto0101_shr64.exe and ossl$libssl0101_shr64.exe.
1225
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1226 Note on random number generation
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1228
1229 Availability of cryptographically secure random numbers is required for
1230 secret key generation. OpenSSL provides several options to seed the
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1234 The seeding method can be configured using the --with-rand-seed option,
1235 which can be used to specify a comma separated list of seed methods.
1236 However in most cases OpenSSL will choose a suitable default method,
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1238 that not all methods are available on all platforms.
1239
1240 I) On operating systems which provide a suitable randomness source (in
1241 form of a system call or system device), OpenSSL will use the optimal
1242 available method to seed the CSPRNG from the operating system's
1243 randomness sources. This corresponds to the option --with-rand-seed=os.
1244
1245 II) On systems without such a suitable randomness source, automatic seeding
1246 and reseeding is disabled (--with-rand-seed=none) and it may be necessary
1247 to install additional support software to obtain a random seed and reseed
1248 the CSPRNG manually. Please check out the manual pages for RAND_add(),
1249 RAND_bytes(), RAND_egd(), and the FAQ for more information.