I just moved to a new hosting company and sales assured my they would be happy to install OpenSSL if I came over. I joined and no OpenSSL, the support response is "install it yourself".

Here's my question:

This is a Red Hat 7.1 distribution, modified by Ensim. Can I just get the Linux Red Hat OpenSSL RPM's (it looked like there are 6 that are dependent on each other) and install it on my server (environment)? I'm nervous about putting plain Red Hat RPM's on top of the Ensim modified base system.

Thanks!

Hello,

Is this a private server or one of those Rackshack deals..??

Either way OpenSSL should be there by default. It is part of the WEBppliance Distro.. It is required by the GUI and Many other components. Are you sure it is not there?

Just do

rpm -qa | grep openssl

If you do not find it then you should have no problem adding it. Ensim does not modify the openssl.

Matthew

Mathew,
The basic "run time" OpenSSL , if I can use that term, is there. However the development libraries are not. On the Red Hat distribution (don't know about the Ensim distribution) the base package is called "openssl" and it is there. What is missing is the optional Red Hat installation package called "openssl-devl". They are the static link libraries and include files for programs to link their function.

According to Red Hat, openssl-devl should not be installed without installing the same level openssl package, which would replace the existing openssl package and is what is causing my concern.

Regards,
Don