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OPENSSL_config(3)                   OpenSSL                  OPENSSL_config(3)


NAME

       OPENSSL_config, OPENSSL_no_config - simple OpenSSL configuration
       functions


SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/conf.h>

        void OPENSSL_config(const char *config_name);
        void OPENSSL_no_config(void);


DESCRIPTION

       OPENSSL_config() configures OpenSSL using the standard openssl.cnf
       configuration file name using config_name. If config_name is NULL then
       the file specified in the environment variable OPENSSL_CONF will be
       used, and if that is not set then a system default location is used.
       Errors are silently ignored.  Multiple calls have no effect.

       OPENSSL_no_config() disables configuration. If called before
       OPENSSL_config() no configuration takes place.


NOTES

       The OPENSSL_config() function is designed to be a very simple "call it
       and forget it" function.  It is however much better than nothing.
       Applications which need finer control over their configuration
       functionality should use the configuration functions such as
       CONF_modules_load() directly. This function is deprecated and its use
       should be avoided.  Applications should instead call
       CONF_modules_load() during initialization (that is before starting any
       threads).

       There are several reasons why calling the OpenSSL configuration
       routines is advisable. For example new ENGINE functionality was added
       to OpenSSL 0.9.7.  In OpenSSL 0.9.7 control functions can be supported
       by ENGINEs, this can be used (among other things) to load dynamic
       ENGINEs from shared libraries (DSOs).  However very few applications
       currently support the control interface and so very few can load and
       use dynamic ENGINEs. Equally in future more sophisticated ENGINEs will
       require certain control operations to customize them. If an application
       calls OPENSSL_config() it doesn't need to know or care about ENGINE
       control operations because they can be performed by editing a
       configuration file.

       Applications should free up configuration at application closedown by
       calling CONF_modules_free().


RETURN VALUES

       Neither OPENSSL_config() nor OPENSSL_no_config() return a value.


SEE ALSO

       conf(5), CONF_load_modules_file(3), CONF_modules_free(3)


HISTORY

       OPENSSL_config() and OPENSSL_no_config() first appeared in OpenSSL
       0.9.7

1.0.2h                            2016-05-03                 OPENSSL_config(3)

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