- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- NOTES
- RETURN VALUES
- EXAMPLES
- SEE ALSO
- HISTORY
- COPYRIGHT

# NAME

SSL_CTX_config, SSL_config - configure SSL_CTX or SSL structure

# SYNOPSIS

    #include <openssl/ssl.h>

    int SSL_CTX_config(SSL_CTX *ctx, const char *name);
    int SSL_config(SSL *s, const char *name);

# DESCRIPTION

The functions SSL_CTX_config() and SSL_config() configure an SSL_CTX or SSL structure using the configuration name.

# NOTES

By calling SSL_CTX_config() or SSL_config() an application can perform many complex tasks based on the contents of the configuration file: greatly simplifying application configuration code. A degree of future proofing can also be achieved: an application can support configuration features in newer versions of OpenSSL automatically.

A configuration file must have been previously loaded, for example using CONF_modules_load_file(). See config(5) for details of the configuration file syntax.

# RETURN VALUES

SSL_CTX_config() and SSL_config() return 1 for success or 0 if an error occurred.

# EXAMPLES

If the file "config.cnf" contains the following:

    testapp = test_sect

    [test_sect]
    # list of configuration modules

    ssl_conf = ssl_sect

    [ssl_sect]
    server = server_section

    [server_section]
    RSA.Certificate = server-rsa.pem
    ECDSA.Certificate = server-ecdsa.pem
    Ciphers = ALL:!RC4

An application could call:

    if (CONF_modules_load_file("config.cnf", "testapp", 0) <= 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error processing config file\n");
        goto err;
    }

    ctx = SSL_CTX_new(TLS_server_method());

    if (SSL_CTX_config(ctx, "server") == 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Error configuring server.\n");
        goto err;
    }

In this example two certificates and the cipher list are configured without the need for any additional application code.

# SEE ALSO

config(5), SSL_CONF_cmd(3), CONF_modules_load_file(3)

# HISTORY

The SSL_CTX_config() and SSL_config() functions were added in OpenSSL 1.1.0.

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2015-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.